New Life Baptist Church (Ash, N.C.) records

CRMF1041

New Life Baptist Church was organized on October 28, 1888. This collection includes church minutes, membership records, church history, newspaper clippings, and organizational records.

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Biographical and Historical Note

New Life Baptist Church was organized on October 28, 1888.

Collection Overview

The records consist of information on the organization of the church from 1888; minutes of church conferences from 1892-2000; membership records, a church history, and newspaper clippings. Church conference minutes from 1888-1941 are on Reel 1 (positive). Church conference minutes from 1952-2000 and all other records are on Reel 2 (positive) and Reel 3 (duplicate of Reel 2). Reel 2 and Reel 3 include records from Piney Green Baptist (CRMF1043) at the end of each reel.

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Processed by Abbey Keener, 2012
Revision Description
Revised by Emily Houlditch, added duplicate reel and confirmed missing reel, 2024 July
Access Restrictions
Permission of the church must be obtained to photocopy these records in their entirety. 
Copyright Notice
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Preferred Citation
New Life Baptist Church (Ash, N.C.) Records (CRMF1041), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. 

Collection Inventory

  • Church minutes
  • Church records