Indiana Baptist History Timeline

This page will offer a clickable, searchable timeline of Indiana Baptist Church History.

If you have any information regarding Indiana Baptist Church history which you fell is significant [such as Church Anniversaries, Pastor Death, Creation of Associations, New Church starting, etc..] between the years 1798-2000 please contact us if it is not on our list.

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1798
Silver Creek Church constituted. First non-Catholic church in Indiana territory.
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1809
Whitewater Association formed.

1812
Silver Creek Association formed. It was the third Baptist Assc. formed in the state.

1816
Blue River Association formed.
Laughery Association formed.

1822
Flat Rock Association formed.
Little Pigeon Association formed.
Salem Association formed.

1823
The Liberty Baptist Church of Howell, Indiana was organized. Benoni Stinson

1824
Liberty Association formed.
Union Association formed.

1825
Bedford Association formed. [estimated, date not verified]
Benoni Stinson establishes a "preaching platform" in Warrick County, IN.
Eel River Association formed.
Lost River Association formed.
White River Association formed. [estimated, date not verified]

1827
Coffee Creek Association formed.
Danville Association formed.
Lebanon Association formed. [estimated, date not verified]

1828
First Mt. Pleasant Church organized. Johnson County, Indiana
Indianapolis Association formed.

1829
Walnut Grove Baptist Church built in Owen Twp., Warrick County, Indiana

1832
Franklin Baptist Church organized.  READ HISTORY
Madison Association formed.
Sugar Creek Association formed.

1833
Tippecanoe Association formed.

1834
Curry's Prairie Association formed.

1835
Bloomington Association formed.
Brownstown Association formed.
White Lick Association formed.

1836
Northern Indiana Association formed.

Lick Spring Baptist Church organized. READ HISTORY

1837
Bethel Association formed.

1839
Greenwood Baptist Church organized.

Bethel Primitive Baptist Church organized.  READ HISTORY

Bethelehem Primitive Baptist Church organized. READ HISTORY

1840
Freedom Association formed.
Salmonie River Association formed.

1841
Huntington Association formed.
North-Eastern Association formed.

1843
Bedford Association formed.
Sand Creek Association formed.

1844
Mt. Zion Baptist Church organized. Johnson County, Indiana
Mt. Zion Association formed.

1845
Elkhart River Association formed.

1858
Amity Baptist Church organized. Johnson County, Indiana

1860
United Association formed. Warrick County, IN history

1876
The General Baptist Herald publishing was relocated from Oakland City, IN to Boonville, IN
This was the main "organ" of the General Baptist denomination. READ MORE

1906
Whiteland Baptist Church organized. READ HISTORY

1938
First Baptist Church - Princeton, Indiana controversy. READ HISTORY