The advent of the Disciples of Christ, also known as Campbellites, brought division to many churches in the 1830s. Among them was the Milton Baptist Church, which gave painful birth to the Manville Christian Church in 1831. For example, two messengers who represented Milton in 1830 at the annual meeting of the Coffee Creek Baptist Church, William Yates and John Lanham, were among the first members on the Manville Church roll. Although the first part of that list is undated, they were probably charter members. This letter, published in a denominational publication, hints at the bitterness.
The Christian Evangelist, April 7, 1834
“We esteem the word of God as living and effective and since we got rid of the Babylonians, thirteen of fourteen have been added to our number. Seven of the old folks remain obdurate; two of them were elders and one a Rabbi. We request that Travelling Brethren would call on us in Milton Township, Jefferson County, Ind., two miles from where the road from Madison to Lawrenceburg crosses Indian-Kentuck Creek'
Thursday, October 8, 2009
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