FROM JERUSALEM TO MT. JULIET
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MT. JULIET
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 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.
1810
The Concord Association in
Tennessee is constituted by the Philadelphia Association.
1900 The
Nashville Association is constituted by the Concord Association.
DECEMBER 30, 1900
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MT. JULIET,
A MEMBER OF THE NASHVILLE ASSOCIATION, IS ORGANIZED BY A. W. LAMAR.