Preacher's Boy
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Used to know a man named Kirby Ison, Any kin?Originally posted by Preacher's Boy:
Thanks so much for the info on the Indian Bottom web site ...its up now and inclludes the addresses of chuches I had attended as a child and lost track of...Ny Dad's cousin is still the moderator of one of them...thanks...doug ison
It was at the Little Ida church in Ecorse, near Detroit. Are all the Michigan Old Regular churches named "Little" something? Interesting...(What part of Michigan? Little Alvie and Little Goldie are established around where I grew up in Indiana.)
Some churches are named this way. They're sometimes named in memory of a member. I still have a page of the church, Little Martha Old Regular Baptist Church, I believe to be named for one of my family members.It was at the Little Ida church in Ecorse, near Detroit. Are all the Michigan Old Regular churches named "Little" something? Interesting...
Don't know of another old Regular congregation with a baptistry, perhaps there are. There are a few Primitive Baptist Churches in the northeast (perhaps elsewhere) that have them. The churches in the Washington, DC area have them because it is just easier than trying to find a place to baptize otherwise. I pastored a church in Wilmington, Delaware, and we used a creek about 30 miles away in Pennsylvania, so it can be difficult in urban areas to find suitable places to baptize.I recently had an occassion to visit the Old Regular Batptist church in Michigan where my grandmother attended church after she moved from Kentucky. I was shocked to find something I thought I'd never find in an Old Regular Baptist church - a baptistry. I believe they belong to the New Salem association, and they got permission becuase the government had essentially regulated away their ability to use any local rivers or streams for baptizing. Anyone know how common this is becoming?