Mission Statement
Our mission is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ and expound on the beliefs of the Christian faith: Preaching, teaching, and reaching to the saved to serve, and to the unsaved to know and follow a risen savior.
Motto
The Church where dignity bows to God’s Grace, the Word is preached, and Christ is Lord.
Our History
First Missionary Baptist Church was organized on July 11, 1872, about thirteen years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed setting the Negro race free. Negroes were allowed to worship at the Whites’ Baptist church and the White ministers taught them, and as they learned, their faith in the Baptist Doctrine increased. After a period of teaching, they were advised to establish a church for themselves with the work of the church in its entirety. The persons attending the church at this time were from Perote, Luverne and many other places.
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Deacon Ministry
Deacon Shelby Tuck, Chairman
Deacon Aaron Whaley, Assistant Chairman
Deacon Robert Jones, Trustee Ministry Chairman
Deacon David Curtis
Deacon Dan Green
Deacon Michael Griffin
Deacon Willie McGuire
Deacon Raymond Rodgers
Deacon Will Smith
Deacon Anthony Stallworth
Deacon Herman Whaley