The 1882 meeting of the Kings Mountain Baptist Association took place at Bethel Church (present day: Bethel Baptist Church) in Ellenboro, NC. The introductory sermon was delivered by A.L. Stough. The Committee on Education recommends that the Association send their daughters to the newly established Baptist College for females started by Shelby Church.The Committee on Religious Literature recommends the inclusion of the Foreign Mission Journal.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/kmba-minutes/1029/thumbnail.jp