FROM JERUSALEM TO LEBANON

BARTON’S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

 

YEAR                                                             EVENT

30        John the Beloved, baptized by John the Baptist, becomes an apostle in the church organized by Jesus Christ at Jerusalem in Israel.

 

95        Polycarp is baptized by John the Beloved from the Jerusalem Church.

 

150      The Partus Church in Italy is organized by Polycarp from the Jerusalem Church.

 

237      The Turan Church in Italy is organized by Tertullian from the Partus Church.

 

348      The Pontifossi Church in France is organized by Tellestman from the Turan Church.

 

671      The Darthea Church in Asia Minor is organized by Adromicus from the Pontifossi Church.

 

738      The Timto Church in Asia Minor is organized by Archer Flavin from the Darthea Church.

 

812      The Lima Piedmont Church in Italy is organized by Balcaleo from the Timto Church.

 

987      The Hill Cliff Church in Wales is organized by Aaron Arlington from the Lima Piedmont Church.

 

1014    Intense persecution, first initiated by King Henry II of England, destroys most records of this period.

 

1663    The earliest record of Olchon Church in Wales, a direct descendant of the Hill Cliff Church.

 

1668    The Rhydwilim Church in Wales is organized by William Jones from the Olchon Church.

 

1701    The Welsh Tract Church in Pennsylvania is organized by Thomas Griffiths from the Rhydwilim Church.

 

1736    The Welsh Neck Church in South Carolina is organized by the Welsh Tract Church.

 

1795    The Old Union Church in Kentucky is organized by Alexander Divin from the Welsh Neck Church.

 

1802    The Brush Creek Church is organized by John Hightower from the Old Union Church.

 

1803    The Round Lick Church is organized by Central Bethel from the Brush Creek Church.

 

1822        Round Lick Church, along with 26 other churches, organize the Salem Association.

 

MAY 21, 1849

BARTON’S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

Is organized by Elijah Maddox from the Salem Association.

 

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