| KINGSTON LAKE MISSIONARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION |
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| THE POLITY OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH Overview of Black Baptist History The first independent black Baptist congregations were organized in the last half of the eighteenth century at a time when the American colonies and black Methodists alike were issuing their perspective declarations of independence. The black Baptists were pursing no overt political revolts but rather were struggling to carve out a religious space in the midst of the southern plantations that defined their lives as slaves. During the antebellum period, however, fugitive slaves and free Blacks in the North did form abolitionist missionary associations and societies, the leaders of which then organized the first regional black conventions. Many of the participants in these associations and conventions were for a long time simultaneously involved in the white Baptist organizations. It is needful to note that associations and conventions formed with the concept of being missionary conventions and churches began to add the term missionary to the church. With associational movement, black Baptist leaders sought wider cooperative movements among their churches. They saw the need for a unified program of cooperation even among the various associations. Hence, the development of cooperative programs among associations led to the organization of state conventions. The black Baptists of South Carolina brought the vision of cooperative associational program to fruition with the organization of the Baptist State Convention, 1874, in Belton, South Carolina. Other South Carolina state conventions include: Home Mission Baptist State Convention, 1874, Aikens, South Carolina SC EM & SC Convention, 1877, Sumter, South Carolina SC EM Women's Convention, 1888, Columbia, South Carolina SC EM Sunday School Convention, 1906, Greenwood, South Carolina. The Kingston Lake Missionary Baptist Association, 1887, Conway, South Carolina has (20) Centennial Churches. The five oldest Churches in the association - Flag Patch MB Church, 1860, Oak Grove MB Church, 1863, St. Mary MB Church, 1865, Jerusalem Chapel MB Church, 1867 and Silent Grove MB Church, 1870. Today there are eight identifiable black Baptist conventions in the United States, the largest one being the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc.; the National Baptist Convention of America; and the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. These three conventions along with the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention share a common ancestry and are the principle focus of the Baptist development. Of the remaining four, the largest is the National Primitive Baptist Convention, U,S.A., which originally withdrew from the white Primitive Baptists in 1865 and organized formally in 1907. The United Free Will Baptist Church began in 1870 and formally organized as a denomination in 1901. |
| NOTES FROM THE DOCTOR Dr. Covia Stanley, MD, MDiv Region - 6, Health Director DHEC, South Carolina
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| "Articles" 1. The Polity of the Baptist Church 2. Notes From the Doctor 3. Our Youth 4. Flags in Our Churches CHECK BELOW FOR ARTICLES |
YOUTH IN OUR CHURCH "SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME, FOR SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN" THUS SPAKE THE LORD JESUS, IN A MESSAGE TO THE WORLD THAT THEY KNOW WHERE HE HAS PLACED THE YOUTH OF ALL LANDS. FIRST, HE HAS MADE THE SPIRIT AND ATTITUDE OF YOUNG CHILDREN THE EXAMPLE FOR ALL WHO WOULD HAVE A PLACE IN HIS KINGDOM. SECONDLY, HE GIVES THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT NO ONE MUST HINDER IN ANY WAY, CHILDREN FROM COMING UNTO HIM. SO, IF JESUS HAS SO DESIGNATED THE PLACE OF THE YOUTH, SO MUST THERE BE A DESIGNATED PLACE IN THE CHURCH FOR THEM. "TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO, AND WHEN HE IS OLD HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT" |
When displayed from a staff in a church or public auditorium on or off a podium, the flag of the United States of America should hold the position of superior prominence, in advance of the audience, and in the position of honor at the clergyman's or speaker's right as he/she faces the audience. (to the LEFT of the audience). Any other flag so displayed should be placed on the left of the clergyman or speaker (to the RIGHT of the audience). Source: United States Code Title - 4, Chapter - 1, Paragraph - 7k, The Flag The laws relating to the flag of the United States of America are found in detail in the United States Code. Title 4, Chapter 1 pertains to the flag; Title 18, Chapter 33, Section 700 regards criminal penalties for flag desecration; Title 36, Chapter 3 pertains to patriotic customs and observances. These laws were supplemented by Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations. |
| When VIEWED from the Audience US Flag is on the LEFT When VIEWED from the Audience Christian Flag is on the RIGHT |
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