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 Ten Year Historical Table of Montgomery Baptist Association*
Associational Preacher of Annual Membership S.S. Total Mission
Year Place of Meeting Moderator
Clerk Sermon Reported Enrollment Expenditures
2011 Vaughn Forest Greg Murks Joan P. Hedden Jeff Iorg 35,076 20,386 $3,682,704

2012 Capitol Heights J. Warren Culver Joan P. Hedden Dennis Pethers 33,573 19,236 $3,504,176

2013 Dalraida J. Warren Culver Joan P. Hedden Rev. Rick Hagans 33,751 19,517 $3,868,336

2014 Ridgecrest Rick Evans Joan P. Hedden Dr. Robert Smith 30,872 18,443 $3,644,167

2015 McGehee Road Rick Evans Jessica J. Palmer Dr. Taylor Field 30,372 16,865 $2,838,298

2016 Thorington Road Eddie Newton Jessica J. Palmer Rev. Rick Fisher 28,683 15,897 $2,726,407

2017 Gateway Eddie Newton Elizabeth Kirk Dr. Ken Weathersby 25,844 15,106 $3,030,064

2018 Heritage Daniel Gillenwater Elizabeth Kirk Dr. Johnny Hunt 27,327 14,095 $3,072,137

2019 Dalraida Daniel Gillenwater Elizabeth Wilkinson Rev. Kenny Grant 26,924 14,819 $3,025,413

2020 Taylor Road D’Linell Finely Elizabeth Wilkinson Rev. Mark Clifton 24,811 14,023 $2,399,996
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*Chairman | Bolded names are new members

MBA OFFICERS
Moderator: Dr. Michael Trull (Thorington Road)
Vice Moderator: Dr. Daniel Atkins (Taylor Road)
Clerk: Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkinson (Morningview)
Associate Clerk: Mrs. Susan Sessions (Eastern Hills)
Treasurer: Dr. Neal Hughes (Heritage)
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 Total Resident Worship Total Other Sunday SS Average Music Discp WMU Men
Congregation Members Members Attd Baptisms Additions School Attendance VBS Attd Attd Attd Attd
All Nations 20 15 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 10
Bethel 265 142 20 1 85 23 15 4 0 10 0
Bible Missionary 98 10 50 0 32 16 0 29 0
Brewer Memorial 35 35 30 20
Bridgeview 30 28 25 0 0 29 11 15 0 0 0 0
Brookwood 147 46 30 1 7 30 25 0 16 0 14 9
Capitol Heights 929 328 71 9 7 274 70 0 28 30 0 0
Catoma 725 103 50 0 50 44 0 20 0 10 0
Central
Chisholm 65 65 20 0 0 25 14 0 7 0 0 0
City of Refuge
Cloverdale 28 28 30 0 5 19 15 0 3 0 12 0
Dalraida 1,008 596 220 10 13 695 299 74 124 130 46 10
Eastdale
Eastern Hills 2,990 1,962 473 5 18 1,033 500 0 367 0 177 83
Eastern Oaks, TCA 159 159 114 0 22 120 80 152 14 95 0 0
Eastmont 1,546 1,526 800 7 7 1,615 675 150 314 350 90 80
Engaged
Faith and Grace
First 6,379 5,441 2,380 53 59 5,640 2,097 556 1,620 1,659 355 140
First Southern 45 20 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flatline Church 21 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 7 35 0 0
Friendship 241 140 60 0 0 57 37 0 2 0 10 8
Friendship Mssn
Gateway 235 235 250 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0
Greater New Faith
Hayneville 274 241 130 1 230 130 35 30
Heritage 2,260 1,586 500 4 8 1,006 382 0 195 321 0 0
Highland Avenue
Highland Gardens
Hunter Station 420 196 25 1 2 18 12 0 0 0 0 0
Jonathans House
Lakeview
Lapine
Letohatchee 27 27 15 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 0 0
Lowndesboro 38 38 45 0 0 40 28 0 14 36 0 20
Mixtec Church 9 9 10 1 0 32 20 0 0 7 0 0
MGM Chinese 35 31 20 2 15 15
MGM Korean 65 64 50 0 0 28 25 0 5 12 0 0
Morningview 365 339 310 3 19 427 253 0 60 193 0 0
Mount Zion 106 97 43 3 0 45 17 0 23 22 0 0
Mountain Hill
Narrow Lane
Nueva Vida
Open Acres 302 65 60 3 50 40 25 25
Pike Road
Pine Level 164 143 16 0 0 45 8 0 10 0 20 0
Pinedale 75 59 20 0 2 27 18 0 11 18 18 0
Pintlala 281 189 124 0 0 236 99 0 54 59 0 0
Ridgecrest 1,812 714 107 0 7 214 99 0 50 23 11 0
River Bend 61 40 33 0 0 10 10 0 11 0 0 0
Sampey Memorial 177 128 65 2 1 66 40 0 20 0 0 0
Snowdoun 371 176 113 2 93 78 0 23 49 48 47
Southlawn 138 127 45 3 2 38 26 0 8 14 12 18
St. James 110 6 95 5 10 10 5
Steep Creek 9 7 9 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0
Strong Tower 71 69 160 3 0 80 70 0 7 70 25 30
Taylor Road 1,659 1,275 454 16 43 755 365 89 80 370 40 35
Thorington Road 340 360 250 3 17 353 200 0 60 30 6 11
Trinity Memorial 138 129 66 1 2 85 57 0 30 0 0 0
Vaughn Forest
Westside 406 384 100 0 0 325 40 0 31 0 26 14
WWJD Ministries
Yarbrough Street 132 121 70 0 1 52 30 0 15 10 10 7
 Total Undesignated Cooperative Annie Lottie Associational State Total Missions
Congregation Receipts Gifts Program Giving Armstrong Moon Missions Missions Participation
All Nations 2,500 0 800 0 0 600 0 0
Bethel 122,337 109,377 8,720 1,875 1,549 5,640 450 50
Bible Missionary 75,500
Brewer Memorial 53,349 2,611
Bridgeview 50,000 42,000 2,000 500 500 1,600 0 0
Brookwood 42,807 38,536 3,280 318 356 1,640 300 15
Capitol Heights 392,603 366,621 29,330 4,575 9,282 7,332 0 50
Catoma 87,215 74,844 3,500 52 1,519 1,500 0 0
Central
Chisholm 79,448 77,413 3,900 25 450 1,200 400 0
City of Refuge
Cloverdale 65,337 600 3,700 700 1,080 1,500 200 12
Dalraida 906,736 729,424 75,877 3,959 12,427 19,838 5,276 2
Eastdale
Eastern Hills 2,646,554 1,730,404 166,820 15,508 32,726 52,982 8,525 178
Eastern Oaks, TCA 471,081 342,368 3,000 2,500 3,545 5,565 0 16
Eastmont 1,989,700 1,779,914 115,918 21,673 40,503 29,756 2,136 80
Engaged
Faith and Grace
First 8,840,044 7,153,129 783,066 90,327 253,257 92,272 30,615 99
First Southern 49,000 0 0 0 0 1,200 0 0
Flatline Church 70,236 27,000 185 0 100 500 0 21
Friendship 95,071 5,232 6,735 980 1,057 6,211 940 8
Friendship Mssn
Gateway 500,000 425,000 6,400 0 0 6,000 0 0
Greater New Faith
Hayneville 318,217 267,685 31,821 2,710 5,405 9,546 1,050 12
Heritage 1,626,609 1,530,749 88,732 5,275 13,038 21,769 2,975 327
Highland Avenue
Highland Gardens
Hunter Station 115,948 101,178 7,079 1,440 2,105 3,034 0 0
Jonathans House
Lakeview
Lapine
Letohatchee 51,988 47,631 8,550 1,025 1,186 5,740 800 5
Lowndesboro 83,961 80,751 4,038 800 1,500 3,231 1,000 1
Mixtec Church 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MGM Chinese 27,597 17,597 862 698
MGM Korean 50,000 47,000 1,200 500 500 3,200 0 0
Morningview 3,725,534 971,920 75,265 4,225 16,898 7,527 0 90
Mount Zion 133,548 119,424 5,221 1,687 6,000 5,221 0 3
Mountain Hill
Narrow Lane
Nueva Vida
Open Acres 43,564 41,324 720 300 720 570
Pike Road
Pine Level 0
Pinedale 105,458 101,067 14,826 2,199 1,459 7,391 1,005 20
Pintlala 514,171 444,598 23,626 0 0 22,644 0 14
Ridgecrest 531,300 452,315 45,232 4,526 10,581 13,569 3,828 58
River Bend 85,956 79,206 158 0 0 158 0 8
Sampey Memorial 129,192 102,292 4,000 2,500 2,500 15,500 0 21
Snowdoun 220,000 185,000 3,272 790 1,528 7,516 920 80
Southlawn 106,442 96,398 2,300 540 550 1,825 481 32
St. James
Steep Creek 29,086 2,550 2,550 0
Strong Tower 546,000 215,000 2,675 0 0 900 0 500
Taylor Road 2,413,075 1,411,620 144,018 8,966 74,131 15,000 1,440 86
Thorington Road 755,168 631,518 29,298 4,027 5,742 17,578 0 25
Trinity Memorial 84,808 77,380 1,436 1,525 2,085 1,426 956 0
Vaughn Forest
Westside 118,348 118,348 0 150 150 1,200 0 0
WWJD Ministries
Yarbrough Street 88,851 0 0 0 0 1,500 0 15
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1. Seth Dunnington, minister of music for Taylor Road Baptist Church, led the
call to worship with “Come Thou Fount.”
2. Director of Missions Neal Hughes welcomed everyone to the 139th Annual
Homecoming and gave a brief history of Montgomery Baptist Association.
3. Pastor Daniel Atkins (Taylor Road) greeted all the messengers, followed by a
prayer.
4. Moderator D’Linell Finley brought the meeting to order.
5. Budget and Finance Committee Chairman Eddie Newton made a motion from the committee to adopt the
2021 Proposed Budget of $428,000. He brought a motion on behalf of the Executive Board to accept the
proposed budget. The motion carried unanimously.
6. Nominating Committee Chairman Trevor Perry made a motion from the committee to accept the Nominating
Committee Report. The names of newly nominated individuals are in bold print. The motion carried
unanimously.
7. Petitionary Letters Committee Chairman Rev. James Greene made a motion to accept Montgomery Chinese
Christian Church into full membership of Montgomery Baptist Association. The motion carried Unanimously.
8. Baptist Health Vice-president/Executive Director Tommy McKinnon gave their report.
9. On March 13, Baptist Health had its first patient diagnosed with Coronavirus. Since then, Baptist Health has
treated 8,000 positive cases.
· There have been 15,283 tests performed in the last several months. Baptist Health provided its
employees with a one-time payment of 7% of all gross wages earned as a thank you.
· Forbes magazine named Baptist Health as Alabama’s top employer and is ranked number 17 out of all
employers in Alabama.
· The number of positive Coronavirus cases decreased as low as 25 patients but now has increased to
about 75.
10. McKinnon expressed his appreciation for the many prayers and support they received during this time.
11. Seth led messengers in worship with “How Great Thou Art’.”
12. DOM Neal Hughes gave his report, stating the theme of this year’s homecoming is Stay on the Wall from
Nehemiah 4:6. During a pandemic, many churches continued to build their communities and work hard together
as a body of believers. Neal recognized the administrative support staff, compassion ministry field directors,
church planting strategist, and development care staff from the association.
13. Neal gave a summary of the work with the Love Loud Lowndes County
Mobilization Center. The mobilization center has been completed and will
serve as a meeting place for Hope Inspired Ministries, (H.I.M) and a food
pantry for Lowndes County.
14. Neal recognized Ron and Becky Parnell and Jim Johnson for completing the
mobilization center.
15. Neal recognized Teddye Gandy (Pike Road) and three church planters
 Dawson Zhang, Cameron Bell, and Davey Lyon.
· Pastor Zhang serves as the pastor for the first Chinese Baptist Church in
Alabama. Montgomery Chinese Church and Pike Road Baptist Church have
partnered together to serve the community of Pike Road. Teddye Gandy
expressed his thankfulness to have Dawson as a partner and brother in
Christ.
· Cameron Bell will serve as a pastor in the Cloverdale community.
Cameron has been interning with Strong Tower at Washington Park Church.
· Davey Lyon will be planting a church in the Whitehall community of Lowndes County. Benton Baptist
Church, which is a part of the Selma Baptist Association, serves as their sending church. Davey
thanked the association for their continual support.
16. Neal recognized the first class of the Sons of Nehemiah. A course on the
revitalization of churches. Neal presented all ten participants with an Eagle
Award as a thank you.
17. Chip Colee, chief administrator officer
spoke on behalf of the Alabama Baptist
Children’s Home and Family Ministries.
18. Keynote speaker Rev. Mark Clifton joined via Zoom. Clifton is the Director
of Church Replanting at the North American Mission Board, (NAMB) and
Interim Pastor at McElwain Baptist Church in Birmingham. Clifton spoke on
the importance of revitalization. His key points are as follows:
· Ninety percent of SBC churches that close are in areas where the population is growing
· Every church should examine itself to determine its condition and whether its goals should change.
· Know the difference between a church that should revitalize and a church that should replant
· Churches don’t have to die. They are not without hope. They can live again through replanting.
19. Neal concluded the meeting by thanking everyone for attending.
20. Pastor Eugene Zeigler closed the meeting in prayer.
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