![]() The membership has been uniform throughout the church's history. The Bethlehem Church remained a member of the Green River Association until 1830, and then became a member of Barren River, but in 1875 united with the Bays Fork Association, which assumed the name of Allen Association in 1913. Elder Zachariah Emerson was the next pastor and continued until 1845, when he was succeeded by Elder Mordecai F. The name of the church was changed from Difficult to Bethlehem. ![]() Elder John Hightower was the second pastor, and was followed in succession until 1811 by Alexander Devin, Alexander Davidson, and Samuel Greathouse. Elder Joseph Logan was the first pastor, and led the church to unite with the Green River Association in September, 1801, and it reported eighty-eight members. The names of the eight original members appeared as follows: James Atwood, and his wife, Margaret William Strait, and his wife, Dorcas William Thomas, and his wife, Mary Thomas Spillman, and Polly Richey. This church, located in Allen County, three miles north of Scottsville, was constituted, January 27, 1801, under the name Difficult and was probably gathered by the pioneer preachers, Joseph Logan and John Hightower, who settled early in that section. Many of the churches of this period observed the one-hundredth anniversary, and the century of the churches' activities, were rehearsed, but other churches passed over the event without notice. ![]() The history of some of the churches are very brief because of the brevity of the records. Some of the most important churches in historical value, formed during the forty years have been omitted, because no historic records were available. The Early Baptist Churches that Remain in KentuckyĪ large number of churches were organized during this period, which are still in existence, but the records of only a limited number could be obtained.
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