Middle Florida Georgia Primitive Baptist Association Website
Citation
Belford, D. A. . " Middle Florida Georgia Primitive Baptist Association Primitive Baptist Covenant / Historical Overview." Accessed April 11, 2013. http://mfgpba.com/id1.html.
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- 1866 - Florida Primitive Baptist Association
- South Georgia Association - Andrew Sims.
- Old West Florida Association - renamed Middle Florida Georgia Primitive Baptist Association.
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HISTORICAL GLANCE - By Reverend D. A. Belford
A few years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Elder W. A. McDonald of West Virginia came to Leon County and soon was connected with Elder Henry McDonald, who had been a slave of Elder W. A. McDonald's father. The two men rejoined themselves for they had grown up together in West Virginia. They recognized that there was no Primitive Baptist Church organized.
On June 15, 1866, the Elders drew up guidelines for operating the Primitive Baptist Church and organized the Florida Primitive Baptist Association. After much growth in the Association, the brethren in Georgia organized the South Georgia Association under the leadership of Elder Andrew Sims. From the group grew the Old West Florida Association. The group thereafter was renamed the Middle Florida Georgia Primitive Baptist Association.
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- Florida Primitive Baptist Association
- South Georgia Association
- Old West Florida Association - renamed Middle Florida Georgia Primitive Baptist Association.