GOSHEN Goshen Church, at Goshen (near Winchester), was organized on January 14, 1797, by Elders Ambrose Dudley and Donald Holmes, at the home of William Payne. There were fifty-nine (59) charter members. The present brick meeting house has been in use by the church since 1870. Pastors who have served the church have included Elders Thomas Boone (until his death in 1855), James Edmonson, William Rupard (1856-1904), J. W. Anderson (1904-1910), J. M. Culton (1910-1920), W. L. Kash (1921-1952), Robert Shockley (1952-1975), and Edward Reed (1975 to present). ***Note the HERNDON surname as being of the original members of this church...This church was organized by Rev. Ambrose Dudley, who organized the Goshen Church*** ******************************************** FIRST CHURCH IN STAMPING GROUND: (History of McConnell's Church, Stamping Ground, Scott Co., KY) Baptist church established around 1795 called McConnell's Church and was organized by Rev. Ambrose Dudley and William cave. The following is a list of 35 original members: Elijah Craig, Rhodes Smith, John Hawkins, John Payne, Jacob Martin, Thomas Herndon, John Cott, James Key, Richard Sebree, Joseph Wiley, Daniel Baldwin, Hannah Scott, Mary Herndon, Vinson Smith, Nelly Branham, Ann Baldwin, Deborah Stewart, Sarah Martin, Susan O'Banner, Lydia Hambrick, Mary Ficklin, Elizabeth Key, Elizabeth Craig, Jane Cook, Ann Threlkeid, Nathaniel Mothershead, Toliver Craig, Thomas Ficklin, E. Sebree, Ruth Mothershead, and Sarah Hawkins.

********************************************** Bryant's Station Church, Fayette Co., KY: (church located approx 5 miles northeast of Lexington--near Winchester). The first pastor of this church was Ambrose Dudley...who organized the Goshen Church. ********************************************* Links and References submitted by Lisa: Clark County, KY, area Baptist churches: Here is some source material, which you might find useful in your endeavors: Baptists in Kentucky, 1776-1976: a bicentennial volume. Edited by Leo Taylor Crismon. Middletown: Kentucky Baptist Convention, 1975. Capps, Tim. "A History of Boone's Creek Baptist Church." Text originally created November 1985; website last modified July 26, 2000. Conkwright, S. J. History of the Churches of Boone's Creek Baptist Association of Kentucky, with a brief history of the Association. Winchester, Ky., 1923. Masters, Frank Mariro. A History of Baptists in Kentucky. Louisville, Kentucky Baptist Historical Society, 1953. Mattingly, Phyllis. A Brief History of the South Elkhorn Baptist Church, 1983, Lexington, Kentucky. Lexington, Ky.: P. Mattingly, c1983. Nowlin, William Dudley. Kentucky Baptist history, 1770...1922. [Louisville, Ky.] Baptist Book Concern, 1922.