Finding Aid for the Spring Valley Baptist Church Collection

Title
Finding Aid for the Spring Valley Baptist Church Collection
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Collection Summary
Title
Spring Valley Baptist Church
Date
1960s to 2017
Extent
8 archival boxes
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1195-SVBC
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2019; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2019.

Name of Creator
Spring Valley Baptist Church
Biographical History
The Spring Valley Baptist Church located at 8801 E 79ths Street in Raytown, Missouri began as a mission
Sunday School in 1943. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hentschel came from the Raytown Baptist Church to take
charge of the Sunday School of about 38 people. The met in the vacant Spring Valley School building at
79th and Spring Valley Road. In 1946 worship services began with Rev. J.V. Crenshaw as the first pastor.
The church was organized on October 12, 1948 with 57 members with Rev. Wesley Dice as the pastor.
The School building was purchased by the Church in 1953 and the following year adjacent land was
purchased. In 1956 an extension was added to the building and by 1959, a sanctuary that could hold
about 900 people was completed to accommodate the growing congregation.
Early pastors include:
J.V. Crenshaw, 1946; Robert G. Capra, 1947; Wesley Dice, 1947; Leonard E. Dyer, 1949; Joe C. Porter,
1955; Bob Stokes, 1972; Allen Harrison, 1976; Dennis McGowan, 1981.
Scope and Content
This collection includes items relating to the history of Spring Valley Baptist Church in Raytown,
Missouri. Services and sermons from the 1960s through 2017 have been recorded onto CDs, DVDs, VHS
tapes, and magnetic tapes. Scrapbooks, photos, written histories, and church directories illustrate the
history of the members and events of the church. The collection is arranged by format type.

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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 6 series.
Box 1
Series 1, Slides
Box 2
Slides, cont.
Series 2, Cassette tapes
Sermons, undated, 1975 to 1987 (many years/dates missing)
Box 3
Sermons, 1992 to 2007 (many year/dates missing)
Box 4
Series 3, VHS tapes
Item 1, Prepared for Spring Valley Baptist church from Packard Road Baptist Church,
Ann Arbor, MI, undated
Item 2, Easter Cantata, 1986
Item 3, 1986 Easter Cantata, Bannister Mall Singing, 1987 Easter Cantata
Item 4, Brother Joe & Sister Beulah Porter’s 50th Anniversary, July 12, 1987
Item 5, 1987 Christmas Cantata
Item 6, Conways—Jeff & Jennie good-bye service; Oh Me! Oh My! Oh Nehemiah, Apr
28, 1991
Item 7, Spring Valley Baptist Church 50th Year Anniversary, Oct 10, 1993
Item 8, Spring Valley Baptist Church 50th Anniversary, Oct 1993
Item 9, God with Us—Greg Dixon, Apr 9, 1995
Item 10, Amazing Love: An Easter Drama presented by Spring Valley Baptist Church, Mar
30, 2002
Item 11, Amazing Love: An Easter Drama presented by Spring Valley Baptist Church, Mar
30, 2002
Item 12, Amazing Love: An Easter Drama presented by Spring Valley Baptist Church, Mar
30, 2002
Item 13, Children’s Musical, Dec 2003
Box 5
Item 14, History of Spring Valley Baptist Church
Series 4, Filmstrips
Item 1, Children of Holland
Item 2, VBS Joint Service, 1980
Series 5, 7” and 5” recording tapes
Reverend Joe Porter’s sermons and other sermons, circa 1960s and 1970s
Box 6
Series 5, CD/DVDs
History Files on CD/DVD, 2005-2015 (includes photos, videos, and audio files)
Sermons on CD, 2007-2017 (audio files)
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Box 7
Sermons on CD, 2007-2017 (audio files), cont.
Box 8
Series 6, Print files
Folder 1, Scrapbook, building Salter’s Hill Baptist Church in Jamaica, 1960s and 1970s
Folder 2, Scrapbook of photos from India, 1980s and 1990s
Folder 3, Spring Valley Baptist Church…A Place to Begin Again, 1995
Folder 4, Whitcomb, Stella Cope, et al. History of Woman's Missionary Union Blue River
Association Kansas City Baptist Association. [1988].
Folder 5, Photographs
Folder 6, Slide scripts
Folder 7, 50th Anniversary Celebration, 1993
Folder 8, History of Spring Valley Baptist Church
Folder 9, Together We Build
Folder 10, Church directories

Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Print records within this collection are housed within file folders and other medium is housed in acid
free boxes.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Spring Valley Baptist Church.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
 Souvenir Programme for the Opening & Dedication of the Salter’s Hill Baptist Church, 1975.
 Together We Build, Spring Valley Baptist Church, [1987].
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