Biannual session

550 Pages·1997·33.3 MB·English

by  Greater Cleveland County Baptist Association (N.C.)

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KINGS MOUNTAIN
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
of
CLEVELAND COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
1996
146th Annual Session
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KINGS MOUNTAIN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
78 CHURCHES AND 1 MISSION
Leland Kerr, Executive Director 482-3472 (O) 482-6087 (H)
CCM
Charles Reed, II, Director 481-9119 (O) 480-9635 (H)
Bonnie Doughtie, Church Development Director482-3472 (O) 434-2567 (H)
Allen Memorial 937-7961 Christopher Road 487-5627
1222 Long Branch Rd., Grover 28073 420 Christopher Road, Shelby 28152
Rev. Norris Willis (Irene) 937-7340 Rev. Mickey Heyward (Janie) 480-8016
Beaver Dam 434-626 Churchill Drive 487-6801
123 BeaverDam Ch. Rd., Shelby28152 822 Churchill Drive, Shelby 28150
Open Rev. John Hunter (Ozell) 487-0135
Bethany Community 487-0944
P.O. Box 417, Grover28073 3512 McKinney Rd.,Mooresboro28114
Rev.Tim Lowery(Kim) 487-4677 (pastor's home)
Rev. Glenn Ballard (Connie) 434-2173
Bethel 482-8922
606 S. DeKalb St., Shelby 28152 Crestview 487-7485
Dr. Pat Correll (Lynda) 484-2264 1 Motion Picture Blvd., Shelby 28152
Rev. Rob Helton (Cindy) 434-9060
Bethlehem 739-7487
1017 BethlehemRd., Kings Mtn. 28086 David 739-4555
Open 2300DavidBpt. Ch. Rd.,KingsMtn. 28086
Rev. Claude Mcintosh (Ann) 739-8976
Boiling Springs 434-6244 6021
P.O.Box 917, Boiling Springs 28017 Double Shoals 538-9621
Dr. Carroll Page (Linda) 434-0549 318 Old Mill Road, Shelby 28150
Rev. Eric Davis (Teresa) 538-0889
Buffalo 482-4526
1410 BuffaloChurchRd., Shelby28150 Double Springs 434-2258
Rev. Max Turner, Jr (Tonie) 480-6828 1130 Double Springs Road, Shelby 28150
Rev. Glenn Walker (Rachel) 434-9994
Calvary 482-8302
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320OldBoilingSpringsRd.,Shelby28152 Dover 487-8462
Rev. Dan Wallace (Jean) 482-1505 1501 Polkville Road, Shelby 28150
Open
Carpenter^s Grove
1002 Carpenter'sGroveCh.Rd., Eastside, K. Mtn 739-8055
Lawndale 28090 308 York Road, KingsMtn. 28086
Rev. Jerry Welch (Vickie) 538-6725 Rev. Dale Thornburg (Eunice) ....739-1237
Casar 538-4002 Eastside, Shelby 487-9682
1520 Casar Lawndale Rd., Casar 28020 1165 Wyke Road, Shelby28150
Rev. Fred A. Mauney (Martha)...482-471 Dr. HaroldFite (lone) 484-3374
Christ Covenant Elizabeth 482-6339
P.O. Box 1000, Boiling Springs 28017 - 301 N. Post Road, Shelby 28150
Location Bethel Baptist Rev. JeffBrendle (Jane) 739-5179
Dr. Jim Toole (Debbie) 434-7007
Elliott Memorial
Christian Freedom 3939 Stick Elliott Rd., Lawndale 28090
246 Range Road, Kings Mtn. 28086 Rev. AndyMeade (Iva) 482-8101
Rev MichaelChambers(Stephanie)....734-0064 Continuedon inside back cover
KINGS MOUNTAIN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
of
Cleveland County
North Carolina
One Hundred Forty-Sixth
Annual Session
Held with
Ross Grove Baptist Church
October 28, 1996
and
Elizabeth Baptist Church
October 29, 1996
Next Session With
Fallston Baptist Church
October 27, 1997
and
Polkville Baptist Church
October 28, 1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dedication 3
History ofHost Churches 6
Constitution/By-Laws 8
Associational Directory and Committees 23
Organizational Workers 29
Ordained Ministers Not Serving as Pastors 31
Ministers Licensed During the Year 33
Ministers Ordained During the Year 33
Other Church Staff 33
Church Secretaries 37
Key Leaders 38
,
Representatives on Associational Executive Board 41
Messengers Attending the Annual Meeting 42
,
Members Deceased During the Year................ 45
Proceedings ofAnnual Meeting 48
Program ofAnnual Meeting 54
Executive Director's Report 56
Church and Community Ministries Report. 58
Church Development Director Report... 62
Executive Board Report 63
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Recommendation 65
Sunday School Report 65
Discipleship Training Report 66
W.M.U. Report 67
Music Ministry Report 67
Historian's Report 68
Historical Events ofInterest 69
Evangelism Committee Report 70
Resolutions Committee Report 70
Memorials Committee Report 71
Christian Life Committee Report 72
Missions Committee Report 72
Student Ministry Report...... 73
Youth Ministry Report... 73
Treasurer's Report 75
Contributions from the Churches 76
Budget 1997 ....78
BriefHistory ofKings Mountain Baptist Association 83
Historical Tables 84
Digest ofChurch Letters 85
Statistical Tables 86
DEDICATION
Byrecommendation oftheResolutions CommitteeattheTuesdayevening sessionof
the annual meeting the 1996 Minutes of the Kings Mountain Baptist Association are
dedicatedto the memoryofReverend Amos M. Kiser, Sr.
MEMORIAM
IN
Amos M. Kiser, Sr. was a native ofGaston County who touched many lives dur-
ing his eighty-eight years. He was a graduate of Tryon High School in 1927 and
wentontograduate fromFurmanUniversityandSouthern BaptistTheological Semi-
nary. He and his wife, Vera Inez Stroupe Kiser, had three children and were blessed
with six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Hewasordained in 1938 and servedatWaco, Union,BigSprings, PleasantGrove
andNew Prospect until 1953 when he accepted acall to Fork Baptist in Mocksville.
He also served at First Baptist in Oakboro for eleven years until his retirement in
1972.
He later served as interim pastor for several years in both Gaston and Cleveland
County. Duringhisyears ofministry,healso taughtbothelementaryandhighschool
in the public school system.
He was called to his reward on October 1, 1995.
Respectfully submitted.
Rev. Dennis Aldridge, chairman
Resolutions Committee
DEDICATION
Byrecommendation ofthe Resolutions Committeeatthe Tuesdayevening sessionof
the annual meeting the 1996 Minutes of the Kings Mountain Baptist Association are
dedicated to the memory ofReverend Rufus James Sanders, Jr.
MEMORIAM
IN
Rufus James Sanders, Jr. was a native ofClevelandCounty. Heand his wife Ruth
McDaniel Sanders had two children, Nathan Sanders and Sharon S. Poole, both of
Wilmington, N.C., and were blessed with three grandchildren.
He served inthe United States Navy from 1945-1949 and studiedfor fouryears at
ClearCreekMountainPreachersBible School in Pineville,Kentucky. Whilein school
he pastored a mission in Newton, Kentucky and was in charge offour others under
the direction ofFirst Baptist Church ofPineville, Kentucky.
HewasordainedbyDavidBaptistChurchinourassociationandcalledbyBethany
Baptist Church as pastor in 1964. He served there for twenty-nine years until his
retirement due to poor health.
He was called to his reward on February 16, 1996. ^
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Respectfully submitted.
Rev. Dennis Aldridge, chairman
Resolutions Committee