. Of The 150TH ANNUAL SESSON Of The CHATTAHOOCHEE FREE Wll BAPTST ASSOCATON Held Wth - TURNERS CHAPEL Butler, Ga.. COMMENCNG ON THE FRST SATURDAY N OCTOBER, 1985 OFFCERS FOR THS YEAR Moderator... Rev. Warren Wyatt Howard, Georga Assstant Moderator... Rev. Charles Clark Warner Robns, Georga. - Clerk... Bro. C.W. Carroll Butler, Georga Assstant Clerk.................. Ss. Edna Carroll Butler, Georga The next sesson wll convene wth New Lfe Church nmaron County on the frst Saturday n October, 1986 at 10:00 a.m. Rev. jmmy Stubbs wll brng the message. ". r.
MNUTES Of The 150TH ANNUAL SESSON Of The CHATTAHOOCHEE FREE WLL BAPTST ASSOCATON Held Wth TURNERS CHAPEL Butler, Ga. COMMENCNG ON THE FRST SATURDAY N OCTOBER, 1985 OFFCERS FOR NEXT YEAR Moderator... Rev. Charles Clark Warner Robns, Georga Assstant Moderator... Rev. Wayne Chambless Sylvester, Georga Clerk... Bro. C.W. Carroll Butler, Georga Assstant Clerk.................... Ss. Edna Carroll Butler, Georga The next sesson wll convene wth New Lfe Church n Maron County on the frst Saturday n October, 1986 at 10:00 a.m. Rev. jmmy Stubbs wll brng the message...,. : : : 1 : : : t 1
.. ASSOCATONAL CALENDAR Frst Quarterly Meetng... January 4, 1986 New Prospect (Turner Co.) Sermon by Rev. Warren Wyatt Second Quarterly Meetng... Aprl5, 1986 Trnty Sermon by Rev. Charles Clark Thrd Quarterly Meetng... July 12, 1986 Reynolds Sermon by Rev. HubertWad Annual Meetng... October 4, 1986 New Lfe, Sermon by Rev. Jmmy Stubbs ~. r... : ; : 2
---------------------------------------------------------~~ ORDER OF CHURCH BUSNESS 1. Open Meetng wth Prayer. 2. nvte Vstng Brethren to seats. 3. Open the door of the Church for the recepton of members. 4. Call for Absentees. 5. For Acknowledgements. 6. For reference or deferred busness. 7. For Matters of Dealng whch are n order to come before church. 8. Mscellaneous Busness. ORDER OF BUSNESS FOR ANNUAL ASSOCATON 1. Call to order by Moderator or Assstant Moderator. 2. nvte vstng brethren to seats wth us. 3. Call for Correspondng Letters or Appontng of Dgest Commttee. 4. Read Letter. 5. Call for Petton Letters. 6. Appont varous commttees. 7. Mscellaneous Busness Appont Correspondng Messengers to Sster Assocatons, Obtuares, Number Mnutes to prnt, Commttee Reports, Selectons of place for next sesson, elect Offcers, vote of thanks to host church. 8. Electon of Executve Commttee. ORDER OF BUSNESS OF QUARTERLY MEETNGS 1. The body called to order by the Moderator f he s present, f not the body may select some sutable member to act as Moderator pro-tem. 2. Call for Correspondng Letters. 3. nvte vstng brethren to seats. 4. Appont Commttees 5. Call for Reports of Commttees. 6. Program by Host Church 7. Call for Mscellaneous Busness. 8. Adjournment.,,. : ; : - l : 1... ;, \ l f ",. 3
4 CHURCH COVENANT Presented to the Churches of the Chattahoochee Free-Wll Baptat Auocadoa 1 : We, ttc Prec Wll Baptst Church of Chrst, hereby CoYenant and agree: 1st. That we wll reman unted together n Church capacty and that we wll not demand a letter of damuon wthout gng a suffcent reason and that we wll endeayor, fathfully to dscharge all our Chrstan dutes. 2nd. That we wll labor together to reman free from all Yolatona to the Bble dlctrncs, ordnances, and fath once dclered to the Sants. Jrd. That we wll ln mutually n fellowshp and not estrange oursclns from any of the brethren. 4th. That we wll respect each others lbertes of conscence, patently bear each others burdens, atredsthea the weak, warn the wnerng and nstruct the young and the agnorar Stn. That we wll watch onr each other for good and gn our Brethren tmely warnngs f we ace them exposed to danger or about to be led astray. 6th. That we wll not expose or rdcule our brethren because of ther mperfecton:, nether wll we report nl of any one unleu we know they arc gulty. 7th. That our daly connrsaton shall be edfyng and such that a becomng for the Sants. 8th. That we wll nod all mproper ntercoune of all ungodlneaa that we wll not Yat places where our CbrataD Dfluence wll be mpared. 9th. That we wll attend all meetngs of the church for the preachns of the Gospel. the admnstraton of the ordnances, the chu,ch conferences and all relsoua meetajtl, unleu we ban a suffcent reaaon for abacnce. 1 Otb. That we wll auat n supportng oar pastor, n rclnns the needy, and n defrayng the expezuea of our churches accordng Col our aeeral abltes. 11th. That we wll n all caaea and under all crcumltaacea endeaor to walk accordng to our SaYora Golden Rule: Do Unto Othcra aa You Would Hue Them Do Unto You. 12th. we are able That we wll exercae our aprtual gfts aa well as for the natructon and edfcaton of our brethrca and llatcra. 13th. That ve wllurn to cultnte deep and unform pety n our hearta and encourage the same all around ua. 14th. That we atrctly admnster the gonrameat of the church laborna alvaya to promote ta purty and holy afucace. 15th. That we wll not, knowngly C>ademD the Daoceat or fuor the gulty and that we atrn to prennt strfe aad factoda n the church.
------------------------ 16th. Tb ac f any among ua aball he gulty of aroaa la be aball he ududed from our feuowahp. An acknowledgmca.t conyr.cng the church that he baa rcpellted wll rutore lam back to the fello wahp of the claurch. 17th. f an offcer or deacon be gulty of auch ada, he alaall not bc.ld ha offce, at the pleaaure of the churcla, ally lonaer. f he connce the church that he baa aorrowfully repented of theae 1n1 the church may then rcatorc lam to hu former poaton. 18th. That we wllstr~ctly puuue the ca1e ponted out ll the Goapel, 1hould any of our b: ethren treapau aganst ua. Matt. 18dS. 19th. That we wll not delay to ad:nowledge our mproper conduct to church n conference. should we go aatray. 20th. That we wll go mmedately to any member of the church agan1t whom we may hlar unfuorahle nporta and nform hm of the ume wthout brdgng t up ll collfercnce unleu neceuary. 2ht. That we wll abstan from all allful conformrea to the wc:rld. That we wll refn.ll from all nl am uscmcllts of the world. 22nd. That we wll not traffc n ounelna, nor furllall to othera lltoxcatng drnks aa a bnerage, and that we wll not 1\utall auch ll the church. 2lrd. Wrtten and adopted at the 1937 aeuoll of tlae Chattahoochee Free Wll Baptst Auocaton by Rn. W. H. Bmeraoll, Rn. E. C. Grm1ley, Rn. H. L. Lumpkn. CHURCH ORGANZATON Prclmnarea, When aevcral Lelneu wall to be organ aed ato a church, they rc-1ueat a councl from some wtr church. Tha councl or commtteca (commoaly called aa arm) e:umaea nto the Chratan character, doctr.aea aad fellow1hp of the applcantl and ther ablty to suatad ~ church. Jf the e:umllaton atafac:toty, the oraan:aton proceeda aa followa: The Bble a prcaented aa the only rule of fath aad practce. A church connant l read and adopted. A prayer of conaecraton a offered. The hand of fellowabp a pnn. The church then proceeda.to elect u offlcen, wbcll arc a Clerk, a Treuurer, a Paator, aad a board of de.acona, who conattute, wth the paator, a commttee to promote order, actrty, attendance; and the mean of grace, beney olence, and auffcent dcpllle n the church. Dcacoaa 1hould po11111 aound pety, and gnod bualleu capacty aad larae bennolence. They hold offu:e at. clae pleasure of tlae claurch. They aaaat n baptam and the Lorda Supper, laaye care of the poor, and conduct rellgoua mectnaa ll tlae al»aeace of the paator....,,,. : : [ 5
CONSTTUTON... ". : l : R.eaolY~cl, Tltat we fond an Auocaton upoa the pracplca lad dow a the Holy Scrptures, to-wt: A.. ocatoaa appear from Scrpture and ecduasteal hstory to hnc o:jaally been formed, not from any posrye njunctoa, ether ltom Chrst or Hs Apostlcs, but from mere eapedeacy for the purpose of. concentratng the effortl of adydual churches and brn;us them to bur wth 1rcater eneru upon the subject dessned to be accom plsbed by those churchea. They were alao consdered as advaory councl, and res.tored to as. such, but nncr clamed any rght or lordng t over Gods hertage, nor was ther advce consdered bndng on the churches. n a word, assocatons were wholly dependeat on churches, and churchea were not dependent upon auoca tona, notwthstandng the power abrosated to themselve\ by some modern Baptst Assocatons, we vew them as beng nowhere pecedented by the prmtve usage of any self-created bodea. We, the delegates from our respectve churches, beng authorzed by our churches, to agree to form ourselves nto an assocaton to be known by the name of the Chattahoochee Free Wll Baptst Assocaton, and we promse not to wthdraw ourselves from ths assocaton wthout frst statng our reasons to the body for such ntended wthdrawal. t s proposed by the Auocaton, frst to p.romote revvals of relgon by camp and protracted meetngs. Secondly, to take an actve part n Home Mssons. t s not ntended by ths Assocaton to dscuss queres. t s. not the desgn of ths Assocaton to nterfere n any way wth the ndependence of churches composng t. t was not ntended to establsh creeds, rules of dscplne, or make any law what aoevcr to bnd the churches, but to leave each church to regulate u own affars. \11:, as an Auocaton, take the Old and New Testament as our confesson of fath, as relates to the ndependency. We belctve that a duly organzed church conssts. of a congregaton of sants, baptzed upon a credtable confesson of fath n Chrst. Chrst a the only Chrstan lawgver a11d supreme head of the churches, and the Word of God; the only nfallble rule of fath and practce. Every man has an nalenable rght to prvate j Jdgment n conce111 of relgon, and an equal rght to n:preu hs opnon a any way whch wll not vc.late the laws of God or the rghta of hs fellowman. A church has a rght to adopt mcasurea only aa are. n accordance wth the Word of God, and auch as deemed neceasary to carry nto effect the great aystem of practce. The church s the hghest cccleautcal trbuaal oa earth, from whose decson there,a no appeal. No change, alteraton or amendment shall be made to tba Consttuton untu such change, alteraton or amendmcat 6
----------------------------------------------------... ahall hne been pres en ted to all the churchea com poans tl:aa a11ocaton, and when two-tlarda of all the churchea composng ths Auocaton ahall hue adopted or recommended n two of ther regular conferences aucceuely such changea, the ~teraton or amendments ahau then become a part and parcel of ths Conattuton. Read and adopted the aboye aa the consttuton of the Chattahoochee Fret:-Wll Baptst Assocaton. AMMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTTUTON 1. All canddates to be ordaned nto the mnstry shall be requred to come before the ordanng councl for examnaton, before actually beng ordaned by some other body. All ncomng preachers would be requred to be examned by sad councl before the church, that he s to pastor, would be allowed to partcpate n the busness of the Chat tahoochee Assocaton. All ncomng preachers would be requred to appear before sad councl before ther names would appear on the Mnsteral Roll. Anyone falng to comply wth ths amendment to our Con sttuton wll not be recognzed as a duly ordaned mnster of the Chattahoochee Assocaton. CHURCH DECORUM 1. The church may choose a pastor annually at the last regular conference n the Assocatonal year; or, f they prefer t m~y choose a pas,tor for an ndefnte lensth of tme to contnue from year to year, so long as they may deem t proper to keep up the connecton_~ 2. When t becomes neceuary, a pastor may be chosen at any other tme; but f the choce be made at a specal conferen"c, the tme must be apponted at a monthly meetng of the church.. 3. The pastor ahall be moderator of the chur ch, but when he s absent or does not st aa moderator, som: sutable brother shall be apponted to st n hs place. 4. There shall be two or more deacona n dae. church whose duty t shall be to superntend the collecton and dsbursement of the contrbuton made by the church for the pastor, etc., and to dstrbute the bread and wne n the admnstraton of the Lorda Supper. 5. The deacons shall take notce of such mem ben a. refuse or neglect to partake of the Lords Supper and endeayor to aacertan the cause, that the same may be lad Dt fore the church n conference f neceaaary. 6. Some sutable member bau be appoated Clerk and t shall be ha duty to do all the recordns and otbn wrtns pertanna to the buane11 of the church, and to pr~aer-.c a fde of mnutes of the Auocaton. 7. When a new Clerk a apponted, all the books, etc., beloapng to the Clerk ahau be mmedately delyered J. :,. ; ; 1 ).. ; 7 :. l: ". 1.
8 --- - - to la by laa prcdeecaaor.. When t &ceomca aeceaaary, a commttee of aot leu than 3 male membcra well acquanted wth buaacaa, daau " apponted, wh,sc duty t ahall be to sn advce to bredarea who apply to them rclatn to casca of dcalnc. etc., wth the eh urc:h. 9. The church shall hold a two-day mcctnc m ontlaly, cmbrac:ns Saturday and the Lords Day followa~ the fuat of whch shall be the rcs;ular tme of Conference. -10. t shall be the duty of ncry member, male and female, to attend each conference meetng f they can, for on that day the pastor a expected to nstruct the rhurc:h n sprtual manner by cvng plan and ponted lessons on doctrne, dacplnc, aad the rule of holy lvng.. 11. Any male member who ahall fal to attend three successve conferences, and any member whatever who lftay be generally remae n attendng the meetngs of the church accordns to the covenant (Artcle 10), he shall be cted to appear n conference and answer for hs neglect, but- the church may exempt members from ths rule f necessary. - 12. Conferences shall b... opened and conducted u rollows: 1. Prayer (unless dvne scnce has juat been conducted and generally then.) 2. nvte vstng brethren to scats. 3. Open the door for the recepton of members. 4. Call for absentees. 5. For acknowledgments 6. For reference or deferred busness. 7. For matters of dealng whch arc n order to come before the church. 8, Mscellaneous busness. 13. Vstng brethren as helps called n from sster churches, shall be allowed to speak and make motons or aeconda, but not allowed to vote.. 14. Any orderly m em her of the Baptst church who docs not hold ths church n membershp, may be receved nto the church wthout a letter, when t s made apparent that hs Chrstan character s unmpeachable, and that he has appled for a letter and could not obtan t because he desred to jon ths or some sster church. All other members muat jon by letter or by baptstm. 15. No member shall be receved wthout the unanmous consent of the members- present but unreasonable objectons shall be lable to be taken under dealng by the church. 16. When the moderator calls for absentees,- the clerk shall nform the church that membets have been absent for three successve conferences, and the moderator shall appont some brother or brethren to cte each of them to the nezt conference.,,
17. No member shall be expelled unless he has been cted Yerbally or n wrtng to attend ths tral; provded hs resdence be known t o the church. 18. When a wtr.ess, not a member of the church, s ~~:oduced he shall not be examned tll the queston has been put to t-.e church: Wll you hear the testmony of ths wtness 1 19. The evdence n every case of dealng and acknowledgment shall be mnuted n the church bool 20. Members dsmssed from the church by letter who become d:orderly cr contnue to hold ther letter wthout a good reason shall be cted to the conference to answer for ther conduct. 21. Expelled membera may be reatored to fellowshp on ther petton f ther walk snce expul~on has conynced the church that they have sncerely repented of ther former eyl. 2 2. A vote shall not be taken on any queston wthout. a move and a second and n all mportant questons the votes shall be taken by rsng to ther feet. 23. No other moton shall be consdered whle a prevous moton and second s before the conference. 24. t shall be consdered dsorderly for a member to absent hmself from conference when an mportant queston s to be decded; but a member upon hs request, may be excused by the church from votng on ether sde n pecular cases. 25. No member shall lean the house durng confer ence wthout a suff.:ent cause nor engage n c:>nversaton or whsperng wthou: b~ng subject to be called ro order by the moder::tor. 26. All dscuuons n conference must be conducted wth calmneu and a good feelng, those who speak must rse to ther feet and address the moderator, and keep to the pont n debate. 27. No one shall speak more than three tmes on the same moton wthout permsson from the moderator, nor shall the remarks of anyone be unreasonable long. 28. When the moderator speaks he must nomnate some brother n hs stead. 29. No one shall be nttrrupted whle speakng unleu t s necessary to call the speaker to order. 30. t shall be.the rule of the church to attend to the admnstraton of the Lords Supper at least four tmes a year and the expenses are to be pad by the church. 31. Members not n good standng shall nat commune, but the admnstraton shall not be deferred on account of any. 32. Feet washng shall be attended to u the church sees proper..,.,, ), : " " " 1, ~ } " : " 9
33. Pullc fastn&, laumuaton and prayer shall.e ODHncd on proper occasoas. 34. Ths Decorum may be amended or altered by the Yotc of two-thrds of the members present at any two succcaan m oathly mectnas. GOVERNMENT AND ORDNANCES 1. We beleve that a Gospel Church, or a church of Chrst l a congrcsato.a of Cltrstans consttuted and go crned accordng to the rules lad down n the New Testament. 2. That those rules requre churches to present; the form of gonrnmcnt and the ordnances of the fru Chrstan churches and to be composed of baptzed bclcnrs n Chrst. 3. That the vsble church as the aggregate or whole number of Gospel churches, and that the nlble church s composed of the redeemed now n heuen, and of such Chrstana on earth as are not attached to the bble church, ac cordng to the Gospel rules. 4.. Tlut the establshment of central or catholc aonrnmcnt over the nvsble church, or any part thereof, s a dnlc of earthly ambtons rc?ugnant to the Word of God, aubaenent to the churches and. dangerous to the lberty of men. 5. The Gospel Churches arc the only ecclesastcal bodes or trbunal authorzed by the Scrptures; that each church has the unrestrcted rght to admnster ts own go crnmcnt wthout supervson or nterference, beng under Chrst essentally, ndependent and absolute; and that f ths rght be surrendered to superntendng jursdcton t;y dclcsaton or otherwse, the assembly ceases to be a Gospel Church.. 6. That churches may nevertheless, we suppose meet, by delegates, form an assocaton and declare the terms upon whch they wlj keep up the Correspondence; but that the rght and authorty of churches beng nalenable, or n no wse compromsed or hndered by enterng nto an assocaton, and therefore an assocaton hn no authorty onr churches or ndvduals, ther only power bens to transact busneu whch does not pertan to churches n ther ecclesastcal capacty; to promote mutual ntercourse, and a concentraton of voluntary effort, and to gn that advce to churches whch mght wth equal authorty be snn by an ndd ual. 7. That the authorty of the churches s desgned for the perpetuaton of the true relgon of the gospel, and for the preservaton of a true and orderly body of Chrs taaas oa earth, that t s fully suffcent for the purpose ntended, but that t docs not u:tcnd to p.cnons, property or U.c conscence of men n any manner whatever.. 8. Thet the only r.qustca to cbarcb meabenlap arc fatll n Chrst ADd obedence to the Gospel; that fadl b 10
Chrst neccaaarly exuu n conncctoa wth the belef n tlae fuadamcntal truth of Chrstanty, and tltat to pre~erbe -r otlter rcquutc of auch membenbp u an a.. umproa of autlorty on the part of the churc.h -d departure frem the Goapel plan. 9. That the offu:cra of a church arc elden and deacons; that the elders arc also called "hops or paaton, aad all the elders are equal n rank, thoup they perform dfferent functons-ncc aomc may be buhopa, or paatora of partcular churcl.ea, whle otera may be amply elden, hnag no pastoral char&~ 10. That the nthorty. of a mnuter of the Go1pel cxtenda to tca.:hng, exhortaton and rebuke, but no fur:her; that he cannot perform aay acu that belong to the authorty of the church-such the recepton of memben nto the church compact, or the expubon of offendera; chat a a member of the church, he s no more than any other members, and f he u gulty of tranagnon he u to be;. brousjat tc. tral. before hu brethren and conycted or acqutted n the s:.rue manner u f he were a pryate peuon; yet we tltnk t pruden~ to cll n addsory ~elp, especally f the m.asur a to be trkd upon a charge of hear aay. 11. That Chrutan baptum u the mmcnon of a beleycr n water, n the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 12. That the Lord Supper and waablr.g the Sanu feet arc ordnances to be obacrnd n the church untl tlte Lord comes. 13. That elders and deacons muat be act aput to ther offces by ordnaton, or the mposton of the hand of the presbytery and prayer, wthout whch they are not authorzed to admnater the ordnance pertanng to thes respectn offces. 14. No preacher 1hall be ordaned unleu called to take charge of a church aa paator, or for aome other good and suffcent reason. ARTCLES OF FATH AND DOCTRNAL VEWS 1. We belne that the Holy Bble waa wrtten by men dynely napsed and s a treasure of heannly nstructon; that t baa God for ta author, aalnton for ta end, the tnadt :wthout any m.stare or error lor ta matter: that t renala the prncplea by whch 9od wll judge ua, and there t altall reman wth ua to the e11d of tlae tle true ccater of Chrstan unon and the supreme atandard to wlakh all hamaa conduct and opnon confarm.-rn. 13:1-4; Joha 5:39. 2. That there s one true aad mna God, whoae aame u JehoYah, the maker and ruler of heann and eartlt, a. uprc.. ble aloroul n holneu, worthy of all poullle honor, confdence and Jon, renaled n tlae peraoaal dstnct" of " ) ", :,.. ;, 11. " :. :
12 Pathcr, and Holy Ghou, equal n nery dnc pcrfcctoa, aad uccutas dstnct but harm oaoua offac:u n the pat work of redempton. Ex. 6:3: Paalm 33:11. 3. Tlut man wu created n a state of holae11 - der the law of ha maker, but by ountary transgreuon fed from that holy, and happy nate, n conaequence of whch men are now annen, not by conurant, but by choce, beng by nature utterly dnod of holneu requred by the law of God, wholly gnn to the gratfcaton of the world, to Sataa, aad ther own anful pauona, and therefore are under juat condemnaton to eternal run wthout defenae or ezcute. -Gen. 1:27,2:7,3:6, 19:23. 4. That the aaluton of annera s wholly of srace, throush the medatoral offce of the Son of God, who took upon hmself our nature, yet wthout ad, honored the law by Hs own personal obedence, and made atonemeat for ln by ba death; beng rle a from the dead, he s a ow eadaroned n ~enen, and untng n ha woaderful penoa dae tcnderett aympathea whch dne perfecton a nery way qualfed to be autable, compauonate and au aufaceat Snor. Epb. 2:5, 5;8, Rom. 7:11. 5. That the Goapel bleud& wlacb Chrst a hla fuuneu but ow a on tuch aa belne n hm, s jutracaton. That ths justfcaton conasta n the pardon of an aad promae of eternal lfe, upon prncplu of r&hteoaaneu, tlaat s butowed not n conaderaton of anythng we do aot aolely tluoup bt own rgbteouaneu and atonement, aad that brnaa ua nto a atate of moat bluacd peace aad fnor wth God. -Rom. 8:30, E&k. 18:28, John 3:14, Rom. 8:17. 6. That the blutngt of tolnton arc made free to all by the Goapel; tlaat t s the aamedatc duty of ad who recced them by a cordal and obedeat fath aad tha: noth::ls prcnnta the talaton of the patclt aaaer oa eartla, bat daa own YolllDtary refutal to tubmt to tlae Lord Jent Cllrat. ohch refutal wu1 nbjc.:t haa to aa agranted coa dcmaaton. -Mark 16:16, John 17:20, laa. 20. 7. That a order to be aand we malt be eel, or obedent to tlae Goapel: and tlaat ta crdeace s foead D the holy frau whch we brag forth to God. -John 3:3-8: Matt. 3:8-10. 8. That elettod s tlae gracoua purpote of Gotl, accordns to whch be regr:deratu, tacrfcea and aayea aaaen, t beda perfecdy contstent wtla the free apacy of aan, that t comprehend all meant wth the cad; chat t la a glorous dsplay of Goda goodneu, beng nfdccly wac, aoly unchaageable: born agan; that regeaeraroa coa.uu of Jrn& a holy d.aposton to the mnd a,nd.a affected a a manner abon our comprehenson by the power of the Holy Sprt, producng oluntarly t~at t utterly u:dudu boastas, aad promotu humlty, prayer, prase, trult n God ancl
actye mtaton of l. free mercy, tlaat t encoarase tlae ase of meaaa a tle hsheat depee; tllat t l the foundatoa of Chrstan auurance, aad that to ucertaa t wtll rcprd to ounclvea dema11da and dcaenca our utmost dlgence. 9. That LJc preaerrn& attachmeut& of true bellnen.to Chrst l the gnnd muk whch d5ataaulhea them from up~rfltal poaaesson; that a specal Prodence watches oyer ther welfar, and that they are kept by the power of God tllrough.fath unto ulvatoa. -Eph. 1:1-2. 10. nat the law of God s the eternal, unchangeable rule of the Government, that s t holy, just and sood; tllat the nablty whch the erptures ascrbe to fallen man to fulful ts precepts, arues entrely from hs love of ln; to delcr hm through a medator to unfegned obedence to the Holy law u one deagn of the Gospel of the means of grace conaected vth the establshment of the rsble church. -Matt. 5:13; Luke 10:13-20, 14:17. 11. That the flnt day of the week l the Lords Day, or Clustan Sabbath, that t.hould be kept sacred to rtl Joua purpoaea by abstanng from all aecular labor and recreaton; by the drect obsernncc of all means of grace, botlt pcblc and prvate, and preparaton, fot the rest whch remans for the chldren of God. -Ex. 19:8; Hcb. 4:9, Thea. 1:7, Psalm 16:9 12~ - That c.l JOYcrnmcat l of dac appoatmeat for the nterest a ad good order of human socety, that maaatrates are.to be prayed for conscentously, honored and obeyed a all thngs not contrary to the wll of our Lord ]nus Chrst, who s the Lord of the Conscence and Prnce of the ~ng on earth.-ex. 23:7; Acts 23:5; Tm. 5:17. 13. That there s a radcal and essental dfference between the rghteous and the wcked; that such only as arc justfed by fath n the name of the Lord Jesus, and sanctfed by the Sprt of God are truly rghteous n hs esteem, whle such u contnue n mfenteace and unbelef are ll hs sght wcked and under hs curse, and hs dstncton holda aood among men both n and after death. -Matt. 25:46; Mark 16:16. 14. That the end of ths world b approachng, wlaea Chrst wll descend from heaven and rase the dead from ther srues to fnal retrbuton, that a solemn separaton wll tllea take place, the rghtco~s beng adjudaed to cnrlaatas happness, and the cked to cndleas punshment, and ths jud_ll" mcnt wll fu forever the flnalstate of man n heann or heu... oa prncples of rghteousncu. -John 5:25; Matt. 25:34; 41:46.. : 13
Bv-LAws OF THE DSTRCT SuNDAY ScHooL CoNVENTON ; Artcle 1: n order to encourage and nspre our Sunday Schools of the Chattahoochee Assocaton of Free Wll Baptst, n a more defnte plan of work and to co-ordnate our efforts for a more successful program of teachng Gods Word, we set forth the followng By Laws: Artcle : Ths Convent~on shall be known as the Sunday School Conventon of the Chattahoochee Assoca ton of Free Wll Baptst. Artcle ll: The object of the Conventon shall be to promote Sunday School work n general among our churches. Artcle V: The membershp of ths Conventon shall be the Sunday Schools of the churches that are gembers n good standng wth the Chattahoochee Assoca ton of Free Wll Baptst. A msson Sunday School shall hold membershp as long as t has the endorsement of a church whch represents n sad Conventon Artcle V: The representaton fee for each sesson shall be determned by the partcpatng churches. The sad fee shall be used to defray the expenses of the Conventon, and to contrbute to our denomnatonal enterprses. The fee s to accompany a letter contanng the condton of the Sunday School, average attendance, number of classes, number of departments, number on roll, number of teachers and offcers and any other n formaton that the Conventon deems pertnent to the growth and effcency of the local Sunday School. Artcle V: Each Sunday S~hool shall send delegates as deemed approprate to theconventon. All de legates should be elected from the laty. Artcle V: All pastors of the churches of the local Assocaton and superntendents shall be consdj ered members at large wth votng power, but should not be sent as delegates. Artcle V: The offcers of ths Conventon shall be a Presdent, Vce-Presdent, Secretary and Treasurer, and Assstant Secretary and Treasurer. All offcers shall be elected at the close of the sesson of the Conventon each year. Artcle X: PRESDENT: The Presdent shall presde over all meetngs of the Conventon, appont tem porary commttees and perform the other dutes usually devolvng upon sad offcer. 14
VCE PRESDENT: The Vce-Presdent shall presde over aeetngs n the absence or at the request of the Presdent and assst the Presdent n the general supervson of the Conventon. SECRETARY AND TREASURER: The Secretary and Treasurer shall keep a record of the proceedngs of the Convenas funds nto ton and record all fnances that come the Conventon. SUNDAY SCHOOL COMMTTEE: The ttee shall organze or assst n the organzaton of new Sunday Schools,the reorganzaton ~f exstng Sunday Schools that have lasped nto a state of neffcency. Ths servce beng rendered at the reques~ of the local Sunday School. Artcle X: Amendments: The~e By-Laws may be amended by a two-thrds vote of the members present at any regular sesson. Bv-l.Aws SuBMTTED Bv: Rev. Bobby Whttaker Rev. A. G. Wndham Rev. Hubert Arnold Bro. Hudson Poole. 15 " d, ; 1
STATSTCAL TABLE. C) E...,.,.,.,., ~ ~ ~ "-o - --. -.. 0 0., -., 1: CD " " CD 1: -.0 _.a - " ~.a, - en- " C/l<: O:::l CCD CHURCH PASTOR...... E-o E" "E 0.o Ex t:<= " a.,....., ~ f-~ " "" m C/lW uw ~ " ~<( ~.5 {:~.: ~<( ~~ Bethany Carlton Jordan FT 6 2 2 33 20 No 6 No Lake Blackshear Gerald Brown FT 3 7 1 46 22 46 8 3. Lttle Bethel Gene Ross FT 4 5 6 97 46 No 12 8 Mount Olve A.G. Wndham FT 2 3 2 153 80 No No No New Lberty J.C. Grmsley PT 0 0 4 22 No No No No New Lfe Jmmy, Stubbs FT 14 17 3 113 25 No No No New Prospect (Taylor) A.P. Wanwrght FT 10 10 0 76 50 No No No New Prospect (Turner) Wayne Chambless PT 3 7 3 137 49 30 16 No Pleasant Hll Reynolds Bobby Whttaker Sprn Hll W.R. Crawley FT 2 7 1 60 40 No No No Thomaston Frst Gerald Baxley FT 4 6 2 166 78 45 15 12 Trnty Warren Wyatt FT 0 0 2 55 38 No No No. Turners Chapel Charles Clark FT 5 5 3 183 68 No No No - --- -- -
~- -~----~---~-- -~ ----- --"-- - ---. -- ----~---~---~--~-~-- -_-._~ --------~- -=----~-=~~--~-= ~~=---~---~ ~~----------------------~---------~-- ~-~ :_:_ ~-~-~- ~-~ " - - - -~===-=---=---================ ---- --------~ ----- FNANCAL TABLE TTHES VALUE OF - NATONAL REPRESEN- CHURCH COUNTY AND CHURCH AND MNUTES ASSOC. TATON FEE OFFERNGS PARSONAGE DUES. Bethany Maron 1,300.00 35,000.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 Lake Blackshear Sumter 28,635.99 100,000.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 Lttle Bethel Macon 16,215.16 80,000.00 12.00 10.00 25.00 Mount Olve Taylor 18,837.14 220,000.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 New Lberty Schley 20,000.00 12.00 10.00 10.00 New Lfe Maron 3,700.00 33,000.00 25.00 10.00 15.00 New Prospect Taylor 4,606.87 50,000.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 New Prospect Turner 6,316.51 150,000.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 Pleasant Hll Schley Reynolds. Taylor 5.00 10.00 15.00 Sprng Hll Marlon 6,000.00 25,000.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 Thomaston Frst Upson 34,728.27 300,000.00 10.00 10.00 15.00.. Trnty Taylor 20,503.58 130,000.00 20.00 10.00 25.00 Turners Chapel Taylor 21,621.05 88,000.00 25.00 10.00 25.00
BETHANY - Thomas S. Mathews, Rt. 1, Box 34 AB-4, Mauk, Ga.31058 LAKE BLACKSHEAR - Mrs. Catherne McCook, P.O. Box 1292, Amercus, Ga. 31709, Phone 912-853-9332. LTTLE BETHEL - Mrs. Leonard Layfeld, Rt. 1, Box 234, Butler, Ga. 31006, Phone 912-862-3907.. MOUNT OLVE - Mrs. Phylls Chldree, Rt. 1, Box 218-B, Butler, Ga. 31006, Phone 912-862-3326. NEW LBERTY - Mr. John C. Krkland, Rt. 4, Box 84, Buena Vsta, Ga. 31803, Phone 912-937-2359. NEW LFE- Mrs. Kay Stubbs, Rt. 1, Box 87, Mauk, Ga. 31058. NEW PROSPECT (TAYLOR) - Mrs. Carol Wanwrght, Rt. 2, Box 105, Reynolds, Ga. 31076, Phone 912-847-4344. NEW PROSPECT (TURNER) - Mrs. Dors Wllams, Rt. 3, Box 58, Ashburn, Ga. 31714, Phone 912-567-2521. PLEASANT HLL - Mrs. Edyth Guy, P.O. Box 535, Butler, Ga. 31006, Phone 912-862-3675. REYNOLDS - Mr. Mckey Hobbs, P.O. Box 464, Reynolds, Ga. 31076, Phone 912-847-3259. SPRNG HLL - Mrs. Bernce McCall, Rt. 1, Box 28-A, Mauk, Ga. 31058, Phone 912-649-7273. THOMASTON FRST - Geraldne Taunton, 805 Rocky Bottom Road, Thomaston, Ga. 30286, Phone 404-647-4689. TRNTY - Mrs. Josephne Welch, Rt. 1, Box 253, Mauk, Ga. 31058, Phone 912-862-3356. TURNERS CHAPEL - Mr. Jesse E. Carroll, Rt. 2, Box 90, Butler, Ga. 31006, Phone 912-862-3657. MNSTERAL ROLL Rev. Carlton Jordan- Rt. 1, Box 298, Butler, Ga. 31006 Phone 912-862-3565 Rev. Johnny Grmsley- Amercus, Ga. 31709 Rev. Gerald E. Brown - Rt. 1, Box 171, Cordele, Ga. 31015, Phone 912-535-6391 Rev. Eugene F. Ross- Rt. 1, Box 62-B, deal, Ga. 31041 Phone 912-949-3791 Rev. A.G. Wndham- Rt. 4, Reynolds, Ga. 31076 Phone 912-847-3268 Rev. Hubert Arnold- Rt. 4, Reynolds, Ga. 31076 Phone 912-847-4627 Rev. Clyde Melton- P.O. Box 295, Butler, Ga. 31006 Phone 912-862-3776 Rev. Julus Grmsley- Rt. 2, Box 162, Ellavlle, Ga. 31806 Phone 912-937-2680 18
--- Rev. Jmmy Stubbs - 3910 Hckory Ave., Columbus, Ga. 31904 Phone 404-576-4157 Rev. Robert Stubbs - Maron Memoral Nursng Home, Buena Vsta, Ga. 31803, Phone 912-649-7578 Rev. Perry Wanwrght- Rt. 3, Reynolds, Ga. 31076 Phone 912-847-4679 Rev. Joel Wanwrght- Rt. 3, Reynolds, Ga. 31076 Rev. Wayne Chambless - Rt. 3, Sylvester, Ga. 31791, Phone 912-776-3507 Rev. Steve Purvs - Rt. 5, Box 437-B5, Moultre, Ga. 31768 Phone 912-875-5134 Rev. Robert L. Whttaker- P.O. Box 214, Reynolds, Ga. 31076 Phone 912-847-3788 Rev. W.R. Crawley - Rt. 2, Box 116-A, Ft. Valley, Ga. 31030 Phone 912-825-7137 Rev. Gerald Baxley - 203 Poplar St., Thomaston, Ga. 30286 Phone 404-648-2055 Rev. Roscoe Ptts, - 2537 Barnesvlle Hwy., Thomaston, Ga. 30286, Phone 404-647-7262 Rev. Warren Wyatt - P.O. Box 68, Howard, Ga. 31093, Phone 912-862-5585 Rev. Charles Clark - 136 Carter Woods Dr., Warner Robns, Ga. 31093, Phone 912-953-3486 Rev. James R. Stroup - 2059 Regent St., Macon, Ga. 31206 Phone 912-745-0054 19
20 CHURCH ACTVE DEACONS BETHANY:. Lester Grmsley - Rt. 1, Box Sprngs, Ga. 31801, Phone 912-649-5373 LAKE BLACKSHEAR - None LTTLE BETHEL: Randal Jnks, Rt. 1, Box 62, deal, Ga. 31041, Phone 912-949-3691 Morrs Lawhorn, P.O. Box 661, Butler, Ga. 31006, Phone 912-862-3526 Leonard Layfeld, Rt. 1, Box 234, Butler, Ga. 31006, Phone 912-862-3907 W.T. Wllams, P.O. Box 412, Reynolds, Ga. 31076, Phone 912-847-3377 Earl Bone, Rt. 1, Butler, Ga. 31006, Phone 912-862-3585 Gleason Fowler, Rt. 1, Box 321A, Rupert, Ga. 31081, Phone 912-862-3903 MOUNT OLVE: Ernest Parker, Rt. 4, Reynolds, Ga. 31076, Phone 912-847- 3349 Eugene Wndham, Rt. 4, Reynolds, Ga. 31076, Phone 912-847-3230 James Wlhote, Rt. 4, Reynolds, Ga. 31076, Phone 912-847-3133 Ralph Wndham, Rt. 1, Butler, Ga. 31006, Phone 912-862-3704 NEW LBERTY: Elbert Streetman, Rt. 1, Ellavlle, Ga. 31806, Phone 912-937-2885 NEW LFE: Truman Lockhart, Gable Ave., Columbus, Ga. 31907, Phone 404-568-0367 J.B. Anthony, Rt. 1, Mauk, Ga. 31058, Phone 404-269- 3846 Olver Stubbs, Rt. 1, Box 87, Mauk, Ga. 31058 Rchard Anthony, Rt. 1, Mauk, Ga. 31058, Phone 404-269-3839 Henry Grmsley, Rt. 1, Ellavlle, Ga. 31806, Phone 912-937-2183 NEW PROSPECT (TAYLOR CO.): ssac Wanwrght, Rt. 2, Box 98, Butler, Ga. 31006, Phone 912-847-4267 J.S. Peacock, 5116 Stone Gate Dr., Columbus, Ga. 31909, Phone 404-561-3637 l
NEW PROSPECT (TURNER): Carlton Wllams, Rt. 3, Box 58A, Ashburn, Ga. 31714, Phone 912-567-3866 Horace Davs, Rt. 3, Ashburn, Ga. 31714, Phone 912-567- 3777 Lamar Wlson, Elderly Vllage, Ashburn, Ga. 31714 Harvey Davs, Rt. 3, Box 63, Ashburn, Ga. 31714, Phone 912-567-3735 Othan Lttle, Ashburn Conver. Care, Ashburn, Ga. 31714 Howard (Bo) Raney, Rt. 1, Sycamore, Ga. 31714, Phone 912-567-3743 PLEASANT HLL: Blan Wall, Rt. 1, Ellavlle, Ga. 31086, Phone 912-937-2040 Hugh Wall, Rt. 1, Ellavlle, Ga. 31086, Phone 912-937- 2237 Fred Brewer, Rt. 1, Rupert, Ga. 31081, Phone 912-862- 3729 Wllam V. Guy, P.O. Box 535, Butler, Ga. 31006, Phone 912-862-3675 REYNOLDS: None SPRNG HLL: Norman Grer, Rt. 1, Box 28-B, Mauk, Ga. 31058, Phone 912-649-7306 Monroe Grer, Rt. 1, Mauk, Ga. 31058, Phone 912-649- 7644 James F. Lews, Rt. 1, Junper, Ga. 31801, Phone 912-649-7647 THOMASTON FRST: Herbert Salter, 112 Sherwood Dr., Thomaston, Ga. 30286 Phone 404-648-3622 M.A. Taylor, 1412 Yatesvlle Hwy., Thomaston, Ga. 30286 Phone 404-64 7-6997 A Wells, 103 Kngs Road, Thomaston, Ga. 30286, Phone 404-648-2670 TRNTY: E.A. Welch, Rt. 1, Box 253, Mauk, Ga. 31058, Phone 912-862-3356 Larry Bell, Rt. 1, Mauk, Ga. 31058, Phone 912-862-3943 Tommy Watson, Rt. 2, Box 14, Preston, Ga. 31824, Phone 912-828-3715 Nelson Brady, 125 Carter Woods Drve, Warner Robns, Ga. 31093, Phone 912-953-3783 Davd Welch, Rt. 1, Box 254, Mauk, Ga. 31058, Phone 912-862-5976., j :.. : f 21
TURNERS CHAPEL Edward Robnson, 714 South Broad St., Butler, Ga. 31006 Phone 912-862-5641 Clfford W. Carroll, Rt. 2, Box 63, Butler, Ga. 31006, Phone 912-862-3625 Raymond Moore, P.O. Box 832, Reynolds, Ga. 31076 Phone 912-847-3172. Ele Robnson, Butler, Ga. 31006, Phone 912-862-3154 ORDANNG COUNCL Rev. A.G. Wndham....,... 3 years Rev. Gerald E. Brown, Charman... 2 years Dea. Morrs Lawhorn..... 1 year EXECUTVE COMMTTEE De a. C.W. Carroll.... 5 years De a. Norman Grer... 4 years De a. Elbert Streetman... 3 years De a. E.A. Welch, Jr..... 2 years Dea. Gleason Fowler, Charman... 1 year. 22
23 150TH ANNUAL SESSON OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE FREE WLL BAPTST ASSOCATON The 150th Annual Meetng of the Chattahoochee Free Wll Baptst Assocaton met October 5, 1985, at Turners Chapel, Butler, Ga. at 10:00 a.m. The meetng began wth sngng, led by Bro. Jr. Welch. The Moderator, Rev. Warren Wyatt took charge callng for correspondng letters. t was moved, seconded, and carred for the moderator to appont someone to read the letters. Bro. Jr. Welch and Rev. A.G. Wndham volunteered. They are as follows: 1. Bethany - Thomas Mathews, Woodrow Hendrcks, Mrs. Polly Jordan. 2. Lake Blackshear - rene Brown 3. Lttle Bethel - Ss. Mary Lee Fowler, Ss. Blondell Layfeld, Ss. Ruby Ray 4. Mt. Olve - Bro. Syd Crook, Bro. Clarence Wanwrght, Ss. Ann Wanwrght, Bro. Edward Bloodworth, Ss. Anne Wndham, Ss. Mary Wlhote 5. New Lberty - Bro. J.C. Krkland, Ss. Chrstne Krkland, Ss. Jewell McDanels 6. New Lfe - Ss. Kay Stubbs, Ss. Mary Stubbs, Ss. Ruby Stubbs 7. New Prospect - (Taylor Co.) By Letter 8. New Prospect - (Turner Co.) W.J. Farmer, Fay Arnold, Mary Ann Temms, Margarette Davs 9. Pleasant Hll- No Report 10. Reynolds- Pastor 11. Sprng Hll - Ss. Mary Crawley, Ss. Myrtle Grer, Bro. & Ss. Homer Wrght 12. Thomaston Frst - Eudene Ptts, Jewel Lee, Kate Watson 13. Trnty - Bess Wllams, Josephne Welch, E.A. Welch, Jr., Juanta Wyatt 14. Turners Chapel - Leroy Lowe t was moved, seconded, and carred to acfept the letters and seat the delegates. t was moved, seconded and carred for the Moderator to appont the commttees. They are as follows:.. :......., TEMPERANCE Ss. Anne Wndham Ss. Jewel McDanel Bro. Leroy Lowe WOMANS AUXLARY Ss. Mary Lee Fowler and for her to ask for her assstant
SUGGESTON Bro. Clarence Wanwrght Ss. rene Brown Ss. Eudene Ptts OBTUARY Bro. W.J. Farmer Ss. Kate Watson Ss. Bess Wllams SUNDAY SCHOOL Ss. Ruby Ray Ss. Kay Stubbs Bro. Thomas Mathews FNANCE Bro. J.C. Krkland Bro. Jmmy Stubbs Bro. Roscoe Ptts NOMNATNG Rev. W.R. Crawley Rev. Wayne Chamblss Ss. Josephne Welch At ths tme the moderator asked for any reports. Bro. Tyson Ray gave a good report on Camp Mt. Bethel. The Executve Commttee -No Report. Rev. Gerald Brown reported that Bro. Jr. Welch wll be n charge of the next meetng for the Preachers and Deacons. Bro. Welch sad the next meetng wll be held n Butler, Ga. at the Hgh School Cafetera, Nov. 2, 1985. t wll cost approxmately $5.00 or $6.00 per person. About 20 people sad they would attend. Rev. Bobby Whttaker, on the Msson Board, reported that the churches n Dubln and Atlanta are dong good, but need some help n support and prayer. Ss. Mary Lee Fowler gave a good report for the Womans Auxlary. Bro. E.A. Welch, Jr. reported that the Benevolent Fund balance s $387.90. Then he asked when the offerng was receved, what would t be used for. t was moved, seconded, and carred for the offerng to go to the Suggeston Commtte. A specal meetng for all people, young and old wll be held at Camp Mt. Bethel on Oct. 19, 1985, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Those n charge are Rev. Gene Ross and Rev. Charles Clark. Bro. Gleason Fowler gave a good report on the Masters Men and sad that all churches should have one. There wll be a Masters Men Meetng at Camp Mt. Bethel on Dec. 7, 1985. The mnutes of the last meetng were read at ths tme. t was moved, seconded, and carred to accept them as read. 24
ROLL CALL FOR THE ORDANNG COUNCL Rev. Gerald Brown, Charman... Present Deacon Morrs Lawhorn... Present Rev. Bobby Whttaker... Present ROLL CALL FOR THE EXECUTVE COMMTTEE Deacon Norman Grer...,. Present Deacon Elbert Streetman... Present Deacon E.A. Welch, Jr... Present Deacon Gleason Fowler, Charman... Present Deacon C.W. Carroll... Present Mornng Servce began wth sngng led by Bro. Welch. A specal song by Rev. Jmmy Stubbs. Rev. Charles Clark, pastor of host church, gave a welcome. Rev. Warren Wyatt asked for Rev. Charles Clark and Rev. A.G. Wndham to accept the offerng and for t to go to the suggeston Commtte. Rev. Wndham led n prayer. The offerng was $71.10. Rev. Wyatt brought an nsprng message enttled, "God s God", from Psalm 19:1, then endng wth prayer. Dsmssed for lunch wth prayer by Bro. Gene Wndham. AFTERNOON SESSON Song servce began at 1:15 p.m. led by Ss. Kay Stubbs, then prayer by Rev. Hubert Arnold. COMMTTEE REPORTS TEMPERANCE: We, your Temperance Commttee, urge each of us to adhere to the Bble and our Church Decorum that stresses temperance n our daly lvng. Remember that our lfe has a great nfluence on those n our world today. Leroy Lowe Anne Wndham Jewel McDanel SUGGESTON:., : : : : 1. We, your Suggeston Commttee, would lke for every church to partcpate n all auxlares of the church, such as the Sunday School, C.T.S. Masters Men, Womans Auxlary, all ralles and assocatonal meetngs. 2. t was suggested to revert back to the old system of payng for the assocaton mnutes from the treasure fund. We feel the treasure s now able to support the effort.
3. We suggest that $200.00 be gven to the next Youth Rally to be held at Camp Mt. Bethel, f the treasure can affort t. 4. Let the Presdent of the dstrct Lades Auxlary gve report and the Sunday School youth group Presdent, ths elmnatng so many commttees. 5. Lets all gve our host church a rsng vote of thanks. rene Brown Euden Ptts Clarence Wanwrght Womans Auxlary:.. We, the commttee, wsh to encourage each church to organze a Lades Auxlary. t helps to promote better Chrstan fellowshp wth the women of the churches, dstrcts, state, and natonal assocatons. We feel t helps women to fulfll ther part n the great commsson. Mary Lee Fowler Blondell Layfeld Helen Lawhorn SUNDAY SCHOOL: We, your Sunday School Commttee, urge each church to take part n every Sunday School Actvty. We encourage every parent and the chldren to take advantage of every opportunty of gong to Sunday School. We feel everyone wll receve a blessng by partcpatng n Sunday School.. Thomas Mathews Kay Stubbs Ruby Ray OBTUARY: We, the Obtuary Commttee have these deaths to report: Lake Blackshear-Mrs. Hazel Kennett 12-16-84 Lttle Bethel-Mr. Lester Cromer 3-17-85 Mrs. Esse E. Wllams 5-7-85 Mrs. Odell Duncan 6-8-85 Mr. Harold McCarty 7-1-85 Mrs. Adran Mcnvale Jones 7-20-85 Mr. Homer Cromer 7-28-85 26
Mt. Olve-Mrs. Carre Donavan Payne 6-12-85 Mrs. Ceclle Jones Peacock 3-20-85 New Lberty-Mrs. Marlu C. Wlson 9-1-85 New Lfe-Mrs. Maude Adams 4-28-85 Mrs. Florence Teat 9-28-85 New Prospect-Mr. Hubert H. Parton 10-1-84 _ (Turner Co.) Mss Berta Lttle 8-85 Reynolds - Mr. Lews G. Blar 2-28-85 Thomaston Frst-Mrs. Ruby Louse Wells 1-25-85 Trnty-Jenne vey Waller 2-26-85 Mary Elzabeth Emberton 12-21-84 Turners Chapel-Mrs. Cora Moore 12-13-84 - W.J. Farmer Kate Watson Bess Wllams FNANCE COMMTTEE: From Quarterly Meetngs Balance... $1,336.52 Letter Fees... 509.00 Offerng.... 71.10 Present Balance... $1,962.62 NOMNATNG COMMTTEE: Local: Moderator... Rev. Charles Clark... 2 years Asst. Moderator... Rev. Wayne Chambless... 2 years Clerk... C.W. Carroll... 1 year Asst. Clerk........... Edna C. Carroll... 1 year Ordanng Councl... Rev. A.G. Wndham... 3 years Executve Commttee... C.W. Carroll... 5 years Local Youth Camp... Rev. Gene Ross... 1 year STATE BOARD: Board of Mssons... Rev. Bobby Whttaker Board of Trustees... Bro. Gleason Fowler Rev. Wayne Chambless Rev. W.R. Crawley Josephne Welch t was moved, seconded, and carred for all commttee reports to be accepted and the delegates dsmssed. Rev. Gerald Baxley gave a good report on Camp Mt. Bethel and asked f we wanted to have camp agan next year. t was moved, seconded, and carred to have t agan next year...., : ~ j 27
28 t was then moved, seconded, and carred to have a 5-man commttee to be n charge of all youth groups. After several dscussons, t was suggested that t be brought up at the January meetng. t was moved, seconded and carred for the prevous move and second to be tabled untl the next meetng. The appontng of places for our meetngs for the next year are as follows: Frst Quarterly Meetng... January 4, 1986 New Prospect (Turner Co.) Sermon by Rev. Warren Wyatt Second Quarterly Meetng... Aprl 5, 1986 Trnty Sermon by Rev. Charles Clark Thrd Quarterly Meetng... July 12, 1986 Reynolds Sermon by Rev. Herbert Wad Annual Meetng... October 4, 1986 New Lfe Sermon by Rev. Jmmy Stubbs The thrd quarterly meetng should be on July 5th, and beng a long holday weekend, t was moved, seconded, and carred for t to be held on July 12th. t was moved, seconded, and carred for Ss. Mary Lee Fowler, Bro. Gleason Fowler, Ss. Ann Ross, and Ss. rene Brown to be elected delegates and Rev. Gene Ross to be a standng delegate n the Georga State Assocaton Meetng whch wll be on November 14-16, at the Norman Baptst Assembly, Norman Park, Ga. t was moved, seconded, and carred for the Assocaton to send $140.00 (14 X $10.00) to the State Assocaton for the Natonal Assocaton. t was moved, seconded, and carred to adjourn. Dsmss wth prayer by Bro. Ralph Wndham. Rev. Warren Wyatt, Moderator C.W. Carroll, Clerk
THE FRST QUARTERLY MEETNG The Frst Quarterly Meetng was held at New Prospect, Turner County, Ashburn, Ga., January 5, 1985. The sngng began at 10:00 led by Bro. W.J. Farmer. Rev. Wayne Cham.. bless, pastor of the host church, welcomed everyone at ths tme, then opened the busness wth prayer. The Moderator, Rev. Warren Wyatt, took charge and called the meetng to order. t was moved, seconded, and carred for the Moderator to call for the letters and appont someone to read them. He apponted Rev. Gerald Brown and Rev. Gerald Baxley. They were as follows: 1. Bethany-By Letter 2. Lake Blackshear-Tony Morgan, Charles Cole, rene Brown, Gerald Brown 3. Lttle Bethel-Ann Ross, Ruby Ray, 4. Mt. Olve-Bro. Syd Crook, Jewel Powell, Dale Payne, Barbara Jean Wndham, James Wndham 5. New Lberty-No Letter 6. New Lfe-By Letter 7. New Prospect (Taylor Co. )-By Letter 8. New Prospect (Turner Co.)-Margarette Davs, W.J. Farmer, Audrey Burgess 9. Pleasant Hll-No Letter 10. Reynolds-By Letter 11. Sprng Hll-Ss. Mary Crawley, Ss. Myrtle Grer 12. Thomaston Frst-Johnny Helms, Sylva Helms, Loreta Baxley. 13. Trnty-Josephne Welch, E.A. Welch, Jr. 14. Turners Chapel-Earnest Heath t was moved, seconded, and carred to accept the letters and seat the delegates. - The mnutes of the last meetng were read at ths tme. t was moved, seconded, and carred for them to be accepted as read. ROLL CALL FOR ORDANNG COUNCL: Rev. Gerald Brown, Charman... Present Deacon Morrs Lawhorn... Not Present Rev. Bobby Whttaker... Present ;. 29
ROLL CALL FOR EXECUTVE COMMTTEE: Deacon Norman Grer... Present Deacon Elbert Streetman... Not Present Deacon E.A. Welch,Jr... Present Deacon Gleason Fowler, Charman... Not Present Deacon C.W. Carroll... Present t was mbved, seconded and carred for the Moderator to appont the commttees. They are as follows: FNANCE: W.J. Farmer Johnny Helms Roscoe Ptts SUGGESTON: rne Brown Ruby Ray Earnest Heath t was moved, seconded, and carred to go nto the mornng servce. Song servce was led by W.J. Farmer. A vstor, Rev. Alton Everson, from Frst Church of Tfton, took the place of Rev. Gene Ross to brng the message. Rev. Eversons message was, "Do We Meet The Condtons?", taken from Chron., 6th Chapter, begnnng wth the 21st verse, wth prayer by Rev. Herbert Wad. After the message, an nvtaton was gven, endng wth prayer. Rev. Wayne Chambless, pastor of the host church, agan welcomed everyone and asked Rev. Gerald Brown to dsmss for lunch wth prayer. AFTERNOON SESSON Song servce began at 1:00. Rev. A.G. Wndham gave a short devoton, from Thess. 3: 1-5. The Moderator asked Rev. Gerald Baxley and Rev. W.R. Crawley to receve the offerng, wth prayer by Rev. Baxley. The offerng was $45.40. Rev. Herbert Wad was welcomed at ths tme and he gave a good report on the State and the Bble College. Rev. Gene Ross reported for Bro. Elbert Streetman on the Educaton Board and there wll be a specal meetng for the mnsters and wves at Norman Park on February 1 & 2. Rev. Gerald Baxley reported that our young people wll be at Camp Mt. Bethel agan ths year about the last week of July or 2nd week n August. Wll know at a later date. The young people now have a balance of $165.00. 30
Bro. Welch reported that some of the churches gave $50.00 each, whch left a balance n the Benevolent Funds of $440.00. Rev. Bobby Whttaker reported on the Msson Board and that Rev. Burns needs more help. COMMTTEE REPORTS OF: Ordanng Councl: Your ordanng councl has met wth Bro. Wayne Chambless, fndng hm n order, and beng recommended n good standng from the Mdway Assocaton. We do receve Bro. Chambless n full fellowshp nto our Chattahoochee Assoca- tton. Rev. Gerald Brown Rev. Bobby Whttaker Bro. Roscoe Ptts t was moved, seconded, and carred to accept Rev. Wayne Chambless n full fellowshp. SUGGESTON COMMTTEE: We, your commttee, suggest that f your church does not have a vstaton program, start one. We feel that there s a great need for all servces of the church to be attended. rene Brown Earnest Heath Ruby Ray FNANCE COMMTTEE Balance brought forward... $1,270.52 Letter Fees... 210.00 Balance, January 5th... $1,480.52 Roscoe Ptts W.J. Farmer Johnny Helms t was moved, seconded, and carred to accept all reports, and dsmss delegates. t was moved, seconded, and carred to turn the request of the Fath Free Wll Baptst Msson n Macon, Ga. to the Executve Commttee snce no one from the msson 1 was present. l ;....,.,, 31