Finding aid for the Free Will Baptists, Ohio and Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting, Ministers Institute Minute Book


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Free Will Baptists, Ohio and Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting, Ministers Institute
Title: Free Will Baptists, Ohio and Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting, Ministers Institute Minute Book
Dates: 1900-1910
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: Conference of ministers of churches in the Ohio and Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Free (Free Will) Baptists. The Institute was made up of ordained and licensed ministers and it approved the ordination and certification of ministers for service in churches of the yearly meeting. It was concerned for the social, educational, doctrinal, and spiritual interests of its members. The collection consists of minutes of yearly meetings of the Ministers Institute held in connection with the Ohio and Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Free Baptists. Meetings were held in various counties in Ohio and Pennsylvania at which sermons were preached and discussions concentrated on relations with other religious denominations and on the examination, certification, and licensing of ministers.
MS Number MS 1351
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Free Will Baptists, Ohio and Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting, Ministers Institute Minute Book, 1900-1910, consist of minutes of yearly meetings of the Ministers Institute held in connection with the Ohio and Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Free Baptists. Meetings were held in various counties in Ohio and Pennsylvania at which sermons were preached and discussions concentrated on relations with other religious denominations and on the examination, certification, and licensing of ministers.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Free Will Baptists in Ohio and Pennsylvania in the early twentieth century, and issues surrounding religion and the licensing and certification of ministers.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection is maintained in one volume.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Related Material

The researcher should also consult MS 1253 Free Will Baptists, Ohio and Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting Record Book.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Baptists -- Ohio -- Clergy -- Congresses.
Baptists -- Pennsylvania -- Clergy -- Congresses.
Free Will Baptists (1780?-1911). Ohio and Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting. Ministers Institute -- Archives.
Ohio -- Church history -- Sources.
Pennsylvania -- Church history -- Sources.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 1351 Free Will Baptists, Ohio and Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting, Ministers Institute Minute Book, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio