Chilton Baptist Association’s Felkins to retire after 22 years as DOM

Larry Felkins says his 22 years as director of missions for Chilton Baptist Association have been really special.

“I feel like the Lord has allowed us to be a part of a lot of really good things,” said Felkins, who plans to retire Dec. 31.

That’s included missions, medical trips to Guatemala, partnerships with three church plants and an association of churches who are always ready to lead out in cooperating and serving, he said. “Because of God’s leadership and the generosity of our churches it’s been a really good ministry.” 

Before coming to Chilton Association in 1997 he served as pastor of Maytown Baptist Church and Mount Zion Baptist Church, Jasper.

Through the years he also served in various state and Southern Baptist leadership capacities, including serving with the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM) and as president of the Alabama Director of Missions Fellowship.

Rick Lance, SBOM executive director, called Felkins a “dear friend and a valuable partner in ministry for decades.” 

“In his role as an associational missionary Larry has exemplified excellence in leadership in a Christlike way,” Lance said. “Larry is a pastor’s pastor. He has been an encourager of pastors and other local church leaders as an associational missionary. I can say without hesitation that he has shared that ministry of encouragement with fellow associational missionaries and with state missionaries, including me.” (Grace Thornton)