For Pine Bluff Baptist Church, Locust Fork, the Baptist Fellowship Hour is something that ministers to several of its members who are in nursing homes or who cannot attend Sunday services.
Started in the 1960s, the Blount Baptist Association radio program airs every Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m. on 95.3 WCRL in Oneonta.
Associational churches rotate through the year to lead the program, which always opens with a singing of “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms” and follows with other songs, a gospel message, community announcements and, for Pine Bluff Baptist, a rendition of “Amazing Grace.”
Pastor Daryl Holt, who has served Pine Bluff for nine years, said he first preached during the Baptist Fellowship Hour in 1987 right after he’d felt called to preach. Holt said it’s been a valuable ministry throughout the years.
“I think it’s a great ministry for the homebound and … an encouragement to those that are unable to go to church,” he said.
The last time the church participated in the radio program, about 40 church members participated in the live recording at the associational building on Champion Road in Oneonta.
Holt’s wife, Janet, said anyone can participate in the recording and sing during the program, even if they are not a member of Pine Bluff.
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