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Buncombe County Baptist Association (N.C.)
f Is. ^ m m Wk §& IS. ®& p. <§fc ^; ^® Jl i&3 <2@ i 7fc ssjsAft 70th ANMUAL SESSION AUGUST 14-15, 1951 NEXT SESSION Al The FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Asheville, N. C August 12-13, 1952 | $ j^^K BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION of NORTH CAROLINA Held With HOMINY BAPTIST CHURCH CANDLER, N. C. 70th ANNUAL SESSION AUGUST 14-15, 1951 NEXT SESSION At The FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Asheville, N.C. August 12-13, 1952 BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION TABLE OF CONTENTS American Bible Society: 36 Assistant Pastors and Educational Directors 17 Associational Committee and Auxiliary Meetings 9 Associational Missionary's Report 31 Baptist Home for the Aged 45 Brotherhood Report 41 Budget of Association 32 Choir or Music Directors 15-16 Christian Education Report 33 Constitution and By-Laws 21-22-23-24 Co-operative Program Report 33 Digest of Church Letters 50-51 Districts of Association 9 Duties of Standing Committees 24-25-26 Evangelism 41 Historical Table 66 Historian's Report 47-48 Hospital Report 43 Librarians in the Churches 17 Messengers from the Churches 18-19-20 Ministers Licensed During the Year 14-15 Ministers' Retirement Plan 35 Next Session 3 New Churches Received 35 Obituaries 48-49 Officers Officers of Association Baptist Training Union Brotherhood Officers Sunday School Officers Woman's Missionary Union Ordained Ministers Not Pastors in the Association Origin of Buncombe Association Orphanage Report Pastors of Association Program of Annual Meeting Promotional Committee Members Record of Proceedings Religious Literature Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly Standing Committees Sunday School Report Students For the Ministry Statistical Tables Training Union Report Treasurer's Report Vacation Bible School Summary Wake Forest Enlargement Woman's Missionary Report 2 BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION NEXT SESSION The next session of the Buncombe Association will be held with the First Baptist Church in Asheville on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 12-13, 1952. Introductory Sermon Paul Lovingood Alternate Lloyd Mauney Missionary Sermon J. H. Lackey Alternate H. B. Fisher ASSOCIATIONAL DIRECTORY I. OFFICERS OF ASSOCIATION Moderator: M. D. Smith Candler Vice-Moderator: W. G. Russell, Box 8128 Asheville Clerk: H. M. Hocutt, 112 Belmont Avenue Asheville Treasurer: Frank R. Bishop, 111 Norwood Ave Asheville Historian: Frank B. Hopkins, Route 1 Alexander Associational Missionary: H. M. Hocutt, 112 Belmont Ave Asheville II. STANDING COMMITTEES COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES Carl G. Mauney, Chairman Enka A. D. Smith, Route 1 Swannanoa Mrs. Joe E. Robinson, Route 1 Asheville E. B. Roberts, 186 Vermont Avenue Asheville C. C. Parker, Route 2 Asheville MISSIONS COMMITTEES Terms Expiring 1952 Charles Jollay Ridgecrest Mrs. Chas. Robinson Enka B. C. Blankenship Swannanoa Terms Expiring 1953 C. M. Perry Ridgecrest J. C. Pipes, 33 Carter Street, W. P Asheville Mrs. James H. Smith, Liberty Street Biltmore Terms Expiring 1954 Charles W. Smith Swannanoa Mrs. J. C. Pipes, 33 Carter Street, W. P Asheville C. D. Williams, Route 1 Weaverville CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE Terms Expiring 1952 W. Perry Crouch, Chairman, 333 Charlotte Street Asheville Perry Morgan Ridgecrest Terms Expiring 1953 Mrs. W. B. Sprinkle, 101 Elk Mountain Road Asheville John L. Lawrence, 124 Logan Avenue Asheville Terms Expiring 1954 Mrs. Paunce Byrd, 843 Sand Hill Road Asheville A. J. Buckner, 5 Mineral Springs Road Asheville CO-OPERATIVE PROGRAM C. D. Bessinger, Chairman, 145 Vermont Avenue Asheville Grady Harnby, Woodland Avenue Biltmore Mrs. Melvin Rice, 8 Ridge Street, Gentry Park Asheville R. C. Lominac, Route 1 Asheville Frank Crawford, 365 Sand Hill Road Asheville 3 BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION EVANGELISM Perry Sprinkle, Chairman, Route 4 Asheville J. B. Grice, 135 Spears Avenue Asheville M. L. Kirstein, 32 Sayles Road Biltmore Boyce R. Moore Fairview A. H. Parham, Route 3 Candler LOCATION OF NEW CHURCHES James H. Smith, Chairman, Liberty Street Biltmore M. H. Cox, Box 5055 Biltmore W. B. Sprinkle, 101 Elk Mountain Road Asheville W. A. Peebles, Route 1 Candler C. D. Duckett, Route 4 Asheville ORDINATION Nane Starnes, chairman, 40 Blue Ridge Avenue Asheville Ralph R. Hensley, 119 Cumberland Avenue Asheville James H. Black, 26 Austin Street Asheville H. B. Fisher, 227 Summit Street Biltmore G. Carlton Cox, 285 Merrimon Avenue Asheville ORPHANAGE Neils H. Larsen, Chairman, Box 2053 Asheville W. T. Connor, Route 2 Candler Woodrow Byrd, Route 3 Asheville Bryce H. Wright, Route 3 Candler Mrs. E. V. Merrill Weaverville HOSPITALS W. Brady Archer, Chairman, 306 S. French Broad Ave Asheville Hall F. Sayles, Star Route Asheville William Bumgarner, Route 3 Candler Mrs. J. O. Crenshaw, Route 2 Asheville PASTORLESS CHURCHES W. G. Russell, Chairman, Box 8126 Asheville G. G. Morgan, 30 Vandalia Avenue Asheville Luther Taylor, Route 2 Candler V. A. Copburn, Box 5120 Biltmore Lloyd Wolfe Oteen TRAINING R. W. Abrams, Chairman, Route 3 Asheville Miss Mildred Thomas, First Baptist Church Asheville Mrs. Fred Davidson Swannanoa Mrs. Clarence Knighten, Route 1 Candler Dewey Brown, 89 Elk Mountain Road Asheville AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY Reid Lunsford, Chairman, Route 3 Candler Robert E. Campbell Oteen W. S. VeHaun, 91 Elkwood Road Asheville W. I. Willis Ridgecrest Ernest R. Bartlett, Box 7042 Asheville Clarence Knighten, Route 1 Candler J. N. Shuford Barnardsville Frank B. Hopkins, Route 1 Alexander Irvin Page Black Mountain BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION MINISTER'S RETIREMENT PLAN C. A. Rhyne, Chairman, Box 937 Black Mountain Walter Zvoda, 61 Rock Hill Road Asheville I. A. Rhinehart, Route 1 Candler J. R. Owen, 5 Marcellus Street Asheville B. E. Singleton, 22 Lincoln Street Biltmore PROGRAM J. H. Lackey, Chairman Stocksville Mrs. Charles Smith, Route 3— Box 298 Asheville Miss Edna Koontz, 5 Chatham Road Asheville Charles A. McClain, 97 Vermont Avenue Asheville Lloyd Mauney Weaverville BUDGET Alden Angeline, Chairman, 312 Sulphur Springs Rd Asheville Wayne W. Williams, Route 2 Asheville Mrs. Coke Candler Candler E. W. Roberson, Route 4 Asheville Mrs. C. D. Williams, Rt. 1 Weaverville RECEPTION OF NEW CHURCHES Harry R. Logan, Chairman, 81 Logan Avenue Asheville Warren Burleson, Route 1 Candler Miss Sudie Fair Barnardsville J. L. Underwood, Route 2 Candler Max M. Roberts, Route 4 Asheville EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE M. D. Smith Candler W. G. Russell, Box 8126, Asheville H. M. Hocutt, 112 Belmont Avenue, Asheville Ollie G. Matthews, 211 Governor's View Road, Asheville Paul Lovingood Fairview Earl Sturgeon, 357 Patton Avenue, Asheville Francis Lunsford, Route 2, Asheville Mrs. Claude Jones, Route 1, Asheville III. PROMOTIONAL COMMITTEE ASHEVILLE, FIRST Alden Angline, First Baptist Church, Asheville Mrs. George Pennell, 15 Kensington Road, Asheville Beaverdam Gilmer Graham and Mrs. Claude Jones, Route 1, Asheville BENT CREEK James Gambrell, Route 3, Box 542, Asheville Eddie McGlamory, 29 Brevard Road, Asheville BEREA Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Shope Swannanoa BILTMORE U. W. Tweed, 808 Fairview Street, Biltmore D. H. Pickelstein, 93 Rock Hill Road Biltmore BUCKEYE Mr. and Mrs. Albert Richardson Swannanoa CALVARY G. G. Morgan, 30 Vandalia Avenue Asheville Harry R. Logan, 81 Logan Avenue Asheville CHESTNUT GROVE W. G. Hensley and T. L. Buckner Barnardsville CRAVEN STREET Mrs. Ernest Riddle, Westwood Place Asheville B. T. Baker, Route 4 Asheville BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION DEAVER VIEW Mrs. Mary Marshall, 486 Deaverview Road Asheville J. P. Walsh, Route 3 Asheville EDGEWOOD Mrs. L. J. Henson, Jr., 181 Clinton Street Asheville A. K. Hall, Route 2 Candler EMMANUEL Mrs. C. Gentry, 47 Fulton Street Asheville Mrs. C. F. Holland, 117 Hillside Street Asheville ENKA Fred Baker and Mrs. Oakla Gibbs Enka FLAT CREEK Mrs. Jack Tesner Stocksville Mrs. C. D. Williams, Route 1 Weaverville FRENCH BROAD AVENUE Miss Parnell Davis, 8V2 Wall Street Asheville Mrs. S. C. Waddell, 33 West Chester Road Asheville GRACE Bert Starn Es, 139 Brevard Road Asheville Mrs. S. E. Horton, Sr., 163 Brucemont Circle Asheville HOMINY Mrs. Paunce Byrd, 843 Sand Hill Road Asheville Mrs. Coke Candler Candler LONG SHOALS Mrs. M. A. Dumas, Sr., and Mrs. Frank Lefler Arden LONG'S CHAPEL Charles Hollifield and Howard Sams Weaverville MACEDONIA Mrs. Erma Hampton, Route 4 Asheville Miss Juanita Hayes, Route 1 Alexander MERRIMON AVENUE Mrs. Fred Hodgens, 5 Rich Street Asheville Allen R. Brown, 82 Annandaie Avenue Asheville MIDWAY B. W. Powell, 437 Patton Avenue Asheville C. H. Howington, Route 2 Asheville MOUNTAIN VIEW Mrs. Blanche Burnette and Mrs. Nell McFee Black Mountain NEW BRIDGE Mrs. Melvin Rice and Mrs. O. R. Blackwell, Ridge St Asheville NEW FOUND Mrs. Ruth Jackson, Route 4 Asheville Mrs. Troy Duckett, Route 1 Leicester NEW MORGAN HILL Mrs. Belie Ballard and Mrs. Grace Austin, Route 2 Candler NEW SALEM Ben Butler and J. P. Moore Skyland OAKLEY Mrs. J. N. Tranbarger Merchant Street Biltmore Mrs. J. W. Guffey, 116 Ontario Blvd Biltmore PATTON AVENUE Mrs. Earl Sturgeon, 357 Patton Avenue Asheville Mrs. Arthur Shook, 291 Haywood Street Asheville BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION REED MEMORIAL Mrs. L. C. Earwood, 46 School Road Biltmore Mrs. James Hunnicut, Oakley Community Biltmore RIDGEWAY Mrs. Earl Medford and Mrs. Robert Gaddy, Rt. 3 Candler RIVERSIDE Mrs. Neils H. Larsen, Box 2053 Asheville W. A. Houser, 64 Jonestown Road Asheville SAND HILL Joe Cochran, 13 Manila Street Asheville W. H. Passmore, 88 Nevada Avenue Asheville STARNES COVE Mr. OFFICERS OF ASSOCIATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 1. SUNDAY SCHOOOL Superintendent: John L. Lawrence, 124 Logan Avenue, Asheville Secretary: Mrs. G. D. Harrell, Fairview Road, Biltmore Chorister: Carl G. Mauney, 11 Crescent Avenue, Enka Pianist: Mrs. Claude Hill, 76 W. Haywood Street, Asheville Supt. of Enlargement: Don C. Young, 203 Brucemont Circle, Asheville Supt. of Evangelism: Charles W. Smith, Swannanoa Supt. of Training: Allen Brown, Merrimon Avenue Baptist Church, Asheville Supt. of V. B. S.; Neils H. Larsen, Box 2053, Asheville Departmental Superintendents Cradle Roll: Mrs. L. C. Earwood, 46 School Road, Biltmore Nursery: Mrs. Edwin Robinson, 54 Belmont Avenue, W. Asheville Beginner: Miss Ethel Howard, First Baptist Church, Asheville Primary: Mrs. O. V. Himes, 72 Logan Avenue, Asheville Junior: Mrs. Coke Candler, Candler Intermediate: Miss Ethel Blackstock Weaverville Young People: Mrs. Murray Eisenhauer, 144 White Pine Drive, Asheville Adult: A. L. Smiley, 38 Stewart, Asheville Extension: Claude Hill, 76 W. Haywood Street Asheville District Leaders: Biltmore: V. A. Cogburn, Box 5120 Biltmore Hominy: C. R. Browning, 25 Laurel Loop Asheville Mount Carmel: J. H. Tiller, 7 Delaware Ave Asheville Weaverville: Dewey Brown, 89 Elk Mtn. Rd Asheville Swannanoa: Francis Lunsford, Route 2 Asheville BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 2. BAPTIST TRAINING UNION Director: Bill B. Horton, 49 Tampa Street Asheville Associate Director: Mrs. Paunce Byrd, 843 Sand Hill Rd Asheville Secretary: Mrs. Glenn Starnes, 15 Lanvale Avenue Asheville Chorister: Miss Ruth Archer, 306 S. French Broad Ave Asheville Pastor-Advisor: R. W. Abrams, Route 3 Asheville Adult Leader: Young People: Miss Mildred Thomas, First Baptist Church Asheville Intermediate: Junior: Mrs. Frances Smith, 90 Unadilla Avenue Asheville Story Hour: District Leaders: Hominy: Mount Carmel: Mrs. J. B. Wright, Route 1 Asheville Weaverville Swannanoa: Mrs. Clarence Wood Swannanoa 3. WOMAN' S MISSIONARY UNION Superintendent: Mrs. W. B. Sprinkle, 101 Elk Mtn. Rd Asheville Associate Supt.: Mrs. Neils H. Larsen, Box 2053 Asheville Secretary: Mrs. J. C. Pipes, 33 Carter St., W. P Asheville Treasurer: Mrs. Frank Killian, 295 Sand Hill Road Asheville Young People's Leader: Mrs. C. D. Bessinger, 145 Vermont Ave Asheville Mission Study: Mrs. Charles Smith, Rt. 3, Box 298 Asheville Stewardship: Mrs. Bert Starnes, 139 Brevard Road Asheville Community Missions: Mrs. J. O. Crenshaw, Rt. 2 Asheville Training School & Margaret Fund: Mrs. Charles Jollay, Ridgecrest White Cross: Mrs. H. M. Hocutt, 112 Belmont Avenue Asheville Literature: Mrs. Charles Allman, 145 Weaverville Rd Asheville Royal Ambassador: The Promotional Committee: This committee meets the first Monday morning in each quarter at 10:00 o'clock at the First Baptist Church in Asheville. The committee is composed of the pastor and two other members from each church. The Ministers: The ministers of the Association have a regular meeting each Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock at the First Baptist Church in Asheville. The Sunday School Convention: The Association of the Sunday School Convention meets at 3:00 o'clock on the first Sunday afternoon in each month with the meeting place announced in advance. The Baptist Training Union: There is a Training Union meeting each fifth Sunday afternoon with the meeting place announced in advance. The Baptist Brotherhood: The Baptist Brotherhood organization in the Association meets on the second Tuesday night in each quarter with the meeting place announced in advance. The Woman's Missionary Union: The Executive Committee of the Woman's Missionary Union meets quarterly at an announced time and place. Meetings for the members of the different organizations are held quarterly in each of the Five districts of the Association. The annual meeting is usually held in April at an announced time and place. DISTRICTS OF ASSOCIATION For the sake of convenience in promoting the work of the association, the association has been divided into five districts as follows: 1. Biltmore District: Biltmore, Reed Memorial, Oakley, French Broad Avenue, Buena Vista, New Salem, Chapel Hill, Fairview, Spring Mountain, Emma's Grove, Oak Grove, Asheville First, Gashe's Creek, Cane Creek, and Bald Mountain. 2. Hominy District: Hominy, New Morgan Hill, White Rock, Mount Pisgah, Ridgeway, Starnes Cove, Pole Creek, Liberty, Deaver View, West Asheville, Enka, Bent Creek, Grace Sunrise, Glady, Edge Pine Grove, Sulphur Springs Park, Long Shoals, Riverview and Sand Hill. 3. Mount Carmel District: Mount Carmel, Macedonia, Corinth, Zion Hill, New Found, Bethel, Victory, Riverside, Craven Street, Calvery, Patton Avenue, Emmanuel, Bingham Heights, Emma, and New Liberty. 4. Weaverville District: Weaverville, Jupiter, Flat Creek, Big Ivy, Morgan Hill, Antioch, Chestnut Grove, Brown's Chapel, Long's Chapel, New Bridge, Beaverdam, Merrimon Avenue, Elk Mountain, Cole's Cove, North Black Mountain, Pleasant Hill, and Pine Burr Park. 5. Swannanoa District: Swannanoa, Ridgecrest, Black Mountain, Kerlee, Mountain View, Grove Stone, Oteen, Berea, Chunn's Cove, Mount Olive, Wilkey, Buckeye, Grassy Branch, and Midway. Summary of V 1. Bible 2. Sc 3. Church During Summer of 1951 Enrol- Conver- Church ment sions Church ment sions Anderson Cove Macedonia 73 2 (Mission) 27 Mills Chapel (Negro) 96 5 Antioch 66 Merrimon Avenue 111 Asheville First 343 *5 Midway 24 Beaverdam 109 Morgan Hill 67 Bent Creek 131 Mountain View 39 Berea 72 Mount Carmel 79 Bethel 55 Mount Pisgah 45 Big Ivy 48 New Bridge 97 Biltmore 127 New Found 50 Bingham Heights 63 New Liberty 40 Black Mountain 162 18 New Morgan Hill 91 Brown's Chapel 34 New Salem 57 "4 Buckeye 156 6 North Black Mountain . 37 Buena Vista 57 Oak Grove 52 Calvary 185 Oteen 109 2 Cane Creek 38 Patton Avenue 125 2 Chestnut Grove 32 Pine Burr Park 30 Chunn's Cove 108 Pine Grove 79 Cole's Cove 14 Pole Creek 65 Craven Street 242 Reed Memorial 186 2 Deaver View 109 11 Revell Memorial 109 11 Revell Memorial 128 17 Mission 43 1 Elk Mountain 42 Ridgecrest 43 Emma's Grove 49 10 Ridgeway 166 Enka 79 Riverside 189 "9 Fairview 87 *3 Riverview 25 1 Flat Creek 123 5 Sand Hill 37 French Broad Ave. Spring Mountain 38 Gashe's Creek 71 4 Starnes Cove 111 "5 Glady 87 Sulphur Springs 169 "7 Sunrise 73 Grassy Branch 94 6 Swannanoa 187 17 Hominy 93 1 Victory 112 Jupiter 63 Weaverville 159 Kerlee 158 West Asheville 296 Liberty 110 White Rock 124 19 Liberty Park Zion Hill 75 (Mission) 12 Long Shoals 46 "4 Totals 6,974 177 We have had a total of 75 Vacation Bible Schools during the summer of 1951. In these schools we have enrolled 6,974, and the average attendance has been 5,526. There have been 177 professions of faith. Of these 75 schools, 71 have been regular church schools, and 4 have been held in missions points as indicated above. The growth in Bible School work during the last seven years is shown by the number of students enrolled. In the figures below. Year Schools Enroled Conversions 1945 21 1,945 1946 37 3,377 84 1947 47 4,055 174 1948 36 3,968 135 1949 60 5,590 256 1950 68 6,478 265 1951 75 6,974 177 We attribute the drop in professions of faith in the Bible Schools to the fact that most of the churches had unusually good revival meetings during the period of simultaneous revivals in the early part of this year. This successful program of Bible School work during the summer is due to the fact that most of the churches carried on their schools with no help from the Association. In the growing program of work through the years, many of the churches have developed capable workers. During the summer we have had the able assistance of Dale Hooper of the Calvary Church and Jeanne Mason of the West Asheville Church. They have been very faithful summer felpers, and they have endeared themselves to the people in the churches and mission points. Where they have worked. BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Pastor Address Church Abel, William, Canton Zion Hill Abrams, R. W., Route 3, Box 340, Asheville Deaver View Archer, W. Brady, 306 S. French Broad Ave. Asheville French Broad Avenue Bessinger, C. D., 145 Vermon Avenue, Asheville Grace Bartlett, E. R., Box 7042, Asheville Mount Olive Binford, J. N., Ridgecrest (Supply) Black Mountain Black, James H., 26 Austin Avenue, Asheville Buckeye Bradley, George, Route 1, Weaverville Brown's Chapel Buckner, A. J., 5 Mineral Springs Rd., Asheville Chunn's Cove Burleson, H. W., Route 1, Candler White Rock Byrd, Eugene, Black Mountain Mountain View Campbell, R. E., Oteen Oteen Cockman, Winfred T., Mars Hill Jupiter Connor, W. T., Route 2, Candler Pole Creek Cox, G. Carlton, 285 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville Merrimon Avenue Crouch, W. Perry, 333 Charlotte Street, Asheville Asheville, First Deaton, T. Paul, Route 4, Asheville Mount Carmel Fisher, H. B., 227 Summit Street, Biltmore Biltmore Glenn, Larry, Black Mountain Wilkey Greene, F. W., Route 3, Asheville Bent Creek Hamby, Grady H., 2 Woodlawn Avenue, Biltmore Oakley Harper, T. A. 5 Parker Road, Biltmore Spring Mountain Harris, Robert, Route 3, Asheville Sulphur Springs Park Henderson, T. S., Box 1662, Asheville Victory Hendrix, L. G., Fletcher, Chapel Hill Hensley, C. A., Route 4, Asheville Bingham Heights Hensley, Ralph R., 119 Cumberland Ave., Asheville Emmanuel Hensley, Vernon, 236 Broadway, Asheville Kerlee Hensley, W. M., Route 2, Candler Edgewood Hollifield, Frank, Route 3, Rutherfordton Bald Mountain Hopkins, Frank B., Route 1, Raleigh Long's Chapel Huneycutt, W. A., Black Mountain Black Mountain Hunting, Hubert R., Route 7, Greenville, S. C New Salem Ingle, H. J., 4 Detroit Place, Asheville Riverview King, William, 42 Bradley Street, Asheville Emma's Grove Kirstein, M. L., 32 Sayles Road, Biltmore New Morgan Hill Kisselburg, James, Route 2, Candler Chestnut Grove Kuykendall, W. A., Weaverville Pine Burr Park Lackey, J. H., Stocksville Flat Creek Lane, J. Lester, 34 Pinellas Street, Asheville Calvary Larsen, Neils H., Box 2053, Asheville Riverside Lovingood, Paul. Fairview Fairview Lunsford, Frances A., Route 2, Box 216, Asheville Grassy Branch Lunsford, Reid, Route 3, Candler Ridgeway Lunsford, T. O. Route 1, Asheville Bethel Mauney, Carl G., 11 Crescent Street, Enka Enka Mauney, J. Lloyd, Weaverville Weaverville Parham, A. H., Route 3, Candler New Found Parham, Clyde, 210 Elk Mtn. Ry., Asheville Elk Mountain Parker, C. C, Route 2, Asheville Gashe's Creek Powell, B. W., 437 Patton Avenue, Asheville Midway Perry, Cecil M., Box 8, Ridgecrest Rhinehart, I. Coffey, Willard, Route 1, Asheville (O.M.) Mount Olive Cohn, D.K., 141 Swannanoa Avenue, Asheville (P.L.) Pine Grove Cohn, H.D., Route 1, Candler (O.M.) White Rock Collins, Rex, Jonestown Road, Asheville (P.L.) Riverside Crane, John, Broadway, Asheville Riverview Davis, Jess, Weaverville (O.M.) Long's Chapel Davis, Jess, Weaverville (O.M.) Long's Chapel Edwards, Lester, Weaverville (P.L.) Flat Creek Edwards, W.L., Barnardsville (R) Big Ivy Ensley, Howard, Swannanoa (O.M.) Swannanoa Freeman, Ira, Weaverville (Ch.) Weaverville Fitzgerald, W.H., Box 7253, Asheville (R) Asheville, First Green, J.M., 14 Julia Street, Asheville (P.L.) Sulphur Springs Park Gribble, F.L., Route 2, Candler (P.L.) New Morgan Hill 12 Garner, W. E., 85 N, Liberty Street, Asheville (R) Asheville, First Gomes, Raymond J., 260 Montford Avenue, Asheville (O.M.) Asheville, First Greene, J. Y., 36 Lookout Drive, Asheville (R) Asheville (R) Merrimon Avenue Hardin, E. F., Ridgecrest (E) Ridgecrest Hart, Jess, Swannanoa (O.M.) Grove Stone Hatcher, W. L., Ridgecrest (R) Ridgecrest Haynes, James F., 4 Joyner Avenue, Asheville (I) Pine Grove Hocutt, H. M., 112 Belmont Avenue, Asheville (D.M.) West Asheville Holt, Clinton H., Biltmore (O.M.) Cane Creek Howell, W. M., 49 Pennsylvania Ave., Asheville New Salem Hubbard, Harry, Veteran's Hospital, Oteen (Ch.) Black Mountain Johnson, J. J., Ridgecrest (R) Black Mountain Jollay, Charles, Ridgecrest (R) Black Mountain Jollay, Charles, Ridgecrest (R) Ridgecrest Kilpatrick, A. F., Route 3, Candler (O.M.) Ridgeway Lanning, T. D., Route 1, Leicester (R) Corinth Lawton, D. M., Ridgecrest (F.M.) Ridgecrest Linville, Ray, Kannapolis (P) Flat Creek Mason, J. P., 248 Brevard Road, Asheville (P) New Found McFails, W. T., Route 3, Candler (R) Pole Creek Mehaffey, R. R., Route 1, Leicester (R) Zion Hill Messer, W. K., Route 1, Candler (P) Glady Miller, C. A., Black Mountain Mountain View Moore, H. C., Ridgecrest (R) Ridgecrest Morgan, D. L., Route 2, Asheville Grassy Branch Murray, Everette, Candler (I) Grace Owen, J. R., 5 Marcellus, Asheville (R) Asheville, First Pelphrey, J. G., 92 Belmont Avenue, Asheville (I) Grace Perkinson, S. J., 6 Lynmar Avenue, Asheville (O.M.) Asheville, First Perry, Albert, Stocksville (P.L.) Long's Chapel Phipps, Roy, 57 Crescent Street, Asheville (P.L.) Riverside Pressley, C. BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION MINISTERS LICENSED DURING THE YEAR Name Address Church Bradley, George, Route 1, Weaverville Brown's Chapel Bumgarner, Wiley, Louisville, Ky Ridgeway Cameron, C. M., 289 Fairview Road, Birtnore Grassy Branch Councell, Bert, 72 Sussex Street, Rehoboth Beach, Del Riverside Frizsell, James, Fairview Grove Stone Gienn, Larry, Black Mountain Black Mountain Greene, Jimmy, 36 Lookout Drive, Asheville Asheville, First Green, J. M., 14 Julia Street, Asheville Emmanuel Gribble, F. L., Route 2, Candler New Morgan Hill Hollifield, Floyd, 41 Fulton Street, Asheville Bent Creek Holt, Clinton ii., Birtnore Cane Creek Howington, Bud, Route 2, Asheville Midway Jenkins, Garland, Fairview Spring Mountain Kisselburg, James, Route 2, Candler Edgewood Leath, Albert, 34 Virginia Avenue, Asheville Asheville, First Perry, Albert, Stocksville Long's Chapel Roberts, Graham Dale, Route 1, Leicester New Found Shoaf, Eddie, Newlife Mission, Bittmore Ave., Asheville, Elk Mountain Smith, Jack, Swannanoa Berea Solomon, Robert, 55 W. Chestnut Street, Asheville, First Sprinkle, Charles W., Route 2, Candler New Morgan Hill Stephens, Ralph, Route 3, Asheville Bent Creek Stewart, Paul, 41 Henrietta Street, Asheville, First Taylor, Carroll, 53 Alabama Avenue, Asheville West Asheville Trantham, Marion, Candler Ridgeway Williams, Morris, 33 Langwell Avenue, Asheville West Asheville Wilson, Walter, Elk Mountain Road, Asheville Elk Mountain MINISTERS ORDAINED DURING THE YEAR Name Address Church Bali, Jay, 312 Westwood Place, Asheville Bingham Heights Bumgarner, Hugh, Mars Hill Ridgeway Caldwell, Willard, Birtnore Pine Grove Frizsell, James, Fairview Grove Stone Cameron, C. M., 289 Fairview Road, Biltmore Grassy Branch Gaze, Ted, 415 Riverview Drive, Asheville Grace Glenn, Larry Allen, Black Mountain Black Mountain Hollifield, Floyd, 41 Fulton Street, Asheville Bent Creek Holt, Clinton PL, Biltmore Cane Creek Howington, Bud, Route 2, Asheville Midway Ingle, Hillery J., Detroit Place, Asheville Pine Grove Jarvis, Paul, Elk Mountain Road, Asheville Elk Mountain Stover, Harry, 26 Richmond Avenue, Asheville Buena Vista Wood, Andrew H., Hackensack, New Jersey Craven Street STUDENTS FOR THE MINISTRY Name School Church Brigman, Johnny, New Orleans Seminary Oteen Bumgarner, Hugh, Mars Hill College Ridgeway Dover, James, Wake Forest College Mount Carmel Glenn, Larry, Mars Hill College Black Mountain Greene, Jimmy, Mars Hill College Black Mountain Greene, Jimmy, Mars Hill College Asheville, First Hooper, Dale G., Southern Baptist Seminary Calvary King, William, Fruit and Baptist Bible Institute Emma's Grove Kisselburg, James, Mars Hill College Edgewood Lane, William, Southern Baptist Seminary Calvary McGee, Michael, Furman University, Asheville, First BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION McQueen, Richard, Furman University, White Rock Merrell, Theron, Blanton's Business College, Grassy Branch Ruby, Fred, Mars Hill College, Calvary Sams, T. R., Jr., New Orleans Seminary, White Rock Smith, Jack, Mars Hill College, Berea Solomon, Robert, Wake Forest College, Asheville, First Starnes, Cloyes, Baylor University, Grace Stewart, Paul, Baylor University, Asheville, First Taylor, Carroll, University of North Carolina, West Asheville Williams, Morris, Furman University, West Asheville CHOIR OR MUSIC DIRECTORS Name Address Church Archer, Mrs. W. B., 306 S. French Broad Ave., Asheville, French Broad Avenue Arrowood, Carr, Route 2, Asheville, Gashe's Creek Ashworth, Morgan, Fletcher Fairview Ballard, C. C., Sr., Route 4, Asheville, Victory Barnes, Mrs. R. R., Candler, Enka Bateman, Donald, Swannanoa, Berea Bradley, H. B., Stocksville, Morgan Hill Brown, Allen, R., 82 Annandale Avenue, Asheville... Merrimon Avenue Buckner, Miss Erma, Route 1, Barnardsville Chestnut Grove Burgin, Roy, Box 773, Black Mountain Kerlee Byrd, W. W., Route 3, Asheville Starnes Cove Capps, Roy, Route 1, Asheville Macedonia Carter, Mrs. M. A., 191 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville Calvary Clark, Mrs. T. S., Route 3, Candler Hominy Corn, T. W., Route 1, Weaverville Pine Burr Park Creasman, Mrs. J. H., Skyland New Salem Crisp, R. L., 17 Ora Street, Asheville Sand Hill Crowder, Miss Hadell, Route 1, Candler Mount Pisgah Crowder, Alvah, Alexander Jupiter Fisher, Mrs. H. B., 227 Summit Street, Biltmore Biltmore Fox, Charles, Route 2, Asheville Oakley Fuller, Brine, Route 2, Asheville Grassy Branch Hall, Harrison, Route 3, Candler Pole Creek Hare, John, Skyland Chapel Hill Harris, B. H., 661 Fairview Road, Biltmore Reed Memorial Harron, J. G., Stocksville Flat Creek Haynes, W. H., Swannanoa North Black Mountain Hill, Claude M., 76 W. Haywood Street, Asheville Craven Street Jones, Albert W., Route 2, Asheville Mount Olive Kirkland, F. D., Orman Avenue, W. Asheville Edgewood Koon, Mrs. Frances, Oteen Chunn's Cove Ledford, V. A., Route 4, Asheville Emma Lindsey, Joe, Weaverville Long's Chapel Marlowe, Burgin, Fairview Spring Mountain McFalls, Vernon, Route 1, Leicester Corinth McGlamery, Eddie, 29 Brevard Road, Asheville Bent Creek McHone, S. L., 8 Detroit Street, Asheville Riverview McKee, Lowell, 55 Bradley Street, Asheville Patton Avenue McMahan, H. W., Democrat Antioch Morrow, Wade, Black Mountain Black Mountain Nanney, Mrs. Carrie L., Star Route, Black Mountain Bald Mountain Parham, M. H., Candler Liberty Pearson, Floyd, Box 6, Enka New Morgan Hill Pickens, Clyde, Swannanoa Buckeye Player, Wilburn, Martel Village, Asheville Elk Mountain Plemmons, Hardy, Route 2, Leicester New Found Pressley, Miss Lillian, Route 1, Candler Glady Pullen, Mrs. Charles, Barnardsville Big Ivy Redmon, Harold, Route 4, Asheville New Liberty Reed, E. Frank, Star Route, Asheville Cane Creek 15 BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Rice, Julius, Route 1, Asheville Pleasant Hill Riggins, J. M., Fletcher Oak Grove Sams, Mrs. T. R., Route 1, Candler White Rock Sampson, T. D., Route 1, Leicester Zion Hill Silver, Guy, Route 1, Weaverville Riverside Smith, Charles W., Swannanoa... Swannanoa Spivey, F. M., Route 4, Asheville Bethel Spivey, Henry, Swannanoa Grove Stone Sprinkle, Mrs. W. B., 101 Elk Mtn. Rd., Asheville New Bridge Starnes, Mrs. Glenn, 15 Lanvale Avenue, Asheville, Bingham Heights Stephenson, Dean, Route 1, Asheville, Bingham Heights Stewart, Grover, 59 Woodfin Street, Asheville, Midway Stover, Harry, 26 Richmond Avenue, Asheville, Buena Vista Walker, Oden, Route 1, Black Mountain Mountain View Warren, Miss Altha Mae, Deaverview Road, Asheville, Sunrise Winchester, O. H., Candler, Ridgeway Whitesides, Mrs. Aldon, Weaverville, Weaverville Wright, L. A., Route 1, Fletcher, Emma's Grove PIANISTS OR ORGANISTS Name Address Church Allison, Miss Helen, Swannanoa, Berea Arlidge, Miss Marie, Route 1, Candler, Glady Arrowood, Miss Ruby, 26 Chatham Road, Asheville, Flat Creek Ashworth, Mrs. Morgan, Fletcher, Fairview Austin, Mrs. W. V., 674 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, Bent Creek Beauchamp, Mrs. Dewey, 65 Washington Avenue, Asheville, Bent Creek Beauchamp, Mrs. Dewey, 65 Washington Avenue, Asheville, Riverside Brown, Miss Johnnie L., Alexander Jupiter Buckner, Mrs. E. F., Route 1, Asheville Beaverdam Burleson, Mrs. Herman, Barnardsville North Black Mountain Byrd, Miss Doris L., 109 Montana Avenue, Asheville Sunrise Cordle, Miss Elizabeth Ann, Route 4, Asheville Victory Carter, Miss Ethel, Route 1, Asheville Bingham Heights Carroll, Ralph, Swannanoa Swannanoa Carter, Mrs. T. V., Oteen Oteen Clark, Miss Freda, 821 Sand Hill Road, Asheville Enka Clontz, Mrs. W. J., 74 Atkinson Street, Asheville Craven Street Cole, Mrs. George F., Jr., Route 4, Asheville Mount Carmel Cordell, Mrs. Clifton, Black Mountain Kerlee Crowder, Miss Joretta, Route 1, Candler White Rock DeWeese, Miss Carolyn, 43 Carter Street, Asheville Elk Mountain Duckett, Mrs. C. D., Route 4, Asheville New Found Edwards, Mrs. Francis, Barnardsville Big Ivy Fisher, Mrs. H. B., 227 Summit Street, Biltmore Biltmore Franklin, Miss Carolyn, 24 Ridgecrest Road, Biltmore Reed Memorial Franklin, Miss Vergie, Route 1, Leicester, Corinth Garren, Miss Barbara French Broad Avenue Gibson, Miss Carolyn, 84 Wilmington Road, Biltmore Oakley Goodson, Miss Mary Frances, Candler Ridgeway Gribble, F. L., Route 2, Candler New Morgan Hill Hare, Mrs. Frances, Skyland Chapel Hill Harris, Miss Betty, 210 Patton Ave., Asheville... Sulphur Springs Park Harrison, Mrs. A. B., Fletcher Emma's Grove Hensley, Mrs. Boyd, Route 1, Barnardsville Chestnut Grove Hensley, Miss Faye, Route 1, Weaverville Brown's Chapel Hensley, Mrs. W. M., Route 2, Candler Edgewood Higgins, Mrs. Louise, 208 S. French Broad Ave., Asheville... Sand Hill Hill, Miss Evelyn, Fairview Spring Mountain Hollifield, Miss Betty, Weaverville Long's Chapel 16 BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Huntley, Mrs. Cleo, Star Route, Asheville Cane Creek Hyatt, Mack, Weaverville Antioch Ingram, Miss Helen, 436 N. Haw Creek Road, Asheville Chunn's Cove Jones, Mrs. Albert W., Route 2, Asheville Mount Olive Jones, Mrs. W. A., 1 Salola Street, Asheville West Asheville Koontz, Miss Edna A., 5 Chatham Road, Asheville... Merrimon Avenue Lance, Mrs. Esther, 32 Tahkie Street, Asheville Pine Grove Layal, Mrs. Esther, 4 Detroit Place, Asheville Riverview Lefler, Miss Lois, Arden Long Shoals McMahan, Miss Patsy, 93 Lean-Hurst Road, Biltmore Buena Vista Mehaffey, Miss Patsy, Route 3, Candler Pole Creek Mehaffey, Miss Patsy, Route 3, Candler Pole Creek Mehaffey, Miss Carolyn, Route 2, Asheville Gashe's Creek Morgan, Mrs. Thelma, Route 1, Candler Hominy Moss, Miss Dorothy, Stocksville Morgan Hill Ownbey, Miss Zula, Black Mountain Bald Mountain Parham, Mrs. M. H., Candler Liberty Pelphrey, Mrs. J. G., 92 Belmont Avenue, Asheville Grace Perkins, Mrs. N. L., Ridgecrest Ridgecrest Poor, Mrs. C. I., Route 3, Asheville Calvary Pressley, Mrs. Pauline, 39 Mt. Clare Avenue, Asheville Emmanuel Redmon, Miss Eloise, Route 4, Asheville New Liberty Rymer, Miss Shirley, Route 1, Alexander Macedonia Riggins, Miss Lou Ella, Fletcher Oak Grove Sawyer, Mrs. C, Route 2, Asheville Grassy Branch Stewart, Miss Edna, 59 Woodfin Street, Asheville Midway Sharpe, Miss Shirley, Route 1, Leicester Zion Hill Spivey, Mrs. F. M., Route 4, Asheville Bethel Sprinkle, Miss Shirley, Route 1, Leicester Zion Hill Thomas, Miss Mildred, First Baptist Church, Asheville Asheville, First Vernon, Mrs. W. E., Black Mountain Black Mountain Vess, Miss Shirley, Route 1, Candler Mount Pisgah West, Miss Louise, 87 Elkwood Avenue, Asheville Pleasant Hill Willet, Mrs. Howard, Route 1, Black Mountain Mountain View York, Miss Marjorie, Weaverville Weaverville ASS ISTANT PASTORS OR EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORS Name Address Church Angline, Alden, 312 Sulphur Springs Road, Asheville, Asheville, First Blackwell, Mrs. Earl, 12 Washington Ave., Asheville, New Bridge Brown, Allen R., 82 Annandale Ave., Asheville, Merrimon Avenue Bumgarner, Hugh, Mars Hill Ridgeway Fox, Mrs. Charles, Route 2, Asheville, Oakley Grice, J. B., 135 Spears Avenue, Asheville, Emmanuel Howington, Bud, Route 2, Asheville, Midway Stevens, Ralph, Route 3, Asheville, Bent Creek CHURCH LIBRARIANS Name Address Church Benison, Miss Alice, 34 Elk Mtn. Rd., Asheville, Riverside Cox, M. H., Box 5055, Biltmore, Asheville, First Hawkins, Mrs. E. V., 167 Virginia Avenue, Asheville, Calvary Hill, Mrs. Howard, Fairview Spring Mountain Peebles, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd, Sr., Rt. 3, Candler Hominy Ramsey, Mrs. Eugene, 22 Concord Place, Biltmore, Reed Memorial Reed, Joseph L., Route 2, Asheville, Mount Olive Silver, Mrs. Foy, Old Weaver ville Road, Asheville New Bridge Turner, Miss Helen, Ridgecrest Ridgecrest Weaver, Mrs. Fulton, Jr., 34 Maxwell Street, Asheville Merrimon Avenue BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSEMBLY Willard K. Weeks, Manager Ridgecresi, North Carolina The Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly is located at Ridgecrest in the Swannanoa District of the Buncombe Baptist Association. The Assembly is for the entire Southern Baptist Convention and is under the control of the Sunday School Board of the Convention. The Assembly has an attendance of about 30,000 people each summer. The program for each summer is varied in such a way as to give emphasis to the different phases of our denominational work. LIST OF MESSENGERS ANTIOCH: Mrs. C. W. Shepherd, Mrs. L. G. Greenwood, and Miss Jean Sawyer. ASHEVILLE, FIRST: Dr. W. Perry Crouch, Alden Angline, M. H. Cox, J. P. Goodman and Don Young. BEAVERDAM: C. E. Carter, Kenneth Culbreth, Mrs. C. G. Edwards, Mrs. Gilmer Graham, and Mrs. Harold Nelson. BENT CREEK: Rev. F. W. Greene, Mrs. Jack Murdock, Mrs. W. R. Case, Mrs. Ethel Bailey, and Mrs. Eddie McDowell. BEREA: Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Shope and Mrs. H. C. Creasman. BETHEL: Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Parham, Charlie Fender, and Mrs. Charlie Huntsinger. BIG IVY: Miss Zora Williams, Mrs. Carrie Hensley, Mrs. E. W. Cannon, Miss Sudie Fair, and Hugh N. Brigman. BILTMORE: Rev. H. B. Fisher, Mrs. Cora Cordell, J. T. Redmon, Mrs. Mabel Hayes, and Miss Peggy Lytle. BINGHAM HEIGHTS: Mrs. Roy Frady, Miss Lela Solisby, Miss Shirley Luther, Mrs. C. F. Candler, and Rev. C. A. Hensley. BLACK MOUNTAIN: Dr. H. E. Wood, L. R. Thomas, R. E. Finch, Johnny Rice, and Rev. Larry Glenn. BUCKEYE: Mrs. Maude Rogers, Mrs. Johnsie Allen, Sam McElrath, Mrs. Clyde Pickens, and Mrs. Curtis Hall. BROWN'S CHAPEL: Woodsin Whittemore, Stokes Bradley, and C. H. Roberts. CALVARY: G. G. Morgan, Mrs. W. S. Johnson, H. R. Logan, Doyle Woody, and D. M. Hooper. CANE CREEK: H. L. Spivey, L. N. Owenby, Carl Merrill, C. L. Harper, Miss Florence Lankford, Mrs. Edna Harris, and Mrs. Marie Lytle. CHESTNUT GROVE: Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Buckner, W. G. Hensley, and L. A. Smith. CHUNN'S COVE: Mrs. Clyde Carscaddon, Mrs. J. O. Crenshaw, U. S. Huntington, Mrs. T. J. Trantham, and Mrs. Earl DeWeese. CORINTH: Rev. Carl Cates, Grover Hawkins, Miss Vergie Franklin, and Artamus Hawkins. BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION LIST OF MESSENGERS CRAVEN STREET: Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Nichols, Agle Kuykendall, Mrs. Ernest Riddle, Mrs. J. W. Mitchell, and Mrs. H. J. Aiken. DEAVER VIEW: Mrs. Jim Airman, Mrs. Floyd Brown, Mrs. Willie Nesbitt, Mrs. Ike Thompson, and Mrs. James Rice. EDGEWOOD: Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Hensley, W. R. Ammons, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. McFalls, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Hall, and Mrs. N. N. Jarrett. ELK MOUNTAIN: Fred Penley, Mrs. Clyde Fox, Mrs. Kyle Martin, and Rev. Clyde Parham. EMMANUEL: Mrs. C. Gentry, Mrs. Ralph Hensley, Mrs. Carl Kaney, and Mrs. C. G. Lunceford. EMMA'S GROVE: Rev. William King, Mr. and Mrs. James Wallen, and Mrs. C. C. Merrell. ENKA: Mrs. Oakla Gibbs, Hoyt Herring, and Miss Freda Clark. FAIR VIEW: J. F. Till, Boyce Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Ashworth, and Mrs. Sue Merrell. FLAT CREEK: Mrs. H. B. Buckner, Mrs. M. B. Spivey, Mrs. C. M. Chandler, Mrs. Jack Tesner, and C. D. Williams. FRENCH BROAD AVENUE: Mrs. H. C. Green, Mrs. Viola Crisp, Mrs. W. T. Troutman, and Mrs. W. B. Archer. GASHE'S CREEK: Rev. R. C. Arrowood, Sr., Fred Wilkinson, and V. C. Sorrells. GRACE: Robert Norwood, J. W. McEwen, Mrs. J. H. Sluder, Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Chandler, and Mrs. J. D. Gibbs. GRASSY BRANCH: Bobby Turner and Brine Fuller. HOMINY: Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Morgan, Mrs. Paunce Byrd, Miss. Dolly Ann Morgan, and Mrs. J. M. Smith. JUPITER: C. P. Chandler, L. L. Roberts, Mrs. George Watkins, Mrs. Fulton Pickens, and Rev. W. T. Cockman. KERLEE: Allie Padgett, Tom Swann, Claude Swann, Mrs. O. Q. Surrett, Mrs. Grace Willis, Mrs. Grady McMahon, and H. G. Blankenship. LIBERTY: Mrs. Robert Poor, Mrs. Dewey Poor, Mrs. John Cole, and Rev. C. A. Rhyne. LONG SHOALS: Miss Marjorie Fullam, Mrs. Eugene Dumas, and Mrs. Frank Lefler. LONG'S CHAPEL: Rev. and Mrs. Joe Hunnicutt, Jr., Howard Sams, and Garrett Edwards. MACEDONIA: Rev. Frank Hopkins, H. M. Buckner, R. C. Lominac, Miss Erma Hampton, and Miss Juanita Hayes. MERRIMON AVENUE: J. C. Plemmons, Mrs. Jake Garrison, Mrs. Fred Hodgens, Miss Edna Koontz, and Mrs. Jessie McIntosh. MIDWAY: C. H. Howington, and Vige Wise. MORGAN HILL: Rev. and Mrs. William A. Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Folsom Morgan, Harold Morgan, and Lonnie Evans. MOUNT CARMEL: Jess Rymer, Mrs. L. A. Parker, and Mrs. J. M. Ingram. MOUNT OLIVE: Mrs. George Southerland, Mrs. J. P. Sheehan and Mrs. George Webb. MOUNT PISGAH: Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Cogburn, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Crowder, A. L. Lunsford. NEW BRIDGE: Mrs. George Candler, Mrs. Melvin Rice, Mrs. Dewey Brown, Mrs. O. R. Blackwell, C. J. Rice, and Mrs. A. E. Sluder. BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION LIST OF MESSENGERS NEW FOUND: M. J. Foster, Clyde Sayles, Mrs. Helen Jackson, Mrs. Mary Robinson, and Mrs. Hardy Plemmons. NEW LIBERTY: W. A. Redmon, C. B. Jones, and Ira H. Johnson. NEW MORGAN HILL: William West, L. O. Case, Rev. and Mrs. Charles Sprinkle, and Mrs. Ethel Searsey. NEW SALEM: Miss Anna Metts, Mrs. Ben Butler, Mrs. J. H. Creasman, and Mrs. Frank Chatham. OAKLEY: Mrs. George Fore, Mrs. Charles Fox, C. J. Plemmons, Mrs. Grady Hamby, and Mrs. C. L. Cauble, Jr. OTEEN: Mrs. King, Mrs. Zone, Mrs. Webber, Mrs. T. V. Carter, and Mrs. Thompson. PATTON AVENUE: Mrs. J. S. Tiller, Mrs. Earl Sturgeon, Mrs. Lowell McKee, and Mrs. D. R. McElroy. PINE BURR PARK: C. Harwood. PINE GROVE: Mrs. H. H. Reed and Miss Mallie Ledford. PLEASANT HILL: Mr. and Mrs. Willard C. Rice. POLE CREEK: Tom Rogers, Rev. W. T. Connor, Mrs. Nellie Cathey, Mrs. Vance Pressley, and Mrs. Frank Wilson. REED MEMORIAL: Mrs. E. M. Hensley, Mrs. J. H. Smith, and Miss Georgia Prothro. RIDGEWAY: Mrs. Charles Jollay, Fred Burnett, and Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Hatcher. RIDGEWAY: Mrs. Lanny Blythe, Mrs. F. L. Reed, Mrs. Ben Plemmons, Mrs. Ray Welch, and O. H. Winchester. RIVERSIDE: Mrs. Neils Larsen, Mrs. J. R. Baird, Mrs. Dewey Lunsford, Mrs. Thelma Billings, and Roger Williams. SAND HILL: Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Lunsford. SPRING MOUNTAIN: Herman Warren, Jay Pressley, and Garness McBrayer. STAR NES COVE: Mrs. Carl Thompson and Mrs. Ida Capps. SULPHUR SPRINGS PARK: Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Rector, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Barnes, and Miss Betty Harris. SUNRISE: Linn Blackburn, Miss Jannie Poore, Mrs. I. N. Byrd, and Mrs. A. J. Warren. SWANNANOA: Mrs. Fred Davidson, Mrs. J. M. Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Gragg, and B. C. Blankenship. VICTORY: Mrs. Helen Gaddy, Mrs. Blanche Radcliff, Mrs. Fannie Briggs, Mrs. L. E. Banks, and Mrs. Bascom Wilson. WEAVERVILLE: Mrs. Charles Allman, Mrs. W. C. Sprinkle, Mrs. E. V. Merrill, Sr., and G. G. Johnson. WEST ASHEVILLE: Rev. J. L. Underwood, Rev. H. M. Hocutt, A. L. Smiley, E. B. Roberts, and Miss J. L. Lunsford. WHITE ROCK: Mrs. Cora Medford, Mrs. May Pinner. Mrs. Zella Knighten, Miss Myre Morgan, and Rev. H. W. Burleson. ZION HILL: Mrs. Fred Henson, Mrs. Robert Hoglen, Mrs. Roy Owenby, Mrs. T. J. Sampson, and Mrs. J. V. Mehaffey. NOTE: Churches not given above did not list messengers. BUNCOMBARD BAPTIST CHURCH Article 1. This body shall be known as the Buncombe Baptist Association. Membership Article 2. (Sec. a.) It shall be composed of regularly constituted Baptist churches in Buncombe County and adjacent territory who shall be represented at its regular or special meetings by duly elected messengers in the following ratio: (1) Two for the first hundred members or fraction thereof and one for each hundred additional. (2) All ordained ministers who are members thereof or laboring in connection therewith. (Sec. b.) The Association shall be sole-judge of its membership and may receive or reject churches applying for membership therein at its pleasure, provided the churches so received shall agree and come under the watch-care of the Association for a period of one year. It is understood that during this period of probation such church or churches shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of the Association except that of voting. At The conclusion of this period should no objection be had, they then become members in regular standing without further action by the Association. (Sec. c.) The Association may at any time dissolve connection with any church that becomes heterodox in doctrine or disorderly in practice or that fails to represent itself either by messenger or letter for two consecutive sessions without sufficient reason, or that ceases to be missionary in practice in practice. The support of the causes fostered by the denomination at large and of this Association in particular shall be the test of each church as a missionary body. (Sec. d.) Any church may withdraw from the Association at its pleasure. Objects Article 3. The objects of the Association shall be to devise and promote measures for increasing the harmony, intelligence and spiritual power of the churches and to direct, promote and develop their energies in advancing the Redeemer's Kingdom throughout the earth, more especially along the lines recommended and adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention, the State Baptist Convention and the Association itself. Powers and Prerogatives Article 4. The Association shall have no power whatever to infringe upon the rights of usefulness of the churches. It may advise or recommend measures of usefulness for their adoption and guidance but cannot bind them in any way. All the churches constituting the Association remain sovereign and independent bodies and unite only that they may more effectively promote the cause of Christ throughout the world. Duties of the Churches Article 5. It shall be the duty of each church to appoint as far as practicable their most capable and efficient members as messengers — to insist upon their attendance and to send with them a contribution toward the expenses of the Association, the printing. Of the Minutes and such other items deemed necessary by the Association. It shall send annually a letter to the Association giving the following information—1. Location. 2. Name of pastor and clerk and their post office addresses. 3. The terms of regular services. 4. All church statistics for the current year. 5. Names and addresses of the responsible officers of all church organizations. 6. The amounts contributed by the church and each several organizations to all objects fostered by the Association. 7. Names of messengers and alternates. 8. Other information deemed of special importance. BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Organization Article 6 (Section 1.) The officers of the Association shall be a. Moderator, Vice-Moderator, Clerk, Treasurer, and Historian, who shall be elected at each annual session and shall be installed and assume their duties at the closing period thereof and continue said duties until their successors are elected and installed at the next annual session, unless removed for cause, or until their successors are appointed. Section b.) All officers and all members of all committees shall be members of churches affiliated with the Association. -Section c.) The term of office for the general officers of the Association shall not exceed two years in succession, with the exception of the Clerk and the Treasurer of the Association, who may be reelected to succeed themselves in office at the pleasure of the Association. The term of office for all members of committees of the Association shall be for one year, except members of those committees having a rotating membership covering a term of years of service. No committee member may succeed himself until at least one year has elapsed after his official term has expired. No member of the Association may be permitted to hold membership in more than one committee during one year, except in the case of officers of the Association, who by reason of their office are designated as members of specific committees. Rules of Order Article 7. The Moderator, or in his absence the Vice-Moderator, shall preside at all regular meetings. All officers shall faithfully discharge the duties usually pertaining to the office to which they have been elected. The following rules shall govern deliberations (A) All business shall be conducted and all discussions shall be carried on in the manner prescribed in Roberts Parliamentary practice. (B) The method of voting shall be by the will of the body. (C) A simple majority shall prevail in all cases except as otherwise provided by this Constitution, provided that any member may at any time call for a secret ballot or a roll call on a doubtful issue. (D) A ruling by the presiding officer shall be final unless appeal be had from such ruling to the entire body present. (E) A question having been decided twice by vote in the same attitude at regular sessions of the Association shall not be reintroduced except by consent of the body, as expressed by a majority vote. (F) The messengers of at least one fifth of the churches enrolled shall be necessary to constitute a forum. Time of Annual Meeting Article 8 (Section a.) The Association shall meet annually on the Tuesday and Wednesday immediately following the second Sunday in August; however, in the case of some unavoidable circumstance that makes a change in the date of the annual meeting necessary, either the Executive Committee or preferably the Promotional Committee shall have the authority to change said date, provided a notice of such change shall be Mailed to each church at least two weeks if possible before the stated time for the annual meeting and at least two weeks in advance of the new date set for the annual meeting. BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION (Section b.) In the event of some emergency that makes a call meeting of the Association necessary, either the Executive Committee or preferably the Promotional Committee shall have the authority to call a special meeting of the Association, provided that a notice of the time, place, and purpose of such a call meeting shall be mailed to the pastors and clerks of the churches of the Association at least two weeks in advance of the time set for the call meeting. The Association Year Article 9. The association year shall begin with the first of July of each year and close with the last of the following June. The Promotional Committee Article 10. A Promotional Committee shall be appointed at each annual meeting of the Association composed of the active pastors and two members (preferably a man and a woman) from each church who shall act for the Association in the interim between the annual sessions. The duties of this committee shall be to carry out the policies and will of the Association as so expressed, nor shall it take any action contravening the will of the Association, nor shall it initiate any new policy or practice binding upon the Association unless specifically so directed; provided: that in an adequate emergency it may take such action as may deem necessary, but such action so taken shall in every case be submitted to the next meeting of the Association for appropriate consideration. It shall make a full and complete report of its activities at the next Association. It shall meet on the first Monday in each quarter at the time and place appointed for the meeting of the Buncombe Baptist Ministers Conference. The officers of this committee shall be the officers (ex-officio) of the Association. The same ratio of churches represented as at the regular meetings of the Association shall be required to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Executive Committee Article 11. The Association shall have an Executive Committee composed of the Moderator, Vice-Moderator, and Clerk of the Association and one member chosen at large from each of the five districts of the Association, these members from the districts to be members of the churches in the districts from which they are chosen, and these members from the districts to be elected annually and to be nominated by the Committee on Committees unless otherwise determined by the Association. The Executive Committee shall have the authority to act for the Association only in matters pertaining to the work of the Association that may arise between the regular quarterly meetings of the Promotional Committee and when the Association is not in session, except in matters that may be referred to this committee for action by the Promotional Committee or by the Association. Any action taken by the Executive Committee shall be reported by the clerk to the next meeting of the Promotional Committee or to the Association, whichever comes first, and shall be subject to the approval of the BUNCOMBE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Standing Committees Article 12. The Association shall have such standing committees as may be considered necessary to promote efficiently the work of the Master in our midst, the members of these committees to be nominated annually by the Committee on Committees unless otherwise determined by the Association. These committees shall make reports of their work to the Promotional Committee or to the Association in annual session. Adoption Article 13. This Constitution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption and shall supersede any and all constitutions previously adopted. Article 14. This Constitution may be immediately revised at any session of the Association by a vote of two-thirds of the messengers present or by a simple majority provided notice of such revision shall have been given at a previous annual session. DUTIES OF STANDING COMMITTEES 1. The Committee on Committees: The duty of this committee is to bring to the annual meeting of the Association a nomination of the personnel of the standing committees, to name the committees on Resolutions and Time, Place, and Preacher, and to nominate any other committee authorized unless otherwise provided for; however, it shall be the privilege of any qualified messenger to make substitute or additional nominations for members of any committee. 2. The Committee on The Cooperative Program. This committee should explain the working of the Cooperative Program where it is not understood, encourage all the churches to be liberal in their gifts through this plan, and keep before the churches all the objects included in the program. A report of the committee's activities should be brought regularly to the Promotional Committee. 3 The Committee on Evangelism should seek to keep alive the fires of evangelism in all the meetings of all the organizations of the Association, encourage and help arrange, if necessary, evangelistic services in churches not reporting baptisms, and help provide evangelistic services in unchurched sections within the bounds of the Association. Reports of work done should be made quarterly to the Promotional Committee. The Committee on Location of New Churches. This committee should keep alert to any developments that may make a new church a necessity, advise with groups considering a new church about the necessity of such organization, and seek to encourage the best location possible of buildings when new churches are formed or when places of worship are moved. This committee should report its work to the Promotional Committee and be prepared to bring recommendations to the Association about the reception of new churches. The Committee on Ordinations. This committee serves in an advisory capacity only. The committee should examine such candidates for the ministry as come before it as to their call and fitness for the Gospel Ministry and make recommendations as they feel led to the church of which one is a member about his being ordained and help plan and arrange for proper services of ordination when such assistance is needed. The Promotional Committee should be informed regularly of the work of this committee. The work of this committee is to Encourage and to assist our churches in their support of our North Carolina Baptist Orphanages. An effort should be made to encourage all the churches to have a systematic plan either by the once-a-month offering in the Sunday Schools or an amount in the budget for the purpose. The Thanksgiving offering of cash or in produce should have the careful planning of this committee. Reports should be made to the Promotional Committee regularly. The Hospital Committee. 