Mobile’s Cutrer named minister of year

Samford University in Birmingham honored a minister and two laypersons for their outstanding dedication and faithful service during a special ceremony Oct. 9. Terry Cutrer, pastor of Moffett Road Baptist Church, Mobile, in Mobile Baptist Association, was named 2006 Alabama Baptist Minister of the Year.
   
Roy Anderson, a member of South Roebuck Baptist Church, Birmingham, in Birmingham Baptist Association, and Ralph Derryberry, a member of First Baptist Church, Selma, in Selma Baptist Association, were named co-winners of the 2006 Alabama Baptist Layperson of the Year award. This year was the first time this award was given.
   
The three were recognized at a luncheon held during the fall meeting of the Samford Board of Ministerial Mentors. Board Chairman James Walters, pastor of First Baptist Church, Mobile, in Mobile Association, read citations highlighting the work of each honoree. Samford President Andrew Westmoreland presented each with an engraved plaque.
   
Cutrer has been pastor of the Mobile church since 2000. He was cited for his leadership efforts that have resulted in revitalized worship services, energized ministries and several new initiatives for children’s ministries. A missions emphasis has sponsored trips to Guatemala, Mexico and five states.During 2005–2006, the church saw 39 baptisms and a total of 92 additions to the congregation.
   
Two new church starts, Sonrise Baptist Church and Forest Hill Baptist Church, have opened their doors under the leadership of the Moffett Road Baptist congregation. 
   
Anderson, a retired pharmacist, has been a member of South Roebuck Baptist since 1956. He has been church training director, Sunday School teacher and Royal Ambassador basketball team coach. 
   
A church trustee and lifetime deacon, Anderson is remembered by a former Sunday School class member as “amazingly consistent over so many years.” 
   
Derryberry, a retired cotton industry executive, has been a member of the Selma church since 1939. A longtime deacon, he is now deacon emeritus. He has been a Sunday School teacher in the youth and adult divisions for 45 years and a facilitator of discipleship training material for 43 classes. 
   
He is a founding committee member of Selma Christian Ministries, which serves and evangelizes the community near the former Craig Air Force Base.  (SU)