Danville Baptist Church

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                                  Danville Baptist Church 
                                           Church History

     Danville Baptist  is to be organized by the authority of Devondale Baptist Church. (Danville Baptist Church does not believe in Apostolic Succession, nor should any baptist church believe and practice such.)  The New Testament teaches in the book of Acts for example, that the authority lies within the church or (ekklesia) assembly. Our church holds the great promise and important 
teaching by our Lord and Savior of Baptist Perpetuity. For all in the days of
Christ received John's Baptism.    

                  On March 2, 2008, Elder Jeff King held a bible study at the
          Comfort Suite Motel conference room, Danville, Ky. to determine the
          interest for a true New Testament Baptist Church in Danville, Ky.
          Residences of Boyle and Mercer counties and a group from Devondale
          Baptist Church, Lexington, Ky. attended. The study was held each
          Sunday 2:30 P.M. from March 2, thru May 19, 2008.
                  On May 6, 2008 the group sought to form a mission work in
          Danville and obtained authority from Devondale Baptist Church,
          Lexington, Ky. Pastor, Bobby Aldridge ( longtime missionary to Brazil).
                   On May 18, 2008 the group of thirteen people joined Devondale
          Baptist Church as members to begin the Mission work in Danville, Ky.
          This group received authority from Devondale Baptist Church on May 25,
          2008. A meeting place was leased at 101 Citation Drive, Danville, Ky.
          Our first meeting in our new location was held June 1, 2008.  


       

   Devondale Baptist Church located in Lexington, Ky. has a long history dating back to the first church instituted by our Lord. 
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  The Devondale Baptist Church grew out of a small mission in Nicholasville, Kentucky which was conducted by two students of Lexington Baptist College. It was later organized into a Church in a schoolhouse two or three miles north of Nicholasville under the sponsorship of the New Testament Baptist Church, St. Bernard, Cincinnati, Ohio, Lassere Bradley Jr., Pastor, on December 2, 1955. There were 23 charter members, each of who had transferred their memberships to and through the Cincinnati church to the new organization. In this location it increased in membership to about 40 members, Brother Ralph A Doty was its Pastor, with Brother White assisting.
      It was now meeting in a storehouse on the corner of Short and Mill Streets in Lexington, Kentucky. "It was here that the present Pastor took up the work and led the church on in the historic Baptist faith" (these words of history were spoken by Brother Buell Kazee).
     Bro Kazee continues: "While we do not at this time belong to any association or convention, we hold to the traditional faith of Southern Baptists. We believe in church co-operation and welcome the opportunities of church fellowship wherever it will not compromise our historic faith".
     "Name-in its present location, this church is known as the Stone Road Baptist Church, Lexington, Kentucky". (Brother Buell Kazee)
     When the church moved to the Devondale Subdivision on Tiverton Way, the church voted to change its name to the Devondale Baptist Church.


The history of Devondale as stated earlier is a long one. Most churches that are around today have "sprung up" due to a suggestion or disagreement with their original group. I know this to be fact, having studied the history of churches in this area. The authority of Devondale Baptist includes the Lockland Baptist Church in the Cincinnati, Ohio area that was organized in the 1840 and later changed her name when she moved to a new location to the Landmark Baptist Church.(Since the Lockland community was being taken up with more and more factories and less with residential homes, the church moved to a new location and changed her name from Lockland Baptist Church to Landmark Baptist.) 
     While it was still called Lockland Baptist Church, some of the members noted that the church was heading more toward Armenian tendencies. A large group left the Lockland Baptist Church and started the New Testament Baptist Church. These held with Baptist views and had the approval of other sound churches in the areas when they left Lockland; Winton Place Baptist Church was one among other local churches who approved of the separation from Landmark by this group. (This information supplied by Brother Jim Jeffries who was then a member of Winton Place Baptist Church.) They were called New Testament Baptist Church. They extended a call to Brother Lasserre Bradley as their Pastor. Brother Bradley was a member of the Ashland Avenue Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky. Brother Clarence Walker urged him to accept the pastorate of the New Testament Baptist Church.

    Although the mid 1800's is, by today's standards, a long history for any church or denomination for that matter; it is not long enough to satisfy one of the two requirements to actually be considered the Lord's true New Testament Church.

"Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders and they will tell thee." Deut. 32:7 "Enquire, I pray thee, of the former age." Job 8:8 - "I have considered the days of old." Psalm 77:5 - "This shall be written for the generation to come." Psalm 102:18 - "Call to remembrance the former days." Hebrews 10:32 
"To put you always in remembrance of these things." II Peter 1:12. -- [kjv]


Here we find that strong linked chain of baptist church succession grow stronger.

Before Lockland Baptist church in Lockland, Ohio was know as Lockland Baptist it was named Springfield Baptist. The organization date was not later than 1798.

Here is futher information written in 1875:


   It would seem from the records of the associational minutes, that our organization date was in 1798. From this date, to the year 1840, their place of worship was one mile north west of Lockland, in Springfield Township. This accounts for the name, Springfield church, in its early history. The house stood on the summit of a high hill, and could be seen for miles away; and if the membership reflected a sanctified and saving influence as many miles around them, as this house could be seen, they must have been a power for good. It was here, the writer heard the first Baptist preacher — Elder James Lyon, who was pastor of the church for many years. Once a month he would commence his service Saturday, at three o'clock, and end with the Sabbath. The pulpit was placed in the side of the building, near the center, which was reached by many steps, so that the speaker's feet must have been nearly ten feet above the floor below. The membership were scattered for miles around. All the membership of the Springfield church, that constituted the Lockland church in 1840, have died, except our much beloved Sister Pratt, now about seventy years of age, in very feeble health. Written in 1875

** For further information about the Lord's Churches and history of Danville Baptist Church please see our study on the Trail of Blood.