FROM JERUSALEM TO LEBANON

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

By Zander Dell Raines

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.

1707 The Philadelphia Association is constituted in Pennsylvania by the Welsh Tract, Lower Dublin, Cohansey, Piscataway, and Middletown churches.

1803 The Cumberland Association in Tennessee is a descendant of the Philadelphia Association.

1809 The Concord Association is constituted by the Cumberland Association.

JUNE 30, 1821

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LEBANON

IS CONSTITUTED WITH 9 CHARTER MEMBERS,

AND BECOMES PART OF THE CONCORD ASSOCIATION.

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