EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the seventh of several articles commemmorating Baptist history in Missouri, written by members of the Missouri Baptist  Convention’s Historical Commission. I have pastored in Southeast Missouri for over fifty years. I grew up in Jackson, MO and united with the First Baptist Church when I was twelve. Our R.A. (Royal Ambassador) group would visit the old cemetery at the Old Bethel location. I had heard much about Old Bethel. I knew that Old Bethel was the first … [Read more...]