Bynum Baptist Church
Calhoun Baptist Association
Favorite Hymn: “I love them all.”
Hobbies: Enjoyed playing tennis
Family Status: Widowed after 35 years of marriage to Pete Davis and six and a half years of marriage to Buddy Pearce
The Lord has been good to me,” said 93-year-old Bertha Pearce, who has spent much of her life serving the church, hardly ever missing a church service. She has served on many church committees, sung in the choir and taught Sunday School and continues to serve as Bynum Baptist Church’s Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) facilitator.
Q: What was your childhood like?
A: [My] father and mother were both Christians, as well as [my] six siblings.
Q: What led you to serve as WMU facilitator?
A: I feel like the Lord led me to do it. When I moved to this church, we didn’t have a WMU. I told the preacher I’d start [it]. We organized WMU at our church in 1978. We had 13 ladies who joined.
Q: What other ministries have you been involved in?
A: I sing in the choir. I taught Sunday School for years, up until about two years ago. I taught Sunday School practically all my life.
Q: What do you get from ministry?
A: The Lord blesses me and He takes care of me.
Q: How do you see yourself involved in ministry in the future?
A: (Continuing a ministry) we do … every year. [We] fix food and take it to Jacksonville State University to feed the college students. They pay for the meal and we furnish the food. The money goes to students [for summer missions]. We enjoy that. There are usually about 10 to 12 of us that go.
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