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1 Minutes of theOne Hundred and SeventeenthAnnual Session of theIndian Bottom Association ofOld Regular Baptist Churchesof Jesus ChristHeld at theIndian Bottom Association BuildingSassafras, Knott County, KentuckyAugust 31, 2012 and the following two daysHosted by the Mount Olivet ChurchCo-Hosted By:Defeated Creek and Reynolds Fork ChurchesElder Elwood Cornett, Moderator (606-633-9269)Elder Jim Fields, Assistant Moderator (606-633-7014)Elder Don Pratt, Clerk/Treasurer Pauley Hollow, Sassafras, KY 41759 Brother Bob Banks, Assistant Clerk (606-633-4453) Bottom Association OfficersElder Elwood CornettModeratorElder Jim FieldsAssistant ModeratorElder Donald PrattClerk/TreasurerBrother Bob BanksAssistant Clerk1A TRIBUTE TO OUR DECEASED MINISTERSBro. Joe FieldsBro. Ted O QuinEld. Jack VarneyBro. Harles WattsThe voices of Brothers Joe Fields, Ted O Quin, Jack Varney and Harles Watts have grownsilent, yet the fruits of their labors and fond memories of their lives will remain with us formany years to come.

2 As their frail bodies fell, their spirit went to God who gave it. Theyfought a good fight; they finished their course; they kept the faith; they have gone to receivetheir reward, a crown of righteousness and a home in OF THEONE Hundred AND SEVENTEENTHANNUAL SESSION OF THEINDIAN BOTTOM ASSOCIATION OFOLD Regular BAPTIST CHURCHESOF JESUS CHRISTFRIDAY, AUGUST 31ST, 2012 ANDTHE TWO FOLLOWING DAYSThe Indian Bottom Association, being in session, assembled at our association buildingat Sassafras, Knott County, Kentucky, on August 31, 2012 and the two following by the Mount Olivet Church and co-hosted by the Defeated Creek and ReynoldsFork Churches, the association met in the congregational department of the associationbuilding for preaching services. After singing some old songs of Zion, Elder Dannny Dixonintroduced the service and led in prayer.

3 Elder Scottie Halcomb followed with the delegates were dismissed from the congregational department and asked toassemble in the delegate room. Brothers James Slone, Willie Crase, and Eddie Newsomewere appointed by the moderator to remain in the congregational department for preachingservices. In the delegate room, Elder Elwood Cornett, the moderator, welcomed the delegatesand called upon Elder Alonzo Mosley to introduce the session and Elder Merle Caudill tolead in prayer. The Association, now being assembled, was called to order by Elder ElwoodCornett. He appointed a finance committee to wit: Ronnie Little, Jeff Combs and EddieCreech. He then called for the letters of the several churches that compose the Indian A motion was made, seconded, and passed with no objection, to read the letter of theMount Olivet Church.

4 The letter was read by the clerk. By a move and second, with noobjection, it was received, along with all other church letters, as they were in regularform; the delegates were seated and all requests and queries were referred to the Com-mittee on Arrangements. Letters were not received from the Garden of Love, MountZion and Little Mary The Association was then organized by choosing the following officers:Elder Elwood Cornett, ModeratorElder Jim Fields, Assistant ModeratorElder Don Pratt, Clerk/TreasurerBrother Bob Banks, Assistant Clerk(The following brothers had been appointed to count the votes: Randy Campbell, GaryCompton and David Nichols.)33. By a move and second, with no objection, the moderator was directed to make all tem-porary The moderator appointed a Committee on Ministry composed of one delegate fromeach of the churches to arrange the preaching services for Friday afternoon and Satur-day The moderator called for newly constituted churches desiring to take up fellowshipwith us: None Churches of our same faith and order who desired fellowship with us were called for:None By a move and second, with no objection, the reading of the Articles of Faith, theConstitution and the Rules of Decorum was omitted and ordered to be printed in The moderator called for transient members and ministers and the following responded.

5 Brothers Arlie Jackson, Gary Compton, Roger Gibson and David The Committee on Ministry made the following report for preaching services:Friday afternoon: Brothers Gary Compton and Roy morning: Brothers Josh Bell, Frank Fouts and John The moderator appointed a Committee on Arrangements composed of one delegatefrom each church, together with the association moderator, assistant moderator, clerkand assistant clerk to arrange the work of the move and second, with no objection, were made for the Committee on Arrangementsto meet on Friday afternoon at 1:00 to arrange the business for By a move and second, with no objection, the Association was adjourned until9:00 Saturday morning. The singing will start in the congregational department at9:30 Committee on Arrangements met at 1:00 on Friday afternoon in the congrega-tional department of the association building.

6 After singing, Elder Gary Compton intro-duced the service and Brother Felden Ruggles, Jr. led in prayer. Brother Roy Slone thenpreached, after which the committee arranged the work for Saturday. Elder Jimmy Hallcalled MORNINGThe association met pursuant to adjournment. After singing some songs of Zion, ElderElwood Cornett, our moderator, welcomed everyone and called upon Elder Ronnie Robinsonto introduce the session and Elder Freddy Compton led in The clerk called the roll and marked the The report of the Committee on Arrangements was given by the clerk of the move and second, with no objection, were made to approve the The ministers chosen to preach on the stand were excused to go to the congregationaldepartment of the association The Committee on Finance reported a sum of $8, collected from the variouschurches.

7 By a move and second, with no objection, the report was received and thecommittee By a move and second, with no objection, the Minutes of this session of the associationwere ordered to be printed. The clerk is to be secretary/treasurer and will decide howmany copies to have printed and distributed to each church, according to the amount ofmoney By a move and second, with no objection, the dates of the union, communion andmemorial services and appointed meetings are to be printed in the The circular letter was read by Brother Daryl Slone, who had been chosen last year towrite a circular letter for consideration by the association this year. By a move andsecond, with no objection, the letter was received and ordered to be printed in the A. The Committee on Ministry, being the same as on Friday, chose the followingministers to preach on Sunday, to wit:Brothers Don Pratt, Jim Fields, and The Committee on Ministry chose Elder David O Quinn to preach the introductorysermon for the 2013 session and Elder Felden Ruggles, Jr.

8 To be the The Committee on Ministry chose Elder Jimmy Hall (Little Hannah) to write acircular letter for consideration of approval next By a move and second, with no objection, obituaries are to be printed in the may be given to the clerks at any time during the year. They are to be typedand may be on paper, a computer disk in MS Word or emailed to the The treasurer s report was given by the clerk. By a move and second, with no objection,the report was received and ordered to be printed in the Minutes . The report is as fol-lows:Balance on hand (9/3/11) ..$1, :Church $8, ..$ in treasury ..$9, :Printing 3,522 Minutes ..$7, deposit $ ..$ for Minutes ..$ $8, in treasury (9/1/12) ..$1, The treasurer of the trustees, Elder Emory Caudill, gave his report. By a move andsecond, with no objection, the report was received and ordered to be printed in theminutes.

9 The report is as follows:Balance in treasury (8/31/11) ..$14, :Church contributions ..$9, ..$1, Sunday ..$1, ..$ $9, $ collections ..$22, in treasury ..$36, $1, expenses ..$1, ..$2, $3, $4, $ $13, in treasury (8/31/12) ..$23, The Committee on Council report was read by the clerk. By a move and second, with noobjection, the report was Elwood Cornett, our moderator, appointed the following brothers to serve as theCommittee on Council for the next year. These brothers are: Eddie Newsome, RogerFields, Danny Dixon, Alger Mullins, Darryl Slone, Roger Gibson, and Elwood The clerk read the Indian Bottom Association Council Committee request to answerItem 4 of the Saturday Morning 2011 Association Minutes as follows: Item 12:A,10 ofthe 1999 Indian Bottom Association Minutes : Indian Bottom churches may receiveGodly members by recommendation from Regular Baptist churches of associationswith which we formerly corresponded (Philadelphia, Sardis, Northern New Salem,Union, Thornton Union, Mud River, Friendship and Old Indian Bottom Associations),providing those members were baptized by an ordained Old Regular Baptist minister.

10 (A recommendation must come from a member having personal knowledge of the quali-fications of the recommended person.) . By a move and second, with no objection, therequest was The clerk read the following request from the Indian Bottom Association Council Com-mittee: Due to the fact that the Garden of Love Old Regular Baptist Church sent aletter, dated October 15, 2011, to the various churches in the Indian Bottom Associationstating that the Garden Of Love Church no longer wants to be a part of the IndianBottom Association, the Indian Bottom Association Council Committee requests thatthe Garden Of Love Church be dropped from our correspondence and that our churchesbe allowed to receive by recommendation any Garden Of Love Church member whomeets the requirements of Item 12:A,10 of the 1999 Indian Bottom Association min-utes.