CREATIVE ARCHIVES

 

167 years of history looks down on Minnesota Baptists.

This summer when the Minnesota Baptist Association holds its annual meeting it will celebrate 167 years as a Bible-believing, Baptist association of churches. The book you see in the picture contains a record of that first year which concluded with an annual meeting in 1850.

Berean Baptist Church of Brooklyn Park has graciously provided a home for the archives which record and celebrate this amazing history. The collection includes annual reports for those many years as well as bound copies of the state magazine “The North Star Baptist.” My father, Dr. A. W. Allen, edited the North Star from 1966 to 1985, compiling around 200 editions of the magazine.

The board of the Minnesota Baptist Association is seeking to organize the archives so they can be made available for research. In addition to the minutes of annual meetings and the copies of the North Star, the collection includes pictures, historical documents, and records from the regional state associations, the ladies’ and men’s meetings, youth rallies and the Planting and Watering ministry.

God has done an amazing work among the churches of Minnesota for many years. From the time of Timothy Cressy and Uncle Boston Smith right up to the present, the gospel has impacted the state through the faithful witness of the saints. It is exciting to look back on the many years of history and even more thrilling to anticipate what lies ahead.

P.S. The best way to find my books is to Google Author Central Robert A. Allen