A Brief History of the Florida State Association
By Chester A. Huckaby and Ernest Owen
Free Will Baptists have been active in the state of Florida for more than a hundred years. Sadly, the story of the origin of the work has not been preserved. In all probability, the churches in the western part of the state were first.
The Free Baptist Cyclopaedia (1889) of the northern Free Will Baptists (Randall Movement) contains a brief article about Florida, attributing the origin of Free Will Baptists in northwestern Florida to Georgia influences. According to the article, the Putnam County Quarterly Meeting organized in 1885, with the oldest church dating to 1878. Read more…
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