 However, over time, the growth of the poor and working class white congregants, forced them to congregate in the upper sections causing substantial resentments within the church.Eventually, before the war, white congregants formed the Southern Baptists, separating from the national association over the issue of slavery.Subsequently, much of the white congregants went on to form what is presently known as Enon Baptist Church, a religiously conservative Southern Baptist congregation thereby leaving most of the rich white planter class to continue congregating with the black population.