On January 3, 1931, the following ministers met at the North Moreland Chuch, Portsmouth, Ohio:  Van B. Williams, William Williams, S.P. Creech, C.A. Wright, A.L. Baldridge, Hollie Conley, J.F. Sparks, Floyd See, H.H. Perkins, Robert Meenach, and F.R. Kitchen.

Rev. John Kemper and Rev. James Upton of the Scioto Yearly Conference of Free Will Baptist, and W.A. Hay of the Enterprise Association of Regular Baptist assisted in the work of the organization.

The Articles of Faith, Constitution and Rules of Decorum, which had been prepared, were read before the body and unanimously accepted.  The moderator appointed J.F. Sparks and Hollie Conley as a committee on credentials, also S.P. Creech, William Williams, and C.A. Wright as a committee on arrangements.

Firebrick Chapel, Firebrick, Kentucky; Westwood Mission, Ashland, Kentucky; Mabert Road Church, Portsmouth, Ohio; and North Moreland Church, Portsmouth, Ohio were accepted into the organization.  The name of the association was discussed and was decided it would be known as the Ohio Valley Association of Christian Baptists.

Today, as Westwood Church and the Ohio Valley Association of Christian Baptists celebrates 75 years of ministry, there are 35 churches from Winchester, Kentucky to Newport, Michigan currently in the association.

The message is the same as it was on January 3, 1931: the banner of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ needs to be held high and that the Gospel of Christ crucified must be preached in its purity.