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Akron Baptist Temple was established by Dallas F. Billington, a Kentucky native who moved to Akron in 1925. Billington, born in 1903, was the son of a Kentucky tobacco farmer. A Goodyear Tire employee, Billington studied theology at a Baptist correspondence school while working at a shoe factory in Paducah, Kentucky. Prior to the establishment ...
The Ohio Country (Ohio Territory, [a] Ohio Valley [b]) was a name used for a loosely defined region of colonial North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of Lake Erie. Control of the territory and the region's fur trade was disputed in the 17th century by the Iroquois, Huron, Algonquin, other Native American tribes, and France .
A map of the original Ohio Country. In the 17th century, the French were the first modern Europeans to explore what became known as Ohio Country. [13] In 1663, it became part of New France, a royal province of French Empire, and northeastern Ohio was further explored by Robert La Salle in 1669. [14]
This is a list of Primitive Baptist churches that are notable. In the United States , these include: Abbott's Creek Primitive Baptist Church , Thomasville, NC
Pages in category "Baptists from Ohio" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... John Smith (Ohio politician, died 1824) Cyrus Spink; T.
The International Ministries was founded in 1814 as the Baptist Board for Foreign Missions by the Triennial Convention (now American Baptist Churches USA). [19] The first mission of the organization took place in Burma with the missionaries Adoniram Judson and Ann Hasseltine Judson in 1814. [ 20 ]
Roger Williams (1603–1683, E/US), founded First Baptist Church in America [120] Jonathan Woodhouse (born 1955, W), British Army chaplain and preacher Nigel G. Wright (born 1949, E), theologian, writer and President of the Baptist Union of Great Britain (2002–2013)
During the 21st century, the New Independent Fundamental Baptist movement was founded out of the Independent Baptist movement by Steven Anderson. However, this movement has been heavily criticized by Independent Baptists due to many doctrinal differences. [106] Some former New IFB pastors have also charged the association of being a cult. [107]