Editing Old Regular Baptists (section)

==Current status==

The majority of Old Regular Baptists are in [[Appalachia]], particularly along the [[Kentucky]]–[[Virginia]] border, although Old Regular Baptist churches exist as far north as [[Michigan]] and as far south as [[Florida]], and several churches still exist in the state of [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. Currently,{{As of?|date=April 2025}} there are seven local associations in the New Salem correspondence: New Salem, Northern New Salem, Old Friendship, Old Indian Bottom, Philadelphia, Sardis, and Union. The Indian Bottom, Sovereign Grace, Mountain #1 and Mountain #2 Friendship, and Bethel are independent bodies no longer associated with the New Salem cluster. These 14 associations and independent churches (not lettered to an association) amount to over 350 churches with over 6,000 members. The folk singer [[Jean Ritchie]] was a member of the Old Regular Baptists in Kentucky.