Churches That Joined The Centralia Baptist Association
Between 1881 and 1912, the following churches joined the association: First Baptist Centralia, First Baptist Mount Vernon, Wisetown, Smith Grove, Keyesport, Bethania, Harmony, Second Baptist (Patoka), Kinmundy, Vandalia First Baptist, Iuka, Central City, Mulberry Grove, Pocahontas, Arm Prairie, Sandoval, Brubaker, Bear Creek, Mt. Carmel, Friendship, Odin and Hudelson Orphanage.
At the annual meeting of 1912, a motion was made by W.W. Hodge that the name of the Centralia Baptist Association be changed to the Kaskaskia Baptist Association which it has been called ever since.
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