I'd like to request that people on this list use descriptive subject headings when posting. The informative letter below came in under the heading of "new to list", which is not descriptive of its contents and could be overlooked by many who think the message is about something they have already read and do not need to read the followup message on. Thanks! Lois ---------- >From: Robert L Webb <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: New to list >Date: Mon, Dec 11, 2000, 11:09 AM > > Good morning. My understanding of the Reformation movement which > resulted in the Christian church, or Disciples of Christ (still called > that in our area), is the movement which arose mainly in the Elkhorn > Baptist Association of Kentucky during the days of Alexander Campbell and > Barton Stone, et all. I have some writings dating back to 1830 by the > Baptists describing this turmoil which resulted in a new denomination. > > The Primitive Baptists (called Regular Baptists throughout the 19th > century) had a church in Roodhouse, and one at Barrow Station. Actually, > there were some other very early PBC's in Greene county too, - one in or > near Carrollton called Providence, org. in about 1820, one called Apple > Creek in White Hall which only lasted from 1822 until 1840, one near > Rockbridge called Taylor's Creek, from 1828 to 1864, one at Greenfield > called Bethlehem from 1835 to 1880, and more. The church at Barrow, > called Union, was in existence until about 1950, and I have not given up > that possibly some of the family of James O. Kemp may have preserved the > records which would begin in 1830 if they are all intact, and would have > a lot of early Greene County names. > Sincerely, > Robert > > On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 11:39:48 EST [email protected] writes: >> I have no idea about what the Christian Church in Macoupin County >> really is, >> but the term is often used for the Disciples of Christ which thrived >> in the >> Midwest until the 1960s when they merged with the Congregationalists >> and the >> Evangelical and Reformed Church (essentially a German church) to >> become the >> United Church of Christ. As I remember the Disciples of Christ was >> Duotarians. They didn't believe in the Holy Ghost. In fact, I >> don't think >> that they were far in doctrine from New England Baptists. >> >> >> ==== ILGREENE Mailing List ==== >> Visit the Greene County USGenWeb Homepage! >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilgreene/green.htm >> > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > ==== ILGREENE Mailing List ==== > 2,500 Discussion Lists!!! USGenWeb and The USGenWeb Archives! > Special thanks go to RootsWeb. Your generous donations to > RootsWeb makes this all possible. Find out more! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 >