Big Bear Creek, and other links

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• Big Bear Creek Baptist Association Est. 1835 -- "This book covers the years from 1835-1977 and the history includes how the association was started, churches in the association, Rules of Decorum, Annual meetings and more."
• Controversies of the Early Baptists of Virginia -- "The early Baptists of Virginia were not agreed in their opinions on the doctrines of grace."
• Don’t Read Stones With -- "The list of harmful products and methods used to read tombstones and monuments is simply huge."
• Early Kentucky Baptists unite for missions -- "Partly because of its unique geographical location, Kentucky was settled from two directions—the Northeast (or New England) and the Southeast (from Virginia down to South Carolina)."
• John Bunyan and Pastoral Calling -- "They did perceive that God had counted me worthy to understand something of his will in his holy and blessed word, and had given me utterance in some measure, to express what I saw to others, for edification."
• Links to chapters of the Mt. Carmel history -- "The extant minutes of Mt. Carmel Church cover a period from October 1867 to November 1871."
• Obadiah Dodson: Buried in Rusk County -- "One of the early influences of the Baptist faith in this area of West Tennessee was a preacher named Obadiah Dodson."
• Obadiah Dodson: Faithful Baptist Pastor-Evangelist -- "One of the first congregations Dodson organized in West Tennessee was the Big Black Creek Baptist Church."
• Neither Calvinists nor Arminians but Baptists -- "Please note that as we make these affirmations we are not saying that Calvinist Baptists and Arminian Baptists are not truly seeking to be Baptists."
• Reading Stones Basics -- "With the creation of things like find a grave and ancestry.com, the number of people interested in reading grave markers has grown significantly and continues to grow."
• Religion was not prominent in early pioneer days of Jackson County, Alabama -- "Isaac Reed was elected first moderator, Josiah Conn, Clerk."
• There was a split in the Baptist Church of Alabama in the early days – this is why -- "With the increase of population others were rapidly formed, and by 1820 there were at least 50 Baptist churches in the State."
• Two Baptist Pioneer Preachers of Texas and Their Genealogy -- "Mr. Reed was a medium large man with black hair. He married in September l797 to Miss Elizabeth Harper..."
• Wilson Hill The Baptist Church -- "The church was inducted into the Duck River Association of Baptists in 1854.  The building that stands today celebrated its 100th birthday in 2011."