Rev. Vincent Snelling, as far as known, was the first Baptist minister on the Pacific Coast…He died at his son's residence, in Yreka, California, November 8, 1855…. He came to Oregon in 1844, and soon commenced his ministerial labor with the West Union Church…He soon after organized the Lacreole and Yamhill churches, and still later, the churches at Shiloh and Willamette Forks, (afterward Eugene), and assisted in the organizing the church at Oregon City; perhaps others. He also assisted in the organization of the Willamette Association in 1848, and was a prominent member of it until his death. The Willamette Association, in 1856, in its notice of his death, said, "He was a pioneer in the Baptist cause in Oregon; a strong pillar, and an active co-laborer for the cause of Christ." He traveled extensively on the coast, both in Oregon and California.
Baptist Annals of Oregon, C. H. Mattoon – Volume 1, page 43-45
Baptist Annals of Oregon, C. H. Mattoon – Volume 1, page 43-45
Rev. Vincent Snelling, as far as known, was the first Baptist minister on the Pacific Coast…He died at his son's residence, in Yreka, California, November 8, 1855…. He came to Oregon in 1844, and soon commenced his ministerial labor with the West Union Church…He soon after organized the Lacreole and Yamhill churches, and still later, the churches at Shiloh and Willamette Forks, (afterward Eugene), and assisted in the organizing the church at Oregon City; perhaps others. He also assisted in the organization of the Willamette Association in 1848, and was a prominent member of it until his death. The Willamette Association, in 1856, in its notice of his death, said, "He was a pioneer in the Baptist cause in Oregon; a strong pillar, and an active co-laborer for the cause of Christ." He traveled extensively on the coast, both in Oregon and California.
Baptist Annals of Oregon, C. H. Mattoon – Volume 1, page 43-45
Baptist Annals of Oregon, C. H. Mattoon – Volume 1, page 43-45
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