Rex Kent retires as pastor of First Baptist Church, Jemison

CHILTON ASSOCIATION

Rex Kent — who retired as pastor of First Baptist Church, Jemison, at the end of 2020 — says some of his favorite parts of serving as pastor there were the parts where they were out in the community.

“In the summer of 2019, we did some creative outreach to the Jemison community,” Kent said. “We gave out water at intersections, did prayer walks through the neighborhoods and paid for people’s laundry at the laundromat. Our folks really grew from that.”

They also started some new outreach to children in 2019, and that year, the church led Chilton Baptist Association in baptisms.

“It’s neat to see people get excited about reaching out to people in the community,” he said.

Kent had served as pastor of First, Jemison, for nearly 12 years when he retired. Before his time there, he had served as pastor of First Baptist Church, Demopolis, for 11 years; as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Prattville, for more than 10 years; and as minister of education and youth at Coosada Baptist Church for five years.