Bethel Baptist Church Records, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Pamela Strother Downs
Transcribed to text file by Lynda Weldon
Date: May 9, 2007

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fellowship was extended to them, and the hand of church fellowship to 
those baptized.
A. D. Mayo, Mod.
Willie Strother, Clerk. 

May 21, 1898.
Devotional services were conducted by G. N. Strother.  G. N. Strother was
chosen moderator.  Minutes of last meeting read and approved.  The charge
against sisters Strother and Buxton was rescinded.  An offering in cash and
pledges to missions was taken amounting to $4.30.  Brother J. H. Strother 
was chosen as missionary. Brother Frank Perkins was chosen as messenger to 
meet with the executive board.  Joseph Draddy and wife were granted letters
of dismission from the church.
G. N. Strother, Moderator.
Willie Strother, Clerk

June 25, 1898.
After devotional exercises the church went into conference.  The minutes of 
the last meeting were read and approved.
A. D. Mayo,  Mod.
Willie Strother, Clerk.

June 26, 1989.
The church met at 10 a.m. and an hour and took an intermission.  Devotional 
services were conducted by J. H. Strother and A. D. Mayo.
A. D. Mayo,  Mod.
Willie Strother, Clerk

June 27, 1898.
The church met in a call conference.  In the absence of the pastor and clerk,
G. N. Strother was chosen as moderator and D. B. Perkins clerk.  The moderator
stated that the purpose of the meeting was to choose a messenger to meet with
the Executive Board of the Association.  D. B. Perkins volunteered to go.
G. N. Strother, Mod. pro tem.
D. B. Perkins, Clerk.

July 23, 1898.
Devotional exercises were conducted by A. D. Mayo and G. N. Strother. Minutes
of the previous meeting were read and approved.  A. D. Mayo and Willis 
Strother were chosen as pastor and clerk for the following year.  D. B. 
Perkins, Henry Willis, John Strother, Alec. Strother and G. N. Strother were
chosen as messengers to the association, and Frank Perkins, Joe Willis and 
Willie Strother as alternates.  The moderator was authorized to appoint 
messengers to the district meeting, and named Willie Strother and Henry Willis
as messengers and John West and James Willis as alternates.  The rules of 
decorum were read, and the meeting adjourned.
A. D. Mayo,  Mod.
Willie Strother, Clerk.