First Baptist Church Stonewall was founded in 1870 when E.W. Wainwright began a very small Textile Mill where many orphans, widows and young children were employed.

He deeded land for a Baptist and Methodist Church. The Baptist Church was built as a one-room structure with two small rooms on the back, and a baptistry under the pulpit. No records were kept until 1908. Rev. W.A. Lusk was the first known pastor of First Baptist Stonewall.

A new church building was completed in 1947. In 1971 an Educational Building was built. In 1972 the church front, as it appears today, was remodeled. A Family Life Center, which includes a gym, was dedicated in Sept. of 2007.

First Baptist Church of Stonewall has had 25 preachers since the church was founded:

The Revs.

W. A. Lusk, 1908-1909

E. G. Elliot, 1909-1911

G.H. Shuttle, 1911

L.M. Phillips, 1913-1915

E.J. Hill, 1915

J.S. Slaughter, 1917-1919

H.V. Sollie, 1919-1926

E.C. Hendricks, 1926-1937

J.A. Fortner, 1939-1940

Sollie Smith, 1941-1953

W.H. Ross, 1953-1956

Durrell Makamson, 1951-1960

David Millican, 1960-1963

John Merck, 1963-1968

Harold Harris, 1968-1974

Ed Perett, 1975-1976

Bill Patton, 1976-1980

Albert H. McMullen, 1980-1996

Mike Powell, 1997-2001

Joe Gullick, 2002-2006

Tony Davis, 2006-2009

Jeff Jeffers, 2010-2012

Marcus Finch, 2013-2014

Nick Ulmer, 2014-present

Church Name: First Baptist Church of Stonewall.

Pastor: Bro. Nick Ulmer – 4 years.

Denomination: Baptist.

Address: P.O. Box 1178, 632 Church St., Stonewall, MS 39363.

Contact Info: Bro. Nick Ulmer or Katie Moore at 601-659-7607.

Church Founded: 1870.

Members: 544.

Special upcoming events: Vacation Bible School.

Events special to your church: Easter and Thanksgiving Community Service, this includes (Baptist, Methodist, Assembly, and Pentecostal churches in Stonewall).

Service Times:

Sunday – 9:45 a.m. Sunday School, 10:50 a.m. morning worship, 6 p.m. evening worship.

Sunday Youth Program: 5 p.m. SMASH (Sunday Meeting at someone’s house).

Weekly Programs:

Wednesday – 6-8 p.m. Awana, 7 p.m. Bible Study.

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