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1 Mi'nisterial Association Elects New Officers The Rev. L. E. Whitlock, The Rev. Dollar, pastor of Calvary B a p t i s t Chapel Hill, has been pastor of Church, has been elecl'im- to Chockoyotte Baptist Church for head the Weldon Roanoke two years. Rapids Ministerial Association The Rev. Topping has spent for the coming yea_r.. most of his life serving church- El~cte d to the office of vice es in this area. He is retired president was the Rev. Henry. Do 11 a r, Chockoyotte Baptist but serves West Eighth Street Church's pastor. The Rev. R. Church of Christ L. Topping of West 8th St. pastor. Church of Christ was re-elected to serve the group as secretary treasurer. The Association's president has served in that capacity for the past nine months, filled the unexpired term of the Rev. Robert Eason, who left the pastorate at Rosemary Methodist Church to serve a church in another city. A graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary at Fort Worth, Texas, The University of Richmond and Bluefield College, the Rev. Whit lock is about to begin his fifth year at Calvary Church. He came here to take over pastoral duties left by the Rev. red Jones, who now is a staff member at Southeastern Bap (ist Seminary at Wake Forest. Presently, the Rev. Whitlock (s serving a three year term en the City Recreation Board. The Whitlocks reside at 938 Cleveland St. $ALl58UR... ~ ANFOR0 HERA.LO SHELBY $iar STATESVILLE RECORD & LANDMARK T AFIBORO SOUTHERNER THOMASVILLE TIMES TRYOf'ol BULLETIN WASHINGTON O"ILY NEWS WILMINGTON STAR WILl...llNGTON NEWS WILMl,..GTON $TA.Fl-NEWS WILSON QAILY TIMES WlNSTON-SALEM JOURNAL WINSTON-SALEM 5 N'TlNEL Wll'-4STON-5ALEM JOURN-'L-5EN11NEL I -- I o-6.5

2 Rev.. w hit oc ompletes First Year as Pastor, Wallace Baptist. Chiifch... ~- Whitlock, pastor of and little Joan Eve, nine weeks Wallace Baptist Church, will of age, who was adopted on De cclohrate his,first anniversary cember 5. as pastor of the church Sunday. "It has been a pleasant year. Mr. Whitlock came here from The newly painted parsonage, Wilmington where he served as the new heating system, the reassociate pastor of the Temple r0eption and the baby shower all Baptist Church. He has served show what the people have done the following :churches during to make us happy and comforthis ministry: Kelford Baptist.able," says Mr. Whitlock with a Church, Kelford; Calvary Bap- note of approval from Mrs. tist Church, Roanoke Rapids;!Whitlock. Bon Air Baptist Church, Rich- During the past year the mond, Va.; Mill Creek Baptist church has shown a noticeable Church, Henry, Va. He was increase in Sunday School atlicensed to preach in 1948 by the tendance, Training Union and First Baptist Church, Bassett, offerings. Two new missionary Virginia. organizations were given birth, Rev. Whitlock was educated the Royal Ambassador Crusaat Bluefield College, Virginia; ders and the Martha Brady University of Richmond, Vir- Circle. ginia and Southwestern Baptist The pastor has chosen as his Theological Seminary of Fort sermon title "Where Is Your 'Worth, Texas. 'Mrs. Whitlook is Faith?" in which he refrains from Fort Worth, having at- from looking back but challen tended Texas Cnristian Univers- ges the church to see what ca ity and graduating from Chow- be accomplished in the future an College. The Whitlocks <have by faithful teamwork and dedi two adopted children, Eddie, 4, 'cation.. :w.tr-... c""""""~ """ Wadesboro: Messenger & Intelligencer Wake Forest: Wake Weekly Wallace Enterprise Walnut COve: Stokes Record

3 -- Whitlock New Pasto Of West Albemarle Rev. L. Edgar Whitlock, pastor of First Baptist Church of Wallace, has accepted a call to become pastor of West Albemarle Church, and will begin his ministry here October 12. Announcement was made Monday by S. Craig Hopkins, chairman of the Pulpit Committee of the church. Mr. Whitlock resigned his Wallace pastorate Sunday night. Mr. Whitlock has been bemarle and preached (Continued on Page I (Continued from Page One) 1 West Albemarle congregation, several weeks ago. He has conferred on several occasions with 1 the committee from the local church. Mr. Hopkins said he and the 1 committee members are very pleased that Mr. Whitlock has accepted the pastorate of the local church. He succeeds Rev. Wiley I. Rutledge, who resigned I last January. Since that time, Dr. Ralph Herring of Charlotte, a retired minister, has served as interim pastor. His work will/ end here September 28, a church spokesman said, Mr. Whitlock is a native of Bassett, Va., and attended BlueieJd College, Bluefield, Va., and received his A.B. d1=1gree from Richmond College of the ljni 'I"' 11\ly of R lchmond in Hl54. Ile I was awarded the B.n, degree 1 'rorn Southwestern Baptist The. 1 Ioaicat S nnlnary, Fort Wnrth, fe4as, and has done additional study at Southeastern Seminary, Wake Forest. While a student in college he served ftl:i pasrnr of Mill Creek ; Baptist Church near Henry, Va., I: and was mission pastor of the Bon Arr misslon of Woodland Heights Baptist Church, now a leading church in the Richmond area, His rxs: have been at Kelror, Baptist Church, Kel- ord; Calvary Baptist Church, Roanoke Rapids, and the First Baptist Church in Wallace. In addition to this, he has served as associate pastor with Pr. W. D. Morns at Temple Rap list Church, Wilmington. M1. Whitlock'.s wife rs the former Miss Clara Ellen Nayfa of Fort Worth, Texas. They have two adopted children, David Edgar and Joan Eve (ages 4 and 1 especlively). Serving with Mr. Hopkins as nemhers of the Pulpit Cnm m it., ce are Frank Fagan, H. A. 'er,.ii> J'r., IIoylo J antes, and avan Cooke ~ 1"" ""1'~-~~ Albermarle: Stanly News & Press...,1 Andrews journal Apex News-Herald Asheboro: Randolph Guide Asheboro: Courier-Tribune Asheville News Ayden Tribune Belmont Banner Bessemer City Record Benson Review Black Mountain News Brevard: Transylvania Times Bryson City: Smoky Mt. Times Boone: Watauga Democrat Burgaw: Pender Chronicle ~~~~~~~~~-

4 I Pastor Is Installed At West Albemarle Rev. L Edgar Whitlock of Wal- Kingdom, they acknowledged their 1 lace was mstalled as pastor of the need for a pastor in their times West Albemarle Baptist Church of sorrow, in their joy, in the Sunday m a cer~ presided work of the church and in various by the chairman of Deacons, H. A. and intimate problems they will 1 Perry, Jr. face from time to time. 1 The installation ceremony - the The pasto~'s repon~e was a first of its kind in the church - pledg m which he said, "I shall was participated in responsive! ~ry be strong ii;i the. Lord and between the congregation, past 1 e powe~ of His. might, to be and chairman of deacons. It w. ustworthy m keepmg your conexplained by Mr. Perry that th fidences, to be patient in your installation of pastors in Baptist weaknesses, to love yo~ sincerely, church was comparatively new but and to pomt you to that great seemed to be a valuable practice Shepherd of the sheep' who is the worth instituting. The congrega- pastor of us all." tion recognized the office as a Mr. Whitlock came to West Aldivinely ordained office and bemarle from the First Baptist pledged to love the pastor and Church of Wallace. He is a memlus family while keeping an open ber of th~ Lions International and mind to new ideas and programs Mrs. Whitlock (Clara) is a rnemwhich he may present. After re ber of the Wallace Music Club, dedicating themselves anew to the and affiliated with the National work of the church and Christ's Federation of Music Clubs. She is also a member of the Music Club Choirs, a popular group, organized to sing at civic clubs and community activities. The Whitlocks have two children, Eddie, age five and Eve, age two. The Whitlocks were heard remarking, "Albemarle appears to be the friendliest city in Albermarle: Stanly News & Press A'.rufrews Journal Apex News-Herald Asheboro: Randolph Guide Asheboro: Courier-Tribune Asheville News Ayden Tribune Belmont Banner Bessemer City Record Benson Review Black Mountain News Brevard: Transylvania Times Bryson City: Smoky Mt. Times Boone: Watauga Democrat Burgaw: Pender Chrorricle which we have ever lived. We.are proud to be a part of it." They reside in the parsonage at 933 Mill Street.

5 estwood~ptist Church has called the Rev. L. Edgar Whitlock as its new pastor. The Rev. Whitlock, 45, assumed the Westwood pastorate Nov. 18, moving here from Albemarle, where, he pastored the West Albemarle Baptist Church for more than seven years. During his Albemarle.pastorate, the Rev. Whitlock. was active in community, civic' and religious activities. He served as an officer in the Stanly County Ministerial Association and was instrumental in initiating action toward the formation of the Stanly County Hospital Chaplaincy Program, serving as chairman of the committee for three terms. He was also responsible for initiating three schools of chaplaincy, training over 50 ministers to serve in the local hospital. After assisting Dr. Elroy Lamb in defeating the move to establish a liquor store in Albemarle, he became president of the Stanly County Concerned Citizens, who successfully waged an antiliquor-by-the-drink-movement. The Rev. Whitlock also served as chairman of the Finance Committee of the Stanly Baptist Association and has served as a member of the Constitution Committee, Resolutions Committee, Missions Committee, Executive Committee and delivered the annual sermon. He twice served as secretary of the Albemarle Lions Club and was serving as vice president of the club at the time he moved to Roxboro. He was a frequent radio speaker and speaker for various civic and religious organizations in the area. The Rev. Whitlock has served as a member of the Gardner Webb Board of Associates and as a trustee of the N.C. Christian Action League. During his pastorate at West Albemarle Baptist Church, the church built a new parsonage, remodeled the church sanctuary, purchased a bus and additional land, paved two parking lots, remodeled the church office, organized a Young Married Couples' Sunday School class, increased the budget $28,000 and called the church's first full-time Minister of Music. The Rev. Whitlock came to the Albemarle church in October, 1969, from Wallace Baptist Church where he had served three years. A native of Henry County, Virginia, he was graduated from Bluefield Junior College, the University of Richmond, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and has done additional study at. Southeastern Seminary. He is married to the former Clara Nayfa, a Fort Worth, Tex. native. Mrs. Whitlock served as president of the Stanly County Chorale and as a substitute teacher in the elementary schools while the Whitlocks lived in Albemarle. They have two children, Eddie, who attends Northern Junior High School, and Eve, who attends Earl Bradsher School. Roxboro: Courier-Times Rutnenordton. Aatnertord Co. News Scotland Neck Commonwealth Selma: Johnstonian-Sun Shallotte: Brunswick Beacon Shelby: Cleveland Times Siler City: Chatham News DEC 2197~

6 CLIPPING SERVICE 1115 HILLSBORO RALEIGH, NC TEL.(919) LEADER PRINCETON, N. C. ~~l DEC-J. ~-84 \ From the parsonage ' The meaning of "Holiday" "The real meaning of Christmas is being forgotten" has been a complaint for many years. Although it has been true, we have let mistletoe, tinsel and Santa Claus replace the baby in a manger, not until recently ba ve stores been so bold in solid ting your business while refusing to use tbe name "Christrpas." Although the season is exploited to its fullest with twenty-five percent of the year's sales and about fifty percent of the year's profits coming from the holiday period, many stores never use the word. This bland holiday celebrating "you know who" is a calculated rechristianizing of the holiday. It makes non-christian religions more comfortable as they explcit it They wish to wrap your packages for a fee, sell you their foods and sell you 1 supplies; but they won't use the name. As you leisurely walk through the typical mall, or visit a discount house, look for the word Christmas placed there by the store. The word Christmas is usually merely on the product placed there by the manufacturer rather than the merchant's promotion. Watch for holiday greetirgs and holly leaves without so much as a reference to which holiday it is. Our living in a land that is fastly rechristianizing itself makes it imperative that we tell people, "... God so loved the world, that he gave his Cllly begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." L. Edgar Whitlock Princeton Baptist Church

7 - CLIPPING SERVICE 1115 HILLSBORO RALEIGH, NC TEL.(919) LEADER PRINCETON, N. C. DEC From the parsonage 'Great A wakening' needed? There was a strong religious interest among all the colonist settling America. It was a heinous thing to have_ no religious belief. It was an unpopular thing to belong to the Presbyterian or Baptist Church in Massachusetts and to some degree elsewhere. Not only was skepticism, Atheism and separatism (Baptist etc.) frowned upon, but were condemned as being sinful. Especially was delights and pleasures condemned by the Puritians. This religious concern began to die just prior to the work of the great theologian-mystic Jonathan Edwards. The new generation of American-born were less strict than their fathers. They needed to be called back to the faith. Religion was at one of its lowest ebbs in America. Everyone belonged to the ranks of Christendom, but few claimed conversion. It was an unregenerated membership. Jonathan Edwards was born into a world where religion was popular but heart-felt faith was scarce. There was no freedom to differ on any theological issues. He came as a light to light the fires of revival that transformed America and prepared her for the independence that would make her great. Revivalism came to American but with great pain to the traditional churches. It was called "The Great Awakening." The revival spread from Northampton, Massachusetts to many other communities throughout the colonies with many other pastors engagirg in it. Outstanding among the other revivalists were Tennent and the evangelist George Whitfield who came over from England to cry out against sin. In 1736, he had followed his friends John and Charles Wesley to Georgia. He frequently spoke to audiences of 20,000 or more and averaged preaching three. times a day. There were many lasting results of these revivals, and it has been estimated that the number added to the churches during "The Great Awakening" was from 60,000 to 100,000. Between 1740 and 1760, one hundred and fifty new Congregationalist Churches in New England besides the great number of Baptist and Separatist Churches were established, Many of us believe America again reeds a great awakening. It will not come from- the great and might of the earth. It will come from the almighty as he choses to work through his very ordinary servants on the earth - the ones who give themselves unreservably to him and his service. L. Edgar Whitlock Princeton Baptist Church.

8 BIOGRAP!IICAL SIQ:;1CH L. Edgar Whitlock Route 2, Box 335 State Road, NC 278~~ Telephone: Church (919) '1 Home (919) t 1 c:; 1. PERSONAL: Born April 26, 1931; Henry County, Virr,inia Became a Christian at the ace of 12 Licensed to preach by the First Baptist Church, Bassett, Virginia, 1949 Examined for ordination by.henry County B2.ptist Association Ordination Council. upon request of First Baptist Chllrcll, Bassett, Virc;inia and Mill Creek Baptist Church, Henry, Virginia. Ordained by Mill Creek Baptist Church, SCHOOLilJG: John D. Bassett High School, Bassett, VirGinia (1948) Bluefield Junior College, Bluefield, West.Virginia (1951). University of Richmond, Richmond, Vir3inia (B.A. Degree, 1954) Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (B.D. Degree, 1957) Southeastern Baptist Seminary (Special Studies). Diploma, Professional Growth Seminar, Richmond, Virginia (1972). Diploma, Pastoral Counseling Seminar, Stanly Technical Institute, Albemarle, N. C. (1973) 3. MARRIAGE AND FAMILY: Wife: Clara Ellen Nayfa of Fort Worth, Texas Chowan College, Murfreesboro, N. C. (A.A. Degree) Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, N. C. (B.S. Degree) Children: David Edgar, born 1964 Joan Eve, born CHURCHES.SERVED: P_e.stor - _Poplar Springs Baptist Church, State Ro ad, NC (Present) Pastor - Prlnceton Baptist Church, Princeton, North Carolina ( J. g :v:: Pastor - Westwood Baptist.Church, Roxboro, Nor.th Carolina n ) Pastor - vtest Albemarle Baptist Church, Albe~arle~ North Carolina ( ) Pastor - Wallace Baptist Church, Wallace, North Carolina.( ) Pastor - Calvary Baptist_Church~ Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina ( ) Pastor - Kelford & Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Field, Kelford, North Carolina ( ) Student Pastorates: Mill Creek Baptist Church, Henry, Virt;inia Bon Air BapUst (Chapel) Church, Richmond, Virginia while under auspices of Woodland Heights Associate Pastor: Temple Baptist Church, Hilmington7 North Carolina

9 .. 5. POSITIONS HELD: Johnston Baptist Association -Sunday School Assist Team-Youth -Pres ident of the Pastor's Conference -Cha irman of the Ordination Council -Executive Committee -Energy Consultant. -Vacation B:i.ble School Director -Resolutions Committee -Scheduled for three messages 1984-Theme Interpretation Beul21.1 Baptist Association -Q1airman of Christian Life and Public Affairs -Cha irrnan of Norn inat i.ng Committee -EY.2cutive Committee -Resolutions Committee -Vacation Bible School Children's Worker Stanley Baptist Asaoc iat i.on -Delivered the Annual Sermon -Pres:ident of the Pastor's Conference -Chairman of the St.ewar dsh i.p Committee -Member of the Mission's Ccrrunittcc -Program Committee -Vacation Bible School Children's Worker -Resolutions Committee -Christian Action League, Chairman -Place and Preas her Ccrm i t tee-( twice) Wilmington Baptist Association -President of the Pastor's Conference -B.s.u: Committee -Executive Committee -Census Committee -Resolutions Committee North Roanoke Baptist Association -President of the Pastor's Conference -President of the Brotherhood. West Chowan Association -Resolutions Committee ijouth C\!IT'JJJittee Elk As soca at.lon - Chairman of the Evang e Li.srn Cammi ttee 6, DENCMINATIONAL: Gardner-Hebb.College Board of J\ssociates Campbell University Ministerial Board N. C. Christian Action League Trustee Approved Sunday School Enlargement Director 7, INTERDENCT1INATICNA.L: Chairman of the Hospital Chaplaincy Program Stanly County Hospital Hospital Chaplaincy Committee Albemarle, Roxboro and Goldsboro Instruction/Coordinator-Piedmont Tech'1ical College-Chaplaincy Course Officer, Minister's Conferences 01~ J\11.iances, Roanoke Rapids, Goldsboro, Albemarle, Roxboro Chairman of Ministerial Institutional Ministries Committee 8., CIVIC AND SERVICE: City Recreation Ccmmi ss ion in Roanoke Rapids, City Parks Committee in Roanoke Rapids, N.C. Officer in two Lion's Clubs ( 15 year member) Scoutmaster, Kelford, N.C. n.c.

10 .. 9 MISCELLANEOUS : --- Radio Experience Led in construction of a par sonagc Led in remodeling two churches Appeared on television several times Served with two full-ti.me Minister of Educat ion and Music Served with five Ministers of Youth and Music Published Weekly Newsletter for eleven years Pu1Jlished monthly or bi-weekly p::i.per for four years Hcgular contributor.of articles to news media Held numerous revivals Faithfully supported the Coopera t ive Program. Faithfully supported Associational l'liss ions 10. WIFE: ---Sunday School Teacher-Adults 20 y8ars, Young people 5 years Directed Church and Youth Choirs Act8en Director Baptist YOL:ng Women's Leader Associational Music Director Associational Music Ccrrm,i t tee President of the Stanly County Chorale Piedmont Tech. Chorus Wallace Music Club Chorus Worked in Associational Sunday School Clinic Employed by the county school system