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Montgomery Bap st Priori es: We will priori ze the…

 Gospel above all by mee ng human need and plan ng gospel seed
 Star ng and replan ng of churches for all people
 Equipping and sending of pastors and missionaries to the River Region and the ends of the earth.

the same passion today to stand against social vices.

Happy 139th Anniversary, Montgomery Baptists!
The year was 1881. Much was taking place in
American history:
President James Garfield was assassinated,
marking the second U.S. president in less than
twenty years that met their fate at a gunman's
hands.
Clara Barton established the American Red
Cross.
Tuskegee Institute opened with Dr. Booker T.
Washington as its first superintendent.
Much has happened in these 202 years of Montgomery Baptists
bringing the gospel to the River Region. And until Jesus comes,
much will still happen. We are Great Commission people. Whether it
is downtown, around town, or out of town, may we continue to say
with one voice to the saved and lost, “Jesus Saves, Jesus Saves!” Let
us rededicate ourselves to that task as we embark on new ventures at
our 139th Annual Homecoming, Monday, November 2, 4:30 pm, at
Taylor Road Baptist Church.
Until Christ comes, Stay on the Wall!
Neal Hughes Neal
Director of Missions

Billy the Kid was shot and killed in New Mexico, and the
shootout at OK corral took place in Tombstone, Arizona.
Chief Sitting Bull and the Sioux nation surrendered to U.S. troops
at Fort Sumter.
The 5th hurricane of the year hit Florida and South Carolina,
killing over seven hundred people.
Barnum and Bailey’s “Greatest Show on Earth” opened at
Madison Square Garden.
The Montgomery Baptist Association began preparations for its
formal incorporation at the annual meeting on October 13 at the
November 2, 4:30 p.m.
Wetumpka Baptist Church.
It was 139 years ago that Montgomery Baptists gathered for the first
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time. Technically, we were first called the Alabama Baptist
Association (formed in 1819). Therefore, we are older than the Taylor Road Baptist
Alabama Baptist Convention (202 years old). Those early years are 1685 Taylor Road—Fellowship Suite
filled with a rich history. A few items of interest are:
 The Antioch Baptist Church was one of three churches
admitted to the Alabama Baptist Association in 1819. Now a
member of the National Baptist Convention, the congregation still
meets in the same community called Pike Road (738 Gibbs Rd,
Pike Rd, AL 36064).
 African American Missionary Caesar Blackwell was
commissioned by our association to preach and baptize converts
in the slave community and preach to both black and white
people. Like African American George Liele becoming our first
Baptist international missionary, it is thought that Rev. Blackwell
was the first Baptist domestic missionary, and he came from our
association!
 The first Montgomery Baptist meeting was met with an
Keynote Speaker:
announcement to send your sons to Howard College and your Mark Clifton
daughters to the Judson Female Institute, both located in
Marion (Howard moved on to Birmingham, and the Marion Lead National Strategist for Revitalization/
Military Institute now owns the property). Replanting at the North American Mission Board.
 There was a report on temperance at the new annual meeting in
1881, bringing the resolve, “That with pleasure, we stand against RSVP for Zoom Details
the manufacture, sale, and use of ardent spirits, and that we
pledge our hearty cooperation in all legitimate means for the tmoment@mgmbaptists.org
suppression of intemperance in our land.” Would to God we had Or via 334-271-6227
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