FROM JERUSALEM TO LEBANON

FROM JERUSALEM TO LEBANON

FRIENDSHIP 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 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 Salem Association is constituted by the Concord Association.

1921 The Wilson County Association is constituted by the Salem Association.

1958 The Southside Baptist Church, a member of the Wilson County Association, is organized.

1976 The Calvary Baptist Church is organized by members from the Southside Baptist Church.

JANUARY 6, 1985

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH

IS ORGANIZED BY BILLY J ROBINSON, FROM THE CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH.