50 Year Ago
October 1965
Historical Marker Installed: Jefferson Baptist Church has been honored by the Alabama Historical Association with a highway marker in the churchyard. James Yarbrough, one of the first Baptist ministers in the region, helped constitute the Baptist church in Jefferson —originally named Mount Pleasant Baptist Church — in 1820 with 27 members. The marker notes that Jefferson Baptist is among the oldest in the Demopolis area.
40 Years Ago
October 1975
Church Disbanded: After 54 years Elyton Baptist Church, Birmingham, held its last service Sept. 17. The Baptist Foundation of Alabama will dispose of the church property and the money will be invested by the Foundation for the church. In 1921, Southside Baptist Church, Birmingham, organized Elyton Church, and B.F. Giles became the first pastor. He was pastor until his death in November 1925.
30 Years Ago
October 1985
Disaster Relief Teams Assist in Mississippi: Several Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief teams were dispatched to Biloxi, Mississippi, to assist in feeding and cleanup following the devastation caused on Labor Day by Hurricane Elena. In the first day 500 hot meals were served to survivors of the storm who lost their homes and belongings.
20 Years Ago
October 1995
Air Mobile Kitchen Lands on St. Croix: Within hours after Hurricane Marilyn battered the Virgin Islands on Sept. 15, the American Red Cross had sent out a request for a disaster relief team to carry the Alabama Baptist State Convention’s air mobile kitchen to St. Croix. Team organizers Cliff McMahan of Dawson Memorial Baptist Church, Birmingham, and Larry Murphy of Bethany Baptist Church, New Brocton, assisted Reggie Quimby of the state Brotherhood department in assembling a team of nine Baptists from around the state. While at St. Croix, the group prepared and served 35,000 meals.
10 Years Ago
October 2005
Disaster Relief Teams Stretched by Hurricanes: Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief continues to serve in response to Hurricanes Rita and Katrina. More than 1,000 volunteers from across the state are working in feeding, shower, child-care and mudout crews, preparing 13 million meals for hurricane survivors and relief workers. The Alabama Baptist Temporary Emergency Child Care (TECC) unit was relocated from Lawrenceville, Georgia, to Mobile after Rita hit. TECC volunteers served 780 children after Katrina.
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