Minutes the Sixteenth Annual Session of the New River Baptist Association

Download or read book Minutes the Sixteenth Annual Session of the New River Baptist Association written by New River Baptist Association and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Minutes the Sixteenth Annual Session of the New River Baptist Association: Held With Fayetteville Church, Fayette Co., Ala., October 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th, 1886 Art. 5. Every church in our union shall be entitled to representation in the following manner; Each church shall be entitled to send three dele gates and no more. Any church failing to represent herself as above pre scribed, shall state her reasons at the next session. Art. 6. The Association thus formed, a majority ofthe members present shall choose, by ballot, a Moderator and Clerk, who shall serve one year. Art. 7. Churches may be admitted into this union, who petition by letter and delegates; and, upon examination, if found orthodox and orderly, shall be received by the Association. Which shall be manifested by the Moderator's giving the right hand of fellowship. Art. 8. Every query sent up to the Association by any church in the union, shall be read and put to a vote by the Moderator whether it shall be debated; and if there be a majority for it, it shall be taken up and investi gated; but if not, it shall be withdrawn, provided always that those be first considered which effect the union of the churches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.