The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama

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The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama by Charles Octavius Boothe.

Contents

• THE CYCLOPEDIA OF THE Colored Baptists of Alabama6
• INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.8
• TABLE OF CONTENTS.10
• AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR.11
• PREFACE.14
• HISTORY OF THE COLORED BAPTISTS OF ALABAMA.17
• I. INTRODUCTION.18
• ORIGIN.18
• CHANGES.18
• MOBILE.21
• STONE STREET CHURCH.22
• ST. LOUIS STREET CHURCH.23
• ST. ANTHONY STREET CHURCH—NOW FRANKLYN STREET.23
• UNION CHURCH.23
• HUNTSVILLE, MADISON COUNTY.24
• PERRY AND HALE COUNTIES.25
• MONTGOMERY CITY AND COUNTY.27
• A STRAW WHICH SHOWS WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOWS.27
• TUSCALOOSA AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.27
• LEE, MACON, BULLOCK AND BARBOUR COUNTIES.29
• GREENVILLE, BUTLER COUNTY.29
• SELMA.29
• DREAM TELLING.30
• THE BITTER BUD.30
• ORGANIZATION IN ALABAMA.31
• II. THE STATE CONVENTIONS36
• FIRST SESSION.36
• SECOND SESSION.36
• THIRD SESSION.37
• FOURTH SESSION.37
• FIFTH SESSION.37
• SIXTH SESSION.37
• SEVENTH SESSION.38
• EIGHTH SESSION.38
• NINTH SESSION.39
• TENTH SESSION.40
• ELEVENTH SESSION.41
• TWELFTH SESSION.42
• THIRTEENTH SESSION.42
• FOURTEENTH SESSION.44
• FIFTEENTH SESSION.44
• SIXTEENTH SESSION.45
• SEVENTEENTH SESSION.45
• EIGHTEENTH SESSION.45
• NINETEENTH SESSION.46
• TWENTIETH SESSION.46
• TWENTY-FIRST SESSION.47
• TWENTY-SECOND SESSION.47
• TWENTY-THIRD SESSION.48
• TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION.48
• TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION.49
• TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION.50
• TWENTY-SEVENTH SESSION.50
• COMPARISONS.50
• III. ASSOCIATIONS.53
• ALABAMA DISTRICT.53
• LEADING MEN.53
• ALABAMA MIDLAND ASSOCIATION.55
• MONTGOMERY.55
• THE FIRST COLORED BAPTIST CHURCH55
• DEXTER AVENUE CHURCH.57
• AUBURN ASSOCIATION.58
• LEADING MEN.59
• AUTAUGA COUNTY ASSOCIATION.59
• LEADING MEN.59
• BETHLEHEM ASSOCIATION.60
• LEADING MEN.61
• BIBB COUNTY ASSOCIATION.61
• LEADING MEN.61
• BLADEN SPRINGS ASSOCIATION.62
• POST OFFICES OF CHURCHES.62
• LEADING MEN.62
• BROWNVILLE ASSOCIATION.62
• OFFICERS LAST REPORTED.62
• CANAAN (PICKENSVILLE) ASSOCIATION.63
• LEADING MEN.63
• THE COLORED BETHLEHEM ASSOCIATION.65
• POST OFFICES OF CHURCHES.65
• LEADING MEN.65
• DALLAS COUNTY ASSOCIATION.65
• POST OFFICES OF THEIR CHURCHES.65
• LEADING MEN.65
• EAST PERRY COUNTY ASSOCIATION.66
• LEADING MEN.66
• EVERGREEN ASSOCIATION.66
• POST OFFICES OF THEIR CHURCHES.66
• LEADING MEN.66
• THE EUFAULA ASSOCIATION.67
• POST OFFICES OF CHURCHES.67
• LEADING MEN.67
• FLINT RIVER ASSOCIATION.68
• MINISTERS.68
• FRIENDSHIP WESTERN UNION ASSOCIATION.69
• POST OFFICES OF THEIR CHURCHES.69
• LEADING MEN.69
• GOOD SAMARITAN ASSOCIATION.69
• POST OFFICES OF CHURCHES.69
• LEADING MEN.69
• HOPE HILL ASSOCIATION.70
• POST OFFICES OF CHURCHES.70
• LEADING MEN.70
• LEBANON ASSOCIATION.70
• LEADING MEN AND THEIR POST OFFICES.70
• LILY STAR ASSOCIATION.70
• POST OFFICES OF CHURCHES.70
• PASTORS.71
• MOBILE SUNLIGHT ASSOCIATION.71
• MINISTERS.71
• MOUNT PLEASANT ASSOCIATION.71
• POST OFFICES.71
• MINISTERS.71
• MORNING STAR ASSOCIATION.72
• LEADING MEN.72
• POST OFFICES.72
• MOUNT PILGRIM ASSOCIATION.72
• CHURCHES.72
• MINISTERS.75
• BIRMINGHAM CHURCHES.75
• FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALA.77
• COLLECTION.78
• COLLECTION.78
• MT. PILGRIM WOMEN’S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.78
• Topics.78
• WOMEN’S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.79
• PROGRAM.79
• FIFTH GENERAL MEETING OF THE BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE’S UNION OF MT. PILGRIM ASSOCIATION.80
• THE MULBERRY ASSOCIATION.82
• LEADING MEN.82
• MUD CREEK ASSOCIATION.82
• MUSCLE SHOALS ASSOCIATION82
• NEW PINE GROVE ASSOCIATION.84
• LEADING MEN.84
• NEW CAHABA ASSOCIATION.84
• OLD PINE GROVE ASSOCIATION.84
• PEROTE ASSOCIATION.86
• PIKE COUNTY ASSOCIATION.86
• PASTORS.86
• CHURCHES.86
• RUSHING SPRINGS ASSOCIATION.87
• MINISTERS.88
• THE AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH.88
• SANDY RIDGE ASSOCIATION.90
• SALEM ASSOCIATION.90
• SHELBY SPRINGS ASSOCIATION.91
• SOUTHEAST ALABAMA ASSOCIATION.92
• SNOW CREEK ASSOCIATION.92
• SOUTHEAST DISTRICT ASSOCIATION.93
• LEADING MEN.93
• POST OFFICES OF CHURCHES.94
• SPRING HILL ASSOCIATION.94
• CHURCHES IN 1891.94
• MINISTERS.95
• STAR OF HOPE ASSOCIATION.95
• TOWN CREEK ASSOCIATION.96
• UNION ASSOCIATION.98
• LEADING MEN.98
• UNIONTOWN ASSOCIATION.98
• POST OFFICES AND CHURCHES.99
• MINISTERS.99
• SALEM MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, GREENSBORO.100
• THE ST. PHILLIP STREET CHURCH, SELMA.101
• WILL’S CREEK ASSOCIATION.105
• IV. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.109
• BIOGRAPHICAL SUPPLEMENT.203
• V. SUMMARY.214
• I. FROM WHENCE WE HAVE COME.214
• CHANGE IN THE SOCIAL STATUS OF THE SOUTH.216
• II. HOW WE HAVE COME.216
• III. THE POINT WE NOW OCCUPY.223
• THE WOMEN’S CONVENTION—A HIGH POINT.227
• MISSIONARY WORK IN BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT.233
• FINAL REMARKS.239
• CONCLUSION.242
• THE ALABAMA PUBLISHING COMPANY243
• “The School of the People.”243
• Transcribers’ Notes245
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE247

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