Vancouver LMBC History
BAPTIST HISTORY, LINEAGE AND SUCCESSION
The Landmark Missionary Baptist Church of Vancouver, Washington, was organized March 31, 1984 by the authority of the First Missionary Baptist Church of St. Helens, Oregon, with Elder Dearl Smith as the first pastor- Vancouver LMBC minutes.
The First Missionary Baptist Church of St. Helens, Oregon, was organized July 12, 1936, by the authority of the Antioch Baptist Church in Portland, Oregon, with Elder J.W. Black as the first pastor- St. Helens FMBC minutes.
The Antioch Baptist Church of Portland, Oregon, was organized July 20, 1924, by the authority of the Cloverdale Baptist Church, Cloverdale, Oregon. Elder J.W. Black was the first pastor.
The Cloverdale Baptist Church, formerly the First Nestucca Bay Baptist Church, was organized by the Mount Hebo Baptist Church, in Hebo, Oregon, on April 10, 1897.
The Mount Hebo Baptist Church, Hebo, Oregon, was organized by the authority of the Fairview Baptist Church of Fairview, Oregon, in the spring of 1893. Bro. William Bailey, then pastor of Fairview, led in the organization.
The Fairview Baptist Church of Fairview Oregon, was organized in February, 1891, by the First Dallas Baptist Church, of Dallas, Oregon. The Dallas church dismissed several members for the purpose of this organizing at Fairview.
The First Dallas Baptist Church of Dallas, Oregon, was organized in 1856 by the authority of the LaCreole Baptist Church, of Rickreall, Oregon.
The LaCreole Baptist Church of Rickreall, Oregon, was organized on July 18, 1846, by the authority of the West Union Baptist Church, in Hillsboro, Oregon. In 1845 the West Union Baptist Church vote to authorize her pastor, Bro. Vincent Snelling, to baptize and organize churches by the authority coming from that church.
The West Union Baptist Church of Hillsboro, Oregon, was organized on May 25, 1844, with Missionary Baptists that had traveled on the Oregon Trail before it was really a “trail”. This was the first wagon train to cross the Rockies. These brethren endured great hardships to come west in 1843. Bro. David T Lenox, coming fromTodd’s Creek Baptist Church in Missouri, insisted that the wagon train stop on Sundays for prayer, Bible study, and meditation. Bro. Lenox led in the organization of the West Union Baptist Church in his home with authority coming through the Todd’s Creek Baptist Church.
The Todd’s Creek Baptist Church in Missouri was started in 1837 with authority coming through the Mt. Zion Church in Missouri.
The Mt. Zion Church was organized by the authority of Providence Church, of Warren County, Kentucky.
The Providence Church of Warren County, Kentucky, was one of several churches comprising the Warren Association of Baptist Churches, which came directly out of the churches of the Philadelphia Association of Churches. The work of New Testament Churches in Kentucky came about as a direct work of Bro. John Gano. He was a Baptist preacher that was forward in presenting Jesus Christ to this world. He was saved as an adult, Scripturally baptized, called of God into the ministry, and then ordained by the Hopewell Baptist Church, of Hopewell Township, New Jersey, in May of 1754.
The Philadelphia Association of Churches was formed in 1707. This association was started by churches that came directly from Wales, England. It was originally formed by only five churches: Lower Dublin, Piscataway, Middletown, Cohansey, and Welsh Tract. The Welsh Tract Church was formed in Wales, England, in June of 1701 with Elder Thomas Griffith, from the Hill Cliffe Baptist church, also in England. A small group from this church, with Elder H. Roller among them, traveled across the sea as a body, then worked in cooperation with other churches here on this land. These churches sent forth ministers to travel “to assist in founding and renovating churches as far as Virginia and the Carolinas”, to begin with. Later they were sent as far as Kentucky. There is a founding stone in the cemetery at Hill Cliffe’s cemetery, that states its founding date as 1357. Notice that this well predates the Protestants, once again showing that Baptists are not, nor have ever been, Protestant- Philadelphia Association minutes, book 3, item 1.
The Hill Cliffe Church of Wales, England, was organized in 987 by the authority of the Lima Piedmont Church, with Aaron Arlington as her first pastor- Jones’ History, vol. 2, p.324.
The Lima Piedmont Church, in Italy, was organized in 812 by the authority of the Timto Church, with Balcolao as the first pastor- Neander’s Church History, p.394.
The Timto Church, in Asia Minor, was organized in 738 by the authority of the Dorethea Church, with Archer Flavin as her first pastor- Mosheim’s Church history, p.394.
The Dorethea Church, also in Asia Minor, was organized in 671 by the authority of the Pontifossi Church, with Andromicus as her first pastor- Nowlan’s Church History, vol. 2, p.318.
The Pontifossi Church, in France, was organized in 398 by the authority of the Turan Church, with Tellestman as her first pastor- Nowlan’s Church History, vol. 2, p.318.
The Turan Church, in Italy, was organized in 237 by the authority of the Partus Church, with Tertullan as her first pastor- Armitage’s Church History, p.182.
The Partus Church, also in Italy, was organized by Polycarp and his sponsoring church around 150- The Cyrus Commentary of Antiquity, p.924.
John the Beloved baptized Polycarp in 95. John was baptized by John the Baptist, and was a charter member of the Jerusalem Church. John was called out by Jesus on the seashores of Galilee and ordained as an apostle. He worked under the authority of Jesus Christ that came through the Jerusalem church after they were scattered abroad, Matthew 4:19-25; 28:18-20; Acts 1:8, 21-22; 8:14-18.