Pastors of First Baptist Church LaBelle

As we prepare for our 100th Anniversary, we have been searching for all the Pastors who have served at First Baptist Church LaBelle. This past Wednesday we publish a list of Pastors as we knew it at that time. With the help of the Florida Baptist Historical Society we now have a more complete list of names.

C.B. Glaize – 1912 – 1913
J.N.A. Downey – 1914
F.W. Nolte -1919
O.O. Roberts - 1920
C.E. Hendry – 1921
E.L. Williams – 1922
W.D.M. Hays – 1923 -1925
W. Barnes – 1926
W.T. Dennington – 1927 – 1928
Gus Padget – 1930 -1932
DC Mountford – 1933 - 1934
A.M. Glisson – 1936 - 1944
C.B. Althoff – 1945 -1946
E.A.Burnett - 1948 - 1950
Hugh H. Walters – 1951 -1953
J. Roy Crosby – 1954 – 1956
Ewell Sexton – 1958 - 1960
Reeves C. Dean – 1961 -1963
S.F. Beard (Interim) - 1964
M. Glenn Smith – 1965 - 1969
Benny Baker - 1970
W. Floyd Yarbrough – 1971
Richard E. Whipple - 1972
Eugene Abernathy – 1973 - 1985
Roger Bradley, Interim
Frank Claycomb - 1988
Bill Kaufman - 1989
Roger Bradley, Interim
Jim Daniels – 1990-1994
Bob Rowe, Interim
Frank Deerey, Jr. – 1995 to present

Pastors of First Baptist Church LaBelle

We are trying to put together a list of Pastors who have served at First Baptist Church LaBelle. We are looking for names, and dates served. If you have any information about Pastors who have served at First Baptist Church LaBelle, please call the church office at 863-675-2171 or email Pastor Frank at pastorfrank@fbclabelle.org.

C.B. Glaze – 1912
A.M. Glisson - 1939
C.B. Althoff -
Allen Burnett -
Hugh A. Walters - 1952
J. Roy Crosby – 1956
Reeves Dean – 1964
Glen Smith - 1968
Benny Baker - 1970
W. Floyd Yarbrough - 1971
Eugene Abernathy - 1973
Roger Bradley, Interim
Frank Claycomb - 1988
Bill Kaufman & Father-in-law - 1989
Roger Bradley, Interim
Jim Daniels – 1990-1994
Bob Rowe, Interim
Frank Deerey, Jr. – 1995 to present

100 TH Anniversary

In February of 1912 a small group of people gathered to form the First Baptist Church of LaBelle. In its 100 years First Baptist has worked to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people of Hendry County and now to the world!

YOU are invited to join our celebration of our 100 years and what God has done for us! Our list of events is below, please go to our Facebook page and RSVP using the button on the right.

Friday Night Fellowship-Reunion Dinner
Friday, February 10, 2012 @ 5:30pm
A time for all those who are in town for the celebration to get together and do what Baptists do best...eat and fellowship! This is a casual time for everyone, old and new, to get to know each other over some BBQ.

Saturday Night Generational Gospel Sing
Saturday, February 11, 2012 @ 6:30pm
We'll gather together and worship God with music from all the decades or our church's existence! Refreshments to be served afterwards.

Sunday Anniversary Celebration
Sunday, February 12, 2012 @ 10:00am
This worship service will celebrate the 100 years God has allowed us to work in LaBelle. Dr. John Sullivan, the Executive Director of the Florida Baptist Convention, will bring the message and we hope to be joined by you and your family. We will take up a special offering to pay off our new education building. We will have dinner on the grounds following the service.

For further information please check our Facebook page and our church website at www.fbclabelle.org