The Vandalia Baptist Association, a precursor to the Centralia Baptist Association and Kaskaskia Baptist Association was organized in 1840 and centered in the Vandalia, Illinois area. It originated from the Saline Fraternity which was organized in 1834, which in turn was an offspring of the Old South District of the Friends of Humanity.
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