Crenshaw Community Baptist Church

Crenshaw Community Baptist Church was started in March of 1999 with the help of many churches and brethren, which this pastor and his members owe a huge debt gratitude for their help, love, support and prayers. Special thanks to the members of Community Baptist Church in Grady, Alabama and to Chuck & Linda Ford for your friendship, support, love, advice and many hours of wonderful counseling. Without your support, the journey would have been very difficult. We thank God for you all.

The church was started with a distinct vision that the Lord gave the pastor. The vision was simple: build and establish a local New Testament Baptist Church in rural Alabama. Not just a church, but a impact church that will impact our community, not just for today, but for the years to come for the glory of the Lord.

I have been married to my wife of thirty-four years, Angela. We were born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama and were married on December 18, 1976 after graduating from Marine Corp boot camp in Paris Island S.C. It was while I was deployed to Okinawa, Japan in May 1981 at Camp Hansen that I was introduced to Jesus Christ and then accepted Him as My Savior and Lord.

After returning to the states, I returned to traditional religion but my soul was left unstirred and unsatisfied. After leaving the traditional church in search of something deeper and richer, I ended up visiting a church with an all white membership in San Juan Capistrano, California. The people were great, and the preaching stirred me inside.

We retired from the Marines in 1996 after serving twenty years, sold our business in Yuma, Arizona, and returned back to Alabama, where I served as a police officer for almost 10 years. In August of 2006 I resigned, and now serve full time as pastor of Crenshaw Community Baptist Church.

Now that you have had an opportunity to read and get to know a little about our ministry, it is our hope that our ministry would be a place that you would consider serving.