TAB’s Watts celebrates 50 years in Baptist ministry

TAB’s Watts celebrates 50 years in Baptist ministry

Fifty years ago Cynthia Walker Watts began her ministry as summer youth director at Eastern Hills Baptist Church, Montgomery, while a student at Judson College in Marion. 

Since then she has served at Heritage Baptist Church, Montgomery; and First Baptist Church, Dothan; as well as churches in Georgia and Florida. 

Her most recent post was children’s ministry director at First Baptist Church, Birmingham.

In addition to staff positions Watts has written curriculum for LifeWay Christian Resources, conducted training as a LifeWay ministry multiplier and state special worker in cities all over the U.S., including Ridgecrest, North Carolina, and Glorieta, New Mexico.

She continues to serve as a special worker for Alabama Baptist Sunday School.

Watts’ current ministry position is as executive assistant to the president and editor-in-chief of The Alabama Baptist, a position she started in January 2019. (TAB)