The statistics of membership of the Baptists in their six Associations at the close of the eighteenth century, and in the year 1802:(During the Great Revival)
1800 1802 Elkhorn 1,663 Elkhorn 5,310 Bracken 539 Bracken 753 Green River 400 Green River 800 Tate's Creek 600 Tate's Creek 1,802 South Kentucky 1,000 South Kentucky 2,383 Salem 564 Salem 2,521 _____ ______ Total 4,766 13,569Showing a gain in two years of 8,803; and instead of disunion, and discord, and heresy; peace, and strength, and efficiency, were added or developed. It could not, however, be expected but that amid the scenes, some extravagancies, and some evil results would occur among the Baptists.
============================== [From S. H. Ford, History of Kentucky Baptists, in The Christian Repository magazine, chapter ix, December, 1856, p. 331f. Scanned and formatted by Jim Duvall.]
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