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assembled that A. V. Rowe, corresponding Secretary of Mississippi Southern Baptist Convention Board and his successors in office be elected sole trustee of this church; that he be given entire control of the church property, and that said property shall never be sold or disposed of in any manner, without consent of said Convention Board, it being in sense mission property. A large percent of the money required to build same having been collected from the denominations throughout the state.?
In 1906, the number of pledgers increased from the six in 1902 to eight. According to the minutes of October 24, 1909, ninety cents was the offering collected in the morning services and $3.10 during the afternoon service. This was given towards the Pastor's salary (Reverend Webb Brame).
At the beginning of 1913, Reverend Carl M. O'Neal took charge of the work by appointment from the State Mission Board and served as "half time" Pastor for two years. The church authorized him to close the contract for painting and lighting the church and to equip the church with seats not to exceed $350. The church authorized him to negotiate a loan of $100 with Merchants Bank of Bay St. Louis for partial payment to American Seating Company for church seats. Reverend O'Neal also led in building a baptistry in the church. An organized Sunday School and Women?s Missionary Society were also begun during his ministry.
From 1915 to 1920, Reverend J. W. Weathersby of Silver Creek and Reverend H. C. Roberts of Biloxi served as Pastors. In 1915, payment of one dollar for printing to the Sea Coast Echo was authorized. During that year $25 was pledged to State Missions. Delegates were elected to the Gulf Coast Baptist Association meeting in Long Beach. In 1917, the church applied to the State Convention Board for help in paying the pastor's salary of $300. On December 16,1917, the pastor ordained Dr. P. G. Pope, H. O. French, and W. W. Stockstill as church-elected deacons. Offerings were: Home Missions $37.50, Foreign Missions $10, and State Missions $41.03.
On March 3, 1918, it was reported that the city of Bay St. Louis offered to purchase a part of the church lot for $150 extending from a point twenty feet
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