DOM Jim Jackson retires from Elmore Association

DOM Jim Jackson retires from Elmore Association

By Maggie Walsh

The Alabama Baptist

Although the role will look different, Jim Jackson will continue doing what he’s done for the last 52 years. Retiring as director of missions (DOM) for Elmore Baptist Association at the end of February won’t change that, he said.

“I plan to continue to seek the Lord’s will for my life, serving Him in ministry and missions,” Jackson said. Now, however, it will be in pulpit supply and interim preaching capacities.

Jackson held his first pastorate as a senior in high school. He has served as pastor of Cardiff Baptist Church; First Baptist Church, Tallassee; First Baptist Church, Lafayette; Ashville Baptist Church; Dogwood Grove Baptist Church, Montevallo; and Indian Grave Baptist Church, Billingsley, before serving as DOM. He is a graduate of Samford University in Birmingham, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

While Jackson loved and values the years he spent as a pastor, he said serving as DOM has been his most fulfilling role.

“I have had the joy of getting to know so many pastors and families, staff members and church members who have prayed for me, encouraged me, laughed at and with me and partnered with me.”

Jackson and his wife, Betty, have three children and seven grandchildren. To contact him for pulpit supply or interim preaching, call 334-300-4939.