Woodbury Road Baptist Church

Church Organization:

Woodbury Road Missionary Baptist Church was a result of a two-week revival held on the premises of Mr. Carl Smartt, with the Rev. L.G. Frey, Superintendent of Missions, Nashville, TN, doing the preaching. On October 26, 1947, the church was organized in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Wiggs with 37 charter members. The church met in the Jakestown Skating Rink owned by Robert Lee Jakes until the building was completed. The land for the sanctuary was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smartt. On December 16, 1947, the church called its first pastor, 17-year-old Rev. Donald Rutledge

Ordained Deacons, December 7, 1947:

Ridge Sloan

B. Gilley

Charlie Duggin

Pastors

1947-1952 - Donald Rutledge*

1952-1954 - J.H. Harvey*

1954-1957 - Darwin Milligan

1957-1967 - Howard Davis*

1967-1970 - J.C. Love

1970-1973 - Robert Fesler*

1974-1985 - Lesley McClure*

1985-1988 - J. Harold Harris*

1988-1990 - Robert Powers

1991-1992 - Roger Redmon

1992-1998 - Jack Wood

1999-2000 - Patrick Carvell*

2001-2004 - James Davis*

2005-2012 - Willard Runnels

2012-2015 - Bruce Heileman

2015-2025 - Brother Monty

*Indicates deceased

Interim Pastors

1957 - J.O. Oglesby*

1967 - Charles Lee

1971 - Eugene Skelton*

1974 - Eugene Skelton*

1985 - Archie King*

1988 - James Powers

1990 - Barney Rickman*

1998 - Vance King*