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University of Missouri at Rolla, Western Manuscripts
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Information Sheet
R503
Little Zion Baptist Church (Howell County, Mo.).
Records, 1913-1994.
Nine volumes.
These are the record books of the Little Zion Baptist Church near Trask in Howell County, Missouri. The volumes include membership records, lists of officers and pastors, and minutes of church meetings from 4 October 1913 through 1 June 1994. There is also an historical sketch of the church written for its centennial in 1994.
Twenty members attended the organizational meeting of the Little Zion Baptist Church in 1894. Before its organization, the church had been a mission of Mount Pisgah Baptist Church at Hutton Valley. George Louis Findley was Little Zion’s first pastor. The congregation first met in a log building northwest of its present site. When that building was destroyed by fire, a new one-room building was erected nearby on land donated by James and Nancy Stout. The church has occupied the same grounds since then, with the most recent construction, a new sanctuary, taking place in 1972.
The records of the Little Zion Baptist Church consist of record books containing primarily the minutes of church meetings. There are no records for 1894 to October 1913, May 1918 through August 1930, or September 1939 through August 1940. Some of the missing data for these periods is supplied in the centennial history of the church. In addition to an historical sketch, the history contains notes on the Bible School, church camps, the girl’s auxiliary, and the Royal Neighbors. There is also a complete chronological listing of all church pastors and officers to the present.