Record Group 078
Date Span: 2007 – 2009
Extent: 0.33 cubic feet
Project Historical Sketch: Recognizing that the church played a significant role in the social and cultural
as well as spiritual lives of Wiregrass citizens, Wiregrass Archives director, Dr.
Martin T. Olliff, began in 2003 a four-phase project to document churches in a 30-county
coverage area. Phase 1 was a windshield survey of churches in the rural areas of
the counties; Phase 2 requires contacting those churches to gather demographic data
about their congregations; Phase 3 seeks to locate and collect church records, and
Phase 4 will produce or gather histories of churches and archivally arrange and describe
church records.
Various entities have supported this work through monetary grants, particularly the
ÁùºÏ±¦µä State University Dothan Faculty Council, the ÁùºÏ±¦µä Faculty Development
Committee, and the Historic Chattahoochee Commission.
Dale Co., AL, Survey Historical Sketch: The Wiregrass Archives used an Historic Chattahoochee Commission Seed Grant to
have Jonathan Cook (ÁùºÏ±¦µä Dothan Campus student) conduct a Phase 1 survey
of rural churches in Dale and Houston Counties in Spring 2007. The WA used a grant
from the ÁùºÏ±¦µä Faculty Development Committee to have WA staff member Tina
Bernath lead a Phase 2 telephone survey in Spring 2009.
Scope / Content: Contains information on rural churches in Dale County, Alabama, pursuant to all
phases of the project. Each file contains a measured, hand-drawn site plan, which
is the result of Phase 1 fieldwork. Some folders contain histories, bulletins, and
other information gathered per church in Phase 2 (noted per folder). CD-Roms contain
digital photographs taken as part of the Phase 1 windshield survey, organized by the
date photographer Jonathan Cook took them (January 12 – March 27, 2007).. The Wiregrass
Archives staff arranged the images per church to compile access copies on four CDs.
Samford University microfilms records of churches in Alabama. The inventory notes
which Wiregrass churches have records at Samford.
Notes: Photographs and site plans generated by Jonathan Cook in Spring 2007. Phase 2
surveys conducted by telephone, letter and email by Tina Bernath and Angela K. Smith
in Spring 2009.
Organization: Arranged alphabetically by church name. Folders out of alphabetical order appearing
at the end of the accession were added upon discovery of the churches. One set of
seven CDs contain Cook’s original images by date; a second set of four CDs contain
access copies arranged alphabetically by church.
Preferred Citation: Wiregrass Church Documentation Project, RG078, Wiregrass Archives, ÁùºÏ±¦µä
Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.
Access/User Limits?: Open to qualified researchers.
Inventory:
File ID File Title
078-06-0624-001-001 Photographs - Churches - Dale County
078-06-0624-001-002 Allen Chapel AME
078-06-0624-001-003 Antioch Missionary Baptist [Empty]
078-06-0624-001-004 Ariton Baptist
078-06-0624-001-005 Ariton Church of Christ
078-06-0624-001-006 Ariton United Methodist
078-06-0624-001-007 Ariton Universalist - includes church history
078-06-0624-001-008 Asbury United Methodist
078-06-0624-001-009 Baptist Church of Kelly - includes church history
078-06-0624-001-010 Bethel AME - Pinckard
078-06-0624-001-011 Bethel Assembly of God
078-06-0624-001-012 Bethel Baptist
078-06-0624-001-013 Bethel United Methodist
078-06-0624-001-014 Browns United Methodist
078-06-0624-001-015 Cedar Grove Baptist - includes church history
078-06-0624-001-016 Center Ridge Baptist
078-06-0624-001-017 Chalkhead Baptist - includes church newsletters
078-06-0624-001-018 First Church of the Nazarene - Ozark - includes brochures, handwritten church history
078-06-0624-001-019 Clayhatchee Assembly of God
078-06-0624-001-020 Clopton Methodist
078-06-0624-001-021 Corinth Free Will Baptist
078-06-0624-001-022 Ebenezer Baptist
078-06-0624-001-023 Echo United Methodist
078-06-0624-001-024 Evergreen Free Will Baptist - includes minutes of 2004 Quarterly meeting of the Southeast Association of Free Will Baptist Churches
078-06-0624-001-025 Faith Baptist
078-06-0624-001-026 Faith Deliverance Tabernacle
078-06-0624-001-027 First Assembly of God - Newton
078-06-0624-001-028 First Baptist - Level Plains - includes 2005 church history
078-06-0624-001-029 First Korean Baptist - includes church bulletin (in Korean)
078-06-0624-001-030 Friendship Baptist - Clopton
078-06-0624-001-031 Gospel to the Nations Church
078-06-0624-001-032 Greater Bethlehem Baptist
078-06-0624-001-033 Greater Old Salem Church
078-06-0624-001-034 Hillcrest Baptist Mission
078-06-0624-001-035 Holiness Church
078-06-0624-001-036 Holy Faith Mission Full Gospel
078-06-0624-001-037 Hopeful Primitive Baptist
078-06-0624-001-038 Hopewell AME
078-06-0624-001-039 Hosanna Church
078-06-0624-001-040 Jehovah Jireh Ministries
078-06-0624-001-041 Key to Happiness Ministries - Pinckard
078-06-0624-001-042 Klondyke Gospel Music Center
078-06-0624-001-043 Unused number
078-06-0624-001-044 Living Water Church
078-06-0624-001-045 Mabson United Methodist
078-06-0624-001-046 Macedonia Baptist (Coffee County)
078-06-0624-001-047 Magnolia Free Will Baptist
078-06-0624-001-048 Middle Jerusalem Anointed Ministry (Coffee County) - includes photograph and website information
078-06-0624-001-049 Midland City Baptist
078-06-0624-001-050 Midland City Community Church
078-06-0624-001-051 Midland City United Methodist
078-06-0624-001-052 Midway Baptist - includes church history and a photocopy of the land transfer deed to the church
078-06-0624-001-053 Moores Chapel Assembly of God
078-06-0624-001-054 Morgan Baptist
078-06-0624-001-055 Mt. Carmel Methodist
078-06-0624-001-056 Mt. Enon Baptist
078-06-0624-001-057 Mount Hebron United Methodist - includes church bulletin
078-06-0624-001-058 Mt. Olive Baptist
078-06-0624-001-059 Mt. Pisgah Baptist
078-06-0624-001-060 New Beginning Fellowship
078-06-0624-001-061 New Covenant Church
078-06-0624-001-062 New Hope Baptist
078-06-0624-001-063 New Hope Free Will Baptist
078-06-0624-001-064 New Testament Out Reach Mission [Empty]
078-06-0624-001-065 Newton Baptist
078-06-0624-001-066 Newton United Methodist
078-06-0624-001-067 Omega Holiness
078-06-0624-001-068 Out Reach Mission
078-06-0624-001-069 Peniel Baptist
078-06-0624-001-070 Pilgrim's Rest Baptist
078-06-0624-001-071 Pinckard Baptist
078-06-0624-001-072 Pinckard Methodist
078-06-0624-001-073 Pleasant Ridge Baptist
078-06-0624-001-074 Pleasant Ridge United Methodist
078-06-0624-001-075 Providence Baptist - includes church history (3rd edition, 1999)
078-06-0624-001-076 Redeeming Love Church
078-06-0624-001-077 Rocky Head Baptist
078-06-0624-001-078 Rocky Mount Baptist
078-06-0624-001-079 St. Mark AME - Newton
078-06-0624-001-080 St. Paul Missionary Baptist
078-06-0624-001-081 St. Rose Church - Skipperville
078-06-0624-001-082 Salem Baptist
078-06-0624-001-083 Sanctuary of Praise
078-06-0624-001-084 Shady Grove Missionary Baptist
078-06-0624-001-085 Shiloh Missionary Baptist - Clayhatchee
078-06-0624-001-086 Skipperville United Methodist
078-06-0624-001-087 Smyrna Korean Presbyterian - includes church bulletins
078-06-0624-001-088 Solid Rock United Pentecostal Church International
078-06-0624-001-089 Straight Path Independent Baptist - Level Plains - includes a brief history
078-06-0624-001-090 Sylvan Grove United Methodist
078-06-0624-001-091 True Light Church of Jesus Christ [Empty]
078-06-0624-001-092 Union Missionary Baptist
078-06-0624-001-093 Union Presbyterian
078-06-0624-001-094 Union Primitive Baptist [Empty]
078-06-0624-001-095 Wesley Chapel Community Church
078-06-0624-001-096 Bethlehem Baptist
078-06-0624-001-097 Edwin United Methodist
078-06-0624-001-098 Ewell Bible Baptist
078-06-0624-001-099 Gospel Lighthouse
078-06-0624-001-100 Grimes United Methodist - includes church bulletin (mailed) and church history (from website)
078-06-0624-001-101 Holy Ground [governed by Grimes UMC] - includes church history from website
078-06-0624-001-102 Mt. Pleasant Baptist
078-06-0624-001-103 Napier [Field] Baptist
078-06-0624-001-104 Napier Field United Methodist
078-06-0624-001-105 Pleasant Grove Baptist - Ozark
078-06-0624-001-106 Post Oak United Methodist
078-06-0624-001-107 Shiloh Missionary Baptist - Midland City