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Abstract The Board of Missions of the mid-western based Evangelical Church began considering the eastern Kentucky’s Red Bird River region for a home mission project in 1919. On the recommendation of Rev. William Buyers, a Presbyterian minister from Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky, a Board appointed committee visited the area and found that residents were receptive to the idea of a mission. The first Mission worship service was held in a tiny schoolhouse at Beverly in Bell County on May 29, 1921. The...

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Anniversary (25th), 1946

Articles of Incorporation, 1968, 1981

By-laws, 1968-1977

Board of Directors: Minutes, Reports and Correspondence, 1968-1978

Contracts and Leases, 1927-1970

Deeds, 1921-1931

Highway Construction, Beverly-Saylor Road, 1947

Deeds (Highway Purposes), 1949-1959

Land Donation from Ford Motor Co. (Queendale Center), 1947-66

Leases and Deeds (Ford Motor and Fordson Coal), 1951-1958, 1966

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Judgement, Kentucky Court of Appeals: George S. Green Et al. Vs. Asher Coal Mining Co., 1964

Dillion Asher Log Cabin (Pioneer House), 1964-67, 1976

Construction Permits, 1973, 1976

Deputation, 1962-1979

Ehresman, General Correspondence, 1967-1978

“Evangelism in Depth,” 1965-1968

Finance and Fundraising

: Audit Reports, 1967-1978

: Budgets, 1967-1969

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Finance and Fundraising
: Budgets, 1967-1979
: Advance Specials, 1969-80
: Donations, Cash, and Non Cash, 1976-1979