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BOWLING GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH

This church, located on Main Street of Bowling Green, was
constituted September 18, 1878, with a membership of thirty-nine,
of whom twenty-two were men and seventeen were women.
The church was admitted into the Goshen Association in 1879
and in 1902 regularly withdrew with other churches to form a new
association, now known as the Hermon.

For about three years after its organization this church was
regularly supplied by various ministers, among them being Dr.
A. E. Dickinson, Rev. George W. Reggan, Dr. A. B. Dunaway
and Professor John Hart.

The following ministers have served the church as pastors:
Rev. J. L. Lawless, April, 1881, to February, 1884; Rev. Dr.
Andrew Broaddus, April, 1885, to January, 1893; Rev. R. L.
Gay, April, 1893, to 1898; Rev. E. M. Dowley, 1899 to 1901;
Rev. Dr. John Pollard, July, 1901, to October, 1904; Rev. Dr.

J. M. McManaway, January, 1905, to January, 1910; Rev. R. E.
Vellines, November, 1910, to January, 1915; Rev. L. M. Ritter,
October, 1915, to present.

The present house of worship, a picture of which appears herein,
was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day, 1899. The Rev. J. B. Hawthorne
preached the dedicatory sermon. The church owns a
comfortable parsonage adjoining the church grounds.

The present officiary of the church is as follows: Pastor, Rev.
L. M. Ritter. Deacons: Dr. E. E. Butler, O. P. Smoot, E. G.
Smoot, M. G. Garrett, C. R. Dickinson, R. B. Broaddus and
Col. R. L. Beale. Trustees: Dr. R. T. Glassell, C. R. Dickinson,
Dr. C. S. Webb, M. G. Garrett and L. D. Vincent. Treasurer, H.
D. McWhirt; Mission Treasurer, George Dorsey; Auditor, Arthur
H. Allen.