New Salem Association of the Old Regular Baptist

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The New Salem Association of the Old Regular Baptist was established in the year of 1825 in Eastern Kentucky. The New Salem Association is still going strong today. Most associations today are a branch from the New Salem Association. There are a few Old Regular Baptist churches that are private; basically they do not belong to any association. The New Salem Association is in correspondence with several other Associations which is as followed Union, Old Indian Bottom, Sardis, Philadelphia, Northern New Salem, and Friendship. I have been to several different types of denominations over the course of my life time. I was raised to go to where the Lord felt was right for me. So, as I was trying to decide what I wanted to write my research paper about the New Salem Association of the Old Regular Baptist stood the most. I find the New Salem Association of the Old Regular Baptist to be very interesting. Their beliefs stand out the most to me. The New Salem Association of the Old Regular Baptist has many different beliefs. Such as, the New Salem Associations believes that the preacher is called by God, and not chosen by men. Some religions and denominations believe in paying people to preach sermons to them. The New Salem is completely different they are willing to preach to the congregation, and not receive any money from them. They believe that they are paid through God by blessings. The preachers are schooled entirely from God and not from a seminary school (Huff, Carolyn). The New Salem also believes that when they preach, the words come from God and not man. The other associations of the Old Regular Baptist also believe this to be true as well. The New Salem Association does not believe in using instruments when they si... ... middle of paper ... ...ing that all of the negative criticism just makes them stronger. References Burnett, John.”Before Churches Had Songbooks,There was ‘Lined-Out’ Gospel’.” October 15, 2013. 12 April 2014. http://www.npr.org/2013/10/15/234606252/before-church- songbooks-there-was-lined-out-singing. Huff, Carolyn.”The Old Regular Baptist.” 11 April 2014. http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~duncanrw/theoldregularbaptists.htm Osborne, David. Rasin’ Cane in Appalachia.Appalachia: Tafford Publishing, 2013. http://books.google.com/books?id=bvWPUDkPI2UC&pg=PA369&lpg=PA369&dq=a+List+of+the+articles+of+faith+the+new+salem+association&source=bl&ots=JmFTFqCgFM&sig=YOGw1xIJ_xCYGGlcZPS9ZO7fNpw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=b_5JU9DqJKGi2gWRyIGYCA&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=a%20List%20of%20the%20articles%20of%20faith%20the%20new%20salem%20association&f=false

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