1906 Whiteland Baptist Church organized
WHITELAND BAPTIST CHURCH
This church became a mission of Emanuel Baptist church of Indianapolis, then under the pastorate of Rev. J.R. Henry, February, 1905. One year later the organization of the Whiteland Baptist church was effected, and the following officers were chosen: Clerk, Bertram Brown; church treasurer, R. A. Roberson. In January, 1906, John M. Phipps, J.I. Scott, George W. Veath and J.F. Smiley were elected trustees. Rev. Truman was called to the pastorate in February, 1905, and resingned on July 11, 1905. In November, 1905, Rev. Hamilton was called to the pastorate and began work in December, resigning in August, 1906, when Rev.T.A.Child was called and continued in this service three years and six mounths. The church had occasional supplies until the September, 1911, when Rev. Childs was again called to the pastorate and still continues his labors.
In 1905 the Methodist Episcopal church of Whiteland built a beautiful brick structure and their former church building was purchased by the Baptists and refitted. It is a very respectable church home and serves its purpose well. It is valued at twenty-five hundred dollars and in size is thirty by forty -five by eighteen feet,will seat two hundred persons and is supplied with comfortable furniture, also a piano. The church maintains a Sunday school, Ladies' Aid Society and prayer meeting. The present clerk is Archie Pierce and the treasurer is C.M.Durham, who is also superintendent of the Sunday school.
Source:
1. Elba L. Branigin, A.M. - History of Johnson County Indiana, Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Co., Inc., 1913
This church became a mission of Emanuel Baptist church of Indianapolis, then under the pastorate of Rev. J.R. Henry, February, 1905. One year later the organization of the Whiteland Baptist church was effected, and the following officers were chosen: Clerk, Bertram Brown; church treasurer, R. A. Roberson. In January, 1906, John M. Phipps, J.I. Scott, George W. Veath and J.F. Smiley were elected trustees. Rev. Truman was called to the pastorate in February, 1905, and resingned on July 11, 1905. In November, 1905, Rev. Hamilton was called to the pastorate and began work in December, resigning in August, 1906, when Rev.T.A.Child was called and continued in this service three years and six mounths. The church had occasional supplies until the September, 1911, when Rev. Childs was again called to the pastorate and still continues his labors.
In 1905 the Methodist Episcopal church of Whiteland built a beautiful brick structure and their former church building was purchased by the Baptists and refitted. It is a very respectable church home and serves its purpose well. It is valued at twenty-five hundred dollars and in size is thirty by forty -five by eighteen feet,will seat two hundred persons and is supplied with comfortable furniture, also a piano. The church maintains a Sunday school, Ladies' Aid Society and prayer meeting. The present clerk is Archie Pierce and the treasurer is C.M.Durham, who is also superintendent of the Sunday school.
Source:
1. Elba L. Branigin, A.M. - History of Johnson County Indiana, Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Co., Inc., 1913