History of a new Church
The Elam family have served the Lord in several countries as Independent Baptist Missionaries to establish new, carefully Biblical Churches. Brian & Camille are sent and authorized by Cozaddale Baptist Temple of Goshen Ohio, and are helped by their last son Matthew who is also training for the ministry.
Traditional ~ God-honouring ~ KJV Bible ~ evangelistic ~ Family
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Brian, Camille & Matthew Elam
Soul Haven Baptist Church is an active Church Planting endeavor of Cozaddale Baptist Temple and her members in the area of Mason Ohio.
In an age of rebellions, insurrections, false teachers, supposed "prophets" or "holy men", all who claim supernatural inspiration for their strange teachings and un-Biblical claims... In a day when every person seeks to be an authority unto themselves, even against God Himself... In such a time it is important to underscore the Biblical necessity of proper originating Authority needed in order to be considered a Biblically constituted New Testament Baptist Church.
We in the Soul Haven Baptist Church-planting endeavor are thankful for the good, careful and Biblical history that we share with so many other carefully Biblical Baptists through the centuries!
We invite you to visit the website of our sending Church, Cozaddale Baptist Temple to learn more, and to get a glimpse of the active, fruitful ministries faithful Churches that are busy in missions and active in establishing other churches around the world!
"Cozaddale Baptist Temple – A History"
The history of Cozaddale Baptist Temple is chronicled by Pastor Rick Sallee in his book titled above.
(An excerpt)
"Why is this study important? First, we believe that true, local, New Testament churches have an unbroken line of history back to Christ. While many records do not exist, primarily because they were destroyed in the Dark Ages and by other persecutors, we still believe this to be true. We believe that a church can be organized only on the authority of its mother church. This promotes accountability and purity of doctrine as the work is started.
We believe that we should be reminded of our past. The Bible makes many references to landmarks and tells us not to destroy them. There have been believers who have sacrificed and spent themselves to further the Gospel. They believed in starting churches where there were none so see others come to Christ. We honor their history and sacrifices by remembering what they did. This study also makes a point that churches must also be planting new churches. So-called churches are springing up promoting a Gospel and doctrine not consistent with the Bible. They have no ties to other local, true New Testament churches, and thus cannot be considered one themselves. We believe that it is part of the Great Commission to start local churches.
The accounts listed below are a summary of the contents of this book that Pastor Sallee put together. The history begins with First Baptist Church in Newport, RI...."
