Georgetown, MS
In the 1930s, several preachers who traveled around Georgetown conducting revivals and often after a week or two of meeting in brush arbors or tents, would move on to another location. Ministers like Johnny Magee, Buford Miller, Dennis J. Lack, and A. D. Varnado were known to preach around George- town. The first pastor documented was Robert Crocker, who pastored in George- town in 1939-1940. He pastored a church in the country for one year. The Story of William Robert Crocker, by Pearlean Dueitt Crocker, 34
Church Records of the 1940s were unavailable until Matilda Barnett pastored a little wooden church in the country in the early 1950s.
In 1954 Dennis J. Lack became pastor of the little wooden church in the country but desired to move the church to the Town of Georgetown. He and the small group of believers purchased land in George- town and built a church using concrete blocks. He re- signed after eleven years in 1965.
In 1965 Clifton McManus became the next pastor and, during his tenure, bricked the church and built education space and resigned in 1973. Harvey King served from 1973-1977. Arthur Wilson served 1977- 1983. Felix Arnold served 1983-1999, Al Motes served 1999-2001, Ernest Twiner served 2001-2004, Kenneth Wilson serves 2004-2006, and Elliot Rutland served 2006- April 7, 2015.
The current pastor John Boyd was elected 4/14/2015. The church continues to preach the Gospel and continues to reach new converts. They are in a building program to replace the existing church with a new facility.