Organized in 1874, is operating in Coosa and Elmore counties. Their membership is about 2,000. They have been rather separated from the general work, but perhaps it is owing to the fact that their location has made it rather difficult for those who have represented the enterprises of the denomination to reach them. LEADING MEN. Revs. L. W. Whitaker, Rockford; M. C. Crosby, A. L. Swindall, A. M. Snowdon, A. Jones, J. A. Baker, E. D. Howell, L. W. McNeely, R. T. Lewis, J. H. Smith. POST OFFICES. Lockford, Irma, Central Institute, Dexter, Syke’s Mill, Pentonville, Equality, Lauderdale, Nixburgh, Weoka, Crewsville, Goodwater. MOUNT PILGRIM ASSOCIATION. Organized in 1874 by Revs. W. H. McAlpine, J. R. Capers, and William Ware, with other leading men; occupies the chief mining regions of Alabama. Their last minutes give the following churches and ministers: CHURCHES. _Birmingham_--Sixteenth Street, Shiloh, Sixth Avenue, Hopewell, Sardis, First Baptist, North Birmingham, Mt. Olive, Mt. Pilgrim, Healing Springs, Spring Street, St. James, Bethlehem, Bethel, Vernon. _Bessemer_--Jerusalem, Canaan, Red Mountain. _Pratt City_--Mt. Hebron, Pleasant Hill, Rising Star, St. James. _Coalburg_--Coal Chapel. _Patton_--Mt. Nebo. _East Lake_--Mt. Zion, St. Peter. _Helena_--Mt. Moriah. _Dolomite_--St. John. _Avondale_--Mt. Calvary. _Blossburg_--Mt. Hebron. _Woodlawn_--Jackson Street. _Warrior_--New Bethel. _Rosedale_--Walnut Street. _Trussville_--Mt. Joy. _Compton_--Mt. Olive. _Oxmoor_--Shady Grove. [Illustration: Rev. J. P. Barton, Pastor Peace Baptist Church, Talladega, Ala. President Baptist State Convention.] MINISTERS. Revs. T. W. Walker, T. L. Jordan, G. W. Parks, William Ware, G. S. Smith, W. A. Shirley, A. J. Fikes, R. Donald, P. C. Caddell, W. T. Bibb, J. A. Peele, S. D. Sanders, William Walker, E. E. Perryman, R. H. Vogle, M. C. Adams, J. P. O’Riley, A. A. Scott, L. V. Ellison, J. E. A. Wilson, V. Huntington, F. M. Miller, B. P. Palmo, H. Neally, F. C. Chandler, S. M. Hall, H. Zimmerman, S. L. Belser, W. E. Craddock, J. B. Gardner, S. A. Latham, Van B. James, P. Woollen, L. J. Green, R. Johnson, L. W. Wells, J. M. Anthony, L. C. Jones. As educators, they have Messrs. T. H. Posey, J. C. Barker, F. P. McAlpine, and A. J. Edwards. Rev. L. D. James is missionary of their district. Their membership is about 6,000, and their church property is worth not less than $50,000. BIRMINGHAM CHURCHES.