Dr. William M. Sawyer, Moderator

Roanoke Missionary Baptist Association

 200 - 202 Roanoke Ave

Elizabeth City, NC  27909

In the 1890s to further educational opportnities for blacks  Normal and Industrial Schools were incorporated by the General Assembly  in 1893 and was successful enough to have a literary auxilliary by January 1895. In 1896 the Roanoke Association (North Carolina and Virginia) chose Elizabeth City for the site of Roanoke Institute, a private high school organized to train students for the ministry.  A large Victorian building was erected n Body Road (now 200 Roanoke Ave) near the structure first rented in 1892 by the State Colored Normal School.  Even  though the Roanoke Instititute building was destroyed in 1935 it also consumed much of its neighborhood, a new building was construced on the same site in 1937; the building continues  to train minister today under the name Roanoke Collegiate Institute(The Daily Advance February 1935; Sanborn map 1908; iButchko 1989, 336 n. 191).

ROANOKE INSTITUTE
Elizabeth City, private, black. Established 1896 by Black churches of the Roanoke Association
as a private high school to train students for the ministry. Original two-story frame building on
Roanoke Avenue (shown on Sanborn maps as "Roanoke Collegiate Institute") burned in 1935
and was replaced by current building.

Shaw University Divinity School @ Roanoke

Site Director Dr. Ricky L. Banks, 3rd Vice President GBSCNC

 Rev.  John R. Shannon, Dean - Elizabeth City Class

Rev. Dr. William M. Sawyer - Albemarle Sound Class

Barbara Phillips, Adminstrative Assistant

200-202 Roanoke Ave   -     Elizabeth City, NC  27909 

  II Timothy 2:15 Study to show yourselves approved unto God . . ."

  1866 - 2010

One Hundred  Forty Fourth

ANNUAL SESSION

of the

ROANOKE MISSIONARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

Rev. Dr. William M. Sawyer, Moderator

Rev. J. W. Harris, 1st Vice Moderator          Rev. W. W. Staten, 2nd Vice Moderator

Katherine Felton, Recording  Secretary 

Theme: "To serve this present age"  - Scripture Reference: Ephesian 4:10 -12

May 18 - 20, 2010

Congratulation Dr. Sawyer, Roanoke Missionary Baptist Church family,

Pastor White and New Chapel

Job Well Done! 

was held at New Chapel Missionary Baptist Church

207 East 3rd St

Plymouth, NC

Host Pastor: Rev. Harry White

Registration - $7.00 per day

Roanoke Missionary Baptist Association

Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress

Sister Mary E. Sharpe, President

New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church

Pender Road

Bethel, NC

July 20 - 22, 2010

Roanoke Missionary Baptist Church 73 (churches)

Northeast Bound Union	Middle Ground Union	Albemarle Union
27 churches	33 churches	13 churches
Antioch - Wade Staten, Jr.	Ballard Grove - Rev. Kirk Taylor	Alligator - Rev. R. Mcpherson
Christian Advocate - Rev. E. Davis	Bagley's Chapel - Rev. Vickie Joyner	ChapelHill - Rev. J. Rodgers
Christian Home - Rev. R. Culley	Blanchard's Grove - Rev. Fields	1st Baptist Belhaven - ?
Corinth -  Rev. C. Brinkley	Center Hill - Rev. C. Coston	First Zion Groove - ?
Cornerstone - Dr.  W. Smith	Ellis Temple - Terrence White	Jerusalem -  ?
Galilee - Rev. Wilder	Fellowship Worship Ctr - Rev. C. Whidbee	Mt Eprew - Rev. J.W. Harris
Haven's Creek - ?	1st Baptist Gates - Rev. J. W. Felton	Mt Pleasant - ?
Lamb's Grove - Rev. O. Butts	1st Baptist Hertford - Rev. Eason	New Chapel - Rev. H. White
Memorial - Dr. R. Askew	1st Baptist Ruduco - Rev. M. Jordan	Salem  - ?
Mt Carmel - Rev. M. Barclift	Galatia - Rev. G. Munden	St John Creswell - ?
New Calvary - Rev. L. Lawrence	Gale Street - Rev. P. Colfield	St John Columbia - Pastor Elect
New Cedar Branch - Rev. R. Aydlett	Greater Welches Chapel - Rev. F. Griffin	St. Reddick - Rev. J.W. Harris
New Sawyer's Creek - Rev. K. Shaw	Joppa - Rev. W. Wiggins	Weeping Mary - ?
New Salem - Rev. S. Jones	Lebanon Grove - Rev. A. Powell
New Shiloh - Rev. W.T. Davis	Melton Grove - Rev. A. J. Boone
New Ramoth Gilead - ?	Mission of Sonship - Rev. J.E. Griffin
New Providence - Interim Tyrone Smith	New Bethel - Dr. W. M. Sawyer
Olive Branch - Rev. K. McDonald	New Haven - Rev. M. Paylin
Palmyra - Rev. M. Williams	New Hope - Rev. John Taylor
Philadephia - Rev. W. Staten	New Middle Swamp - Dr. C. Odom
Poole's Grove - Rev. J.L. Wills	New Piney Wood Chapel - Rev. R. Curry
Samuel Chapel - Rev. C. Turner	New Piney Grove - Rev. L. Moore
St James - Rev. M. Cooper	Providence - Rev. J. R. Shannon
St Stephens - Dr. R. L. Banks	Riddick's Grove - Rev. Jordan
Union Chapel - Interim Pastor Godfrey	Ryans' Grove - Rev. G. Harper
New Oak Grove - Pastor	Saunders Grove - Bishop L. Mason
	St John, Edenton - Wayne Pearsall
	Stoney Branch - Rev. Btyan Johnson
	St Paul - Rev. Virgil Corprew
	Union Branch - Rev. Thomas
	Warren's Groove - Rev. Wilbur Mills
	White Oak - Rev. Darius Horton
	Zion Tabernacle - Rev. W. Norman

What's Happening!

Pulpit Vacancies

New Providence Missionary Baptist Church Shiloh, NC

New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church

 Events for 2011

 Freeman-Westbrook Lecture Series

Roanoke Collegiate Institute

Guest Preacher: TBA

 April 10 - 12, 2011  

Theme: "Preaching . . .  Teaching . . .  Reaching . . ."

      Service begins nightly at 7:30 p.m.

            Different choir each night

Shaw University Divinity School @ Roanoke

Rev. John R. Shannon, Dean

St. Mark 1:17 Jesus said, come unto me and I will make you fishers of men.

 See you for the Fall Semester 

 September 13th, 2011

Course: Interpreting the Bible

Roanoke Collegiate Institute

200-202 Roanoke Ave

Elizabeth City, NC  27909

II Timothy 2:15 Study to show thyself approved unto God . . .

Tuition: $110.00 for students and $65.00  for senior citizens 55 and older 

If you are interested in attending the class contact Rev. John R. Shannon, Dean at (252) 267-5969 

Time and Place Report

Three Day Session	One Day Session
2010 New Chapel	2010 White Oak
2011 Samuel Chapel	2011 Stoney Branch
2012 New Bethel	2012 St John (Edenton)
2013 Providence (Edenton)	2013 Samuel Chapel