Brookfield Baptist church, in Moral township, was organized Marcy 24, 1866, and Rev. J. M. Smith was chosen first pastor. In 1887 it is learned from old historical accounts that this society had a good brick edifice valued at two thousand dollars. From the foregoing it will be observed that Shelby county has had organized more than a score of Baptist churches within her borders, including those extinct in 1885 -- Hopewell, Sugar Creek, Waldron, Forks of Blue River and Marietta.
[Chadwick's discussion of the Baptist denomination moves to Second Baptist church-pmf]
Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana, by Edward H. Chadwick, B.A., assisted by
well known local talent, B.F. Bowen & Co, Publishers: Indianapolis, IN, 1909, page 161.
Submitted by Marita Bolson
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