Loading chat...
AL HR401
Resolution
Status
2/23/2010
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Wren
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Ridgecrest Baptist Church of Montgomery is commended on its 60th Anniversary celebrated on March 14, 2010
-
Church was constituted on March 5, 1950, with 91 charter members after an invitation circulated by First Baptist Church members on November 6, 1949
-
Church led the State of Alabama in baptisms in 1958, reporting more than 100 baptisms annually from 1953-1958
-
Church relocated to Vaughn Road in east Montgomery with groundbreaking in June 1976 and moved to present facility in 1977; educational wing added in fall 1980; Family Life Center groundbreaking held September 9, 1990
-
Seven pastors have served the church: Reverend H. Richard Bills (1950-1951), Dr. John Bob Riddle (1951-1960), Reverend Lewis Marler (1960-1970), Reverend John Frank Lindsey (1970-1978), Reverend Charles B. Stroud (1979-1988), Dr. James M. Castleberry (1989-1998), and Dr. Keith D. Warden and Dr. Michael Cassity (both 1999-present and 2005-present respectively)
Legislative Description
Ridgecrest Baptist Church, commended
Resolutions, Congratulatory
Last Action
Joint Rule 11
2/23/2010