Jack Anderson, associational missionary for Alabama-Crenshaw, celebrated 50 years of ministry at a March 20 reception hosted by Luverne First Baptist Church. Raised in Selma, he received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Mobile (then Mobile College) and a master’s in religious education from New Orleans Seminary. Anderson previously was a representative for Lifeway Eastlake Store in Montgomery for 10 years, starting as a clerk and becoming one of the assistant store managers.
Previous to that, he served in the accounting office of Colonial Bank, Montgomery, for 10 years. He was interim pastor of Bradleyton Baptist Church, Grady, for three and a half years and then as bivocational pastor, before resigning his position at the church and also at Lifeway to become the full-time associational missionary for the association in 2017. His ministry has included serving churches as minister of music and youth and education in Mississippi and Alabama. Churches in Alabama include: Bell Road Baptist Church, Montgomery (which merged with Morning View Baptist Church); Southside Baptist, Montgomery, for more than 22 years; Gateway Baptist Church, Montgomery; West End Baptist Church, Selma; Pine Hill Baptist; and Sister Springs Baptist Church, Selma. “I remember while serving as music and youth minister at Sister Springs, I had to take off to go to my high school graduation,” Anderson said.
“He [God] takes mud clay and makes teacups out of it,” said Anderson, referring to how God has molded and shaped his own life in ministry.
Clay Crum, pastor of Luverne FBC, said, “He is very diligent to stay connected with the pastors and the churches. He is a perfect fit for our association. He has a heart for serving others. He is very humble, but very knowledgeable in so many areas of ministry.”
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