Wear Baptist Church, Moulton, celebrated its 50th anniversary Nov. 5.
Mark Wakefield, former pastor, now serving as chaplaincy and disaster relief strategist for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, was the guest preacher. Additional guests included Todd Appleton, grandson of the church’s first pastor, Clyde Goodlett, and Robert Smith, associational missionary. A commemorative plaque was presented to Steve Dutton, the pastor, by Jimmy Austin, commissioner of the Alabama Baptist Historical Commission.
Special music was provided by Jim and Beth Lewis, former youth ministers, and Morgan Whitt and Debbie Latham. The first person baptized in the church was Bertie Wilkerson (now deceased), and four generations of her family were in attendance (daughter, granddaughter, great-granddaughter and great-great-grandson).
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