Preserving & Writing Church History
Canaan Baptist Church in Bessemer Alabama
Special Issue of
The Alabama Historian
April 1987
- Introduction.....Lee Allen
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Notes on the Preparation of a Local Church History......Joe D. Acker
- Some Suggestions for History of a Baptist Church......Woddford B. Hackley
- Baptist History in Statistical Tables.....Hugh C. Bailey
- Interpreting Church Minutes.....Arthur L. Walker. Jr.
- Baptist Periodicals in Alabama, 1835 - 1873.....F. Wilbur Helmbold
- The Use of Secular Newspapers in Writing Church History.....Quentin Porch
- Shaking a Few History Trees.....Lee. N. Allen
- Non-Church Sources of Information..... Mattie Lou Teague Crow
- Writing Baptist History: Using Genealogical Tools and Techniques.....F. Wilbur Helmbold
- Writing Baptist History: Using Baptist Historical Collection.....Elizabeth Wells and Shirley Hutchens
- Writing Baptist History: Using Oral History Interviews.....Irma R. Cruse
- Organizing a Church History..... Lee N. Allen
- History is Now!.....Nina Brice Gwin
- For Further Study.....Lee N. Allen
- Church Clerk is Key to Preserving Church History.....Irma R. Cruse
