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Bowling Green-Warren County (Kentucky) Rural Church Survey (Mss 705), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 705. Survey forms, historical data, and photographs documenting rural churches in Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky.

Bate Family Papers (Mss 673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 673. Correspondence, business, and legal papers of various members of the Bate family of Sumner County, Tennessee. Some of the children are located in San Augustine, Texas. Most of the correspondence centers around the mother, Ann Franklin (Weatherred) Bate and her children, particularly Eugenia Patience (Bate) Bass Bertinatti and Humphrey Howell Bate, and to a lesser degree their siblings. Includes extensive documentation about the financial and legal condition of Bertinatti after the Civil War. The originals are in the Tennessee State Library & Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

David Lipscomb On Rebaptism: Contexts Of A Controversy, Mcgarvey Ice

Library Research and Publications

This paper sets David Lipscomb's position on rebaptism in three contexts.

First, to provide a historical context, it states the circumstances of his baptism

and examines how and to what ends he employed the narrative of it. Second, to

craft a theological context, it contours in a broad way his doctrine of baptism.

Third, to furnish an ecclesial context, it scrutinizes the practice of receiving

members at Nashville's South College Street Christian Church, where he served

as an elder.

Old Union Church Of Christ - Sumner County, Tennessee (Sc 3216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3216. Minute book of Old Union Church of Christ, Sumner County, Tennessee, also known as the Congregation Electa Cyrea. Includes an introductory narrative on the formation of the church, meeting minutes, members lists (white and African American), and lists of contributions and expenditures.

Martha's Gift To Posterity: One Pulpit's Remarkable Story, Mcgarvey Ice

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This articles examines, by way of narrating the use of an artifact---a pulpit, the local history of the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ (including especially their early relationship to Baptist Churches) in Nashville, Tennessee.

Morgan, Billy Brandon, B. 1929 (Sc 1111), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1111. Diary kept by Billy Brandon Morgan, Benton, Marshall County, Kentucky, of a mission trip that he and Charles Cavitt took to French West Africa. They represented the Benton Church of Christ eldership as they visited and evaluated the evangelistic work being done there, especially in organizing and operating a Bible Training Center in Benin. Includes report of 2006 trip to the training center.

Burns, Rowland Tiernan, 1794-1833 (Sc 1031), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1031. Certificate, 3 June 1822, signed by the elders of the Christian Church affirming the ordination of Rowland Burns as an elder in the Church of Christ. Includes a note relating to the Burns family and the provenance of the 1822 document.

Mcelroy, Sallie (Atkins), 1872-1955 (Sc 942), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 942. Compilation of papers titled “History of the Churches of Bowling Green, KY.,” by Sallie Atkins McElroy, which includes data about Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Church of Christ, Church of God, Episcopal, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Seventh-Day Adventist churches.

Davis, Andrew Pickens, 1797-1881 (Sc 878), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 878. Recommendation letter for Andrew P. Davis, 1872; biographical sketch and letters, 1930, (2) about Davis and his work as a Church of Christ minister, especially in Butler County, Kentucky.

Young, Asher Leon, 1919-1991 (Sc 766), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 766. Letter, 16 November 1984, written by Asher Leon Young, Nashville, Tennessee, to Jane Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in response to a book she sent him entitled Architecture of Warren County, Kentucky, 1790-1940. He relates data concerning the Oak Forest Union Church and the Mount Zion Church of Christ of Warren County, Kentucky.

Twelfth Street Church Of Christ - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 408. Directories, programs, newsletters, news clippings, and land records of the Twelfth Street Church of Christ, Bowling Green, Kentucky (known after 2002 as Lost River Church of Christ). Also includes information about other Churches of Christ in Warren County, Kentucky, as well as Potter Bible College and Potter Orphan Home in Bowling Green.

Forgy, James Newton, Sr., 1825-1923 (Sc 123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 123. Business papers, 1852-1919 (103 items), mainly receipts and chiefly of James Newton Forgy, Sr., a blacksmith of Butler County, Kentucky; a few family letters, primarily from his son, Thomas Jefferson Forgy, a Church of Christ minister of Texas, 1881-1899 (5); and Forgy biographical material.

Owen, Jordan, 1793-1876 (Sc 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 130. Photocopy and typescript of memoir by Jordan Owen, a Virginia native and Church of Christ minister of Green and Hart County, Kentucky, outlining his early life and religious views. Includes a published biographical sketch.

Three Forks Church Of Christ - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 771. Record book of Three Forks Church of Christ, Warren County, Kentucky, consisting primarily of membership lists. Meeting minutes consist mainly of notes of preachers and baptisms.

Rich Pond Church Of Christ - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 682), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 682. Record book of Rich Pond Church of Christ, Rich Pond, Warren County, Kentucky. Contains lists of members only.

Franklin Church Of Christ - Simpson County, Kentucky (Sc 743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 743. Membership roll of Franklin Church of Christ, Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes some information on church officers and miscellaneous finances.

Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss), 1902-1996 (Mss 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 273. Genealogical research material compiled by Mrs. Sumpter and her husband, Ward Cullin Sumpter. The focus of the collection is on their ancestral families, particularly the Morgan, Moss, Sumpter and Ward families.

Mount Pleasant Church Of Christ - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 272. Records of Mount Pleasant Church of Christ, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of congregational meetings, membership and financial records, and Sunday School records.

Mt. Zion Church Of Christ - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 79), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 79. Record book, 11 October 1852 to 8 September 1954 (63 p.) of Mt. Zion Church of Christ, Warren County, Kentucky.

Bethany Church Of Christ - Simpson County, Kentucky (Sc 1674), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1674. Centennial booklet compiled to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of Bethany Church of Christ in Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes history of the church, information about pastors and membership list.

Jones, Willis R. (Sc 1480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1480. Speech delivered by Willis R. Jones titled "Journey Into Union: Drama and Destiny" in which he discussed the early development of the Christian Church in Kentucky. The presentation was made at the Cane Ridge Meeting House on 29 June 1982.

Rogers, Benjamin Franklin, 1840-1915 - Relating To (Sc 1390), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1390. Paper compiled by Jack L. Ray, Bowling Green, Kentucky, about Benjamin Franklin Rogers, who was a Church of Christ minister, chiefly in Warren County, Kentucky.

Baxter, David Mark (Sc 1434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1434. Paper written by WKU student, David M. Baxter, for a history class, based on an interview with his grandmother Celia E. Baxter, Laurel County, Kentucky. She discusses everyday life as well as comments on the Depression of 1929.

August 12, 1967, Nashville Christian Institute

Board Meeting Minutes

Board Minutes of the Nashville Christian Institute on August 12, 1967.

July 1, 1967, Nashville Christian Institute

Board Meeting Minutes

Board Minutes of the Nashville Christian Institute on July 1, 1967.

May 27, 1967, Nashville Christian Institute

Board Meeting Minutes

Board Minutes of the Nashville Christian Institute on May 27, 1967.

May 16, 1967, Nashville Christian Institute

Board Meeting Minutes

Board Minutes of the Nashville Christian Institute on May 16, 1967.

April 1, 1967, Nashville Christian Institute

Board Meeting Minutes

Board Minutes of the Nashville Christian Institute on April 1, 1967.

February 14, 1967, Nashville Christian Institute

Board Meeting Minutes

Board Minutes of the Nashville Christian Institute on February 14, 1967.

January 7, 1967, Nashville Christian Institute

Board Meeting Minutes

Board Minutes of the Nashville Christian Institute on January 7, 1967.