David Byrd recently celebrated 25 years at Northside Baptist Church, Jasper.
Byrd became a Christian at age 13 and felt called to ministry three years later. He ignored the call until he was in college at the University of Georgia. He has now been in ministry 44 years.
He holds a bachelor’s degree from Augusta College and a master of divinity degree from.
He previously served as minister of youth at First Baptist Church Lucedale, Mississippi; pastor of Rehoboth Baptist Church, Shelman, Georgia; and pastor of Cuba Baptist Church in Alabama.
He also served on the board of trustees for Judson College and volunteers with Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief.
He and his wife, Marilyn, have two children and one grandchild.
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