Thanks to The Minnesota Valley Baptist Church and Pastor Harold Chase for this history.

 

 

When the Lord promised the perpetuity of His church in Matthew 16:18, He made it clear that there would always be New Testament Baptist Churches on this earth until He returns for the Saints at the rapture.


First Baptist Church
Newport, RI - 1638

Further research is necessary to determine the accuracy of information from this point back to the Jerusalem church which was started by our Lord Jesus Christ.


Cold Spring Baptist Church
Bucks County, PA - 1684

In about the middle of the 17th century a Baptist minister by the name of Elder Thomas Dungan from Ireland left his native home to escape persecution, and coming to Rhode Island he joined himself to the First Baptist Church of Newport, Rhode Island, where Doctor John Clark was the pastor. In 1684 Elder Dungan and a small group of members left the church at Newport to organize the Cold Spring Baptist Church in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. (History of the First Baptist Church of Sayville, NY.)


Lower Dublin Baptist Church
Pennepeck, PA - 1688

In 1688 Elias Keach came to Pennsylvania and posed as a minister. While preaching he came under terrible conviction and had to stop. He confessed his lost condition and the people sent him to Elder Thomas Dungan pastor of the Cold Spring Baptist Church in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Elias Keach was saved there by the grace of God. He was baptized and ordained by the Cold Spring Baptist Church and as a missionary out of the Cold Spring Baptist Church he organized the Pennepeck Baptist Church (also known as the Lower Dublin Baptist Church) at Pennepeck, Pennsylvania. (History of the First Baptist Church of Sayville, NY.)


Montgomery Baptist Church
Montgomery County, PA - 1719

In 1719 the Pennepek Baptist Church of Pennepeck, Pennsylvania organized the Montgomery Baptist Church of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. (This information was received from the Montgomery Baptist Church in 2004 when they were contacted by phone.)


Broad Run Baptist Church
Virginia - 1762

The Montgomery Baptist Church in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania released John Marks on August 12, 1761 to go to Virginia where he and a man by the name of David Thomas organized the Broad Run Baptist Church on December 2, 1762. (This information was received from a "roots website" and then the Montgomery Baptist Church was contacted in 2004 by phone and they verified that John Marks was sent out by their authority.)


Turkey Creek Baptist Church
Abbeville County, SC - 1785

The minutes of the Broad Run Baptist Church state that on October the 25th of 1783 several families including the Shurley's and the Foster's where dismissed to go south. These families traveled to Abbeville County, South Carolina and the Turkey Creek Baptist Church was organized on January the 29th in 1785. ("Broad Run Baptist Church Minutes and History") Note: The above information concerning the Turkey Creek Baptist Church are the facts that we were able to find but the history of Turkey Creek Baptist Church has been difficult to trace. We know that the previously mentioned families were released from the Broad Run Baptist Church according to the minutes and according to some records found concerning the Turkey Creek Baptist Church these same families were the members who constituted the Turkey Creek Baptist Church along with Joseph Redding who became their first pastor. We tried to trace Joseph Redding's history but it was very difficult to determine what church he originally came from before traveling to South Carolina.


Poplar Springs Baptist Church
Ware Shoals, SC - 1794

In June of 1794 Arthur Durham and David McGladery petitioned the Turkey Creek Baptist Church for the privilege of collecting members about them to see if they were "ripe for constitution." On July the 14th 1794 the Poplar Springs Baptist Church was organized in Ware Shoals County, South Carolina. ("The Scrapbook, a Compilation of Historical Facts About Places and Events of Laurens County, South Carolina, Laurens County Historical Society and Laurens County Arts Council, 1982," pg. 479 .)


Bethel Baptist Church
Jackson, MO - 1806

On July the 19th of 1806 the Poplar Springs Baptist Church of Ware Shoals, South Carolina organized the Bethel Baptist Church of Jackson, Missouri.


Tyawappity Baptist Church
Scott County, MO - 1809

In 1809 the Bethel Baptist Church of Jackson, Missouri organized the Tyawappity Baptist Church of Scott County, Missouri.


Shiloh Baptist Church
Pulaski County, IL - 1817

In 1817 the Tyawappity Baptist Church of Scott County, Missouri organized the Shiloh Baptist Church of Pulaski County, Illinois.


Clear Creek Baptist Church
Union County, IL - 1818

In 1818 the Shiloh Baptist Church of Pulaski County, Illinois organized the Clear Creek Baptist Church of Union County, Illinois.


Mayfield Creek Baptist Church
Carlisle County, KY - 1825

In 1825 the Clear Creek Baptist Church of Union County, Illinois organized the Mayfield Baptist Church of Carlisle County, Kentucky. (This information is recorded in the minutes of the West Kentucky Baptist Association and can be found in the Mid-Continent Baptist College in Mayfield, Kentucky.)


Emmaeus Baptist Church
Carlisle County, KY - 1832

In 1832 the Mayfield Creek Baptist Church of Carlisle County, Kentucky organized the Emmaeus Baptist Church of Carlisle County, Kentucky. (This information is recorded in the minutes of the West Kentucky Baptist Association and can be found in the Mid-Continent Baptist College in Mayfield, Kentucky.)


Zoar Baptist Church
Carlisle County, KY - 1857

In 1875 the Emmaeus Baptist Church of Carlisle County, Kentucky organized the Zoar Baptist Church of Carlisle County, Kentucky. (This information is recorded in the minutes of the West Kentucky Baptist Association and can be found in the Mid-Continent Baptist College in Mayfield, Kentucky.)


Faith Missionary Baptist Church
Paducah, KY - 1974

Faith Missionary Baptist Church of Paducah, Kentucky organized out of Zoar Baptist Church of Carlisle County, Kentucky in 1