Crossville First Baptist Church celebrated its 100th anniversary Sept. 17. Special guests included Willis Kelly, guest speaker and former pastor (1955 to 1960), and his
Jay Penton, outreach director for “Men in the Arena” and longtime men’s ministry advocate, is the new pastor of men’s ministry at Prattmont Baptist Church, Prattville.
Semmes First Baptist Church was founded in 1872 — the first recorded church in the city — and the church recently erected a new historical marker to share its story.