Bullock- Centennial Baptist Association is helping fund a Baptist chaplain in the prison system. The association established a trust fund with The Baptist Foundation of Alabama (BFA) that provides for a chaplain in the Bullock County Correctional Facility in Union Springs.
The trust fund has been named the Barney F. Ferguson Memorial Prison Ministry Fund. Ferguson served as a director of missions for Bullock-Centennial until his death in 1999. A local committee appointed by the association will allocate funds according to the trust document managed by BFA.
The trust fund stipulates that the funds must be used for a Baptist chaplaincy ministry at the Bullock County Correctional Facility unless such a ministry is prohibited there. If such a ministry is prohibited, then the interest generated by the trust will be made available to one of the Barbour County prison facilities for a Baptist chaplain’s ministry.
The Union Springs facility was built in 1987 by the state of Alabama. Six years later several denominations spearheaded an effort to build a chapel at the facility. Money from the Ferguson Trust Fund, established in 1999, helps fund the services of Ted Youngblood, a part-time Baptist chaplain at the facility. Youngblood also is director of missions for Bullock-Centennial.
Income from a family trust was also used by BFA in helping to build the chapel. (BFA)
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