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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...

Scope and Contents Finance and Fundraising: Gift Suggestions, 1976-1977: Gift Suggestions, 1977-1978: “Begging Letters”, 1968-1970Hospital: Construction, 1949, 1955-1961: Dedication, October 1959: Committees, Minutes, and Local Board Minutes, 1961-1967: Organizational Changes, 1966: Clinic Construction and Dedication, 1968, 1970: By-laws and Regulations, 1966-1970: Committees and Department Heads, Minutes, 1972-1973: X-Ray Purchase,...

Scope and Contents KMC and RBMC: Annual Proceedings, Journals, 1955-19Conference Papers, 1959-1969Mission Study Committee, October 1967Motorola, Correspondence and Permits, 1952-1982Personnel: Policies and Manuals, circa 1967, 1970s: Salaries, 1955-77: Staff List, 1921-1968: Staff Directories, 1968-1980See Subseries C, Series 3 for Personnel Files A-Z, 1947-1981 Reels 5-9Program Relocation and Expansion, 1946-1948,...