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Association, the name changed in 1813 to Shiloh, a name less geographically specific.
The book has its heroes too.
Among them is John Leland, the Mt. Pony Baptist pastor who had a hand in convincing James Madison - an Anglican -to incorporate religious freedom into the Constitution. Or Elijah Craig, a prominent Baptist in the pre-Revolutionary Piedmont, who held services in a tobacco bam. Or Roger Gray, who founded the Association’s first Baptist church in Orange County.
Today Baptist churches in Culpeper abound. A search through the phone book revealed dozens. The Association, however, is something of a rarity.
Unlike the Anglican an Catholic churches, each Baptist church is autonomous, with the atmosphere of each determined by the pastor and the congregation.
That means that the Shiloh Baptist Association has no formal power over the individual churches. Members churches could abide by Shiloh, or disregard it altogether. Some of them do.
“It’s a wonder that any Baptist organization survives because of the autonomy," Horton said. “They make their own decisions as they believe God leads them."
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