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== First Missionary Baptist Church Greenville, Alabama ==

The First Missionary Baptist Colored Church of Greenville was organized November 1870 under a brush arbor on the corner of Perry and South Streets. It was officially recorded as incorporated July 1, 1912 by H.O. Lampley, Probate Judge. The present corporate name was selected in 1985 as The First Missionary Baptist Church. The first pastor and founder was Reverend Stewart Adams. The lot on Baptist Hill was purchased through the co-operation of previous owners and trustees: John A. Minnis, F.M. Black, J.W. Mallett, Ezra Deming, and Stewart Adams "for the purposes of a Church and a School". After being destroyed by tornado or fire three times, the sanctuary was rebuilt each time on the same site. The present structure was built in 1908; the fellowship hall constructed in the 1950s, and the front entrance added in the 1970's. In 1986 the church was listed on the National Register of Historical Places. The pastors of First Missionary Baptist Church through the years have been: Rev. Stewart Adams, Rev. J.H. Frazer, Rev. J.W. Billinger, Rev. P.H. Hughes, Rev. J.E. Kennedy, Rev. S.A. Rutherford, Rev. F. Nichols, Rev. A.G. Nicely,Sr. Rev. J.H. Parmer, Rev. J.J. Johnson, Rev. W.E. Jackson, Rev. J.H. Browder, Rev. A.G. English, Rev. H.N. Edwards, and Rev. R.F. McCreary who came to First M.B.C. in April 1969.

A new season
Rev. McCreary faithfully served the church for 42 years. Many things were accomplished under his watch. On June 26, 2011 Rev. Mcreary went home to be with the LORD. After long prayer and searching on what would have been the 83rd birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The First Missionary Baptist Church elected Rev. Kim D. Yarber II, M.R.E. as its 16th pastor. Rev. Yarber is a third generation baptist pastor. On April 22, 2012 the Rev. Yarber was installed as pastor of First M.B.C. by his father Rev. Dr. K.D. Yarber, D.Min pastor of Mt. Hermon Missionary Baptist Church of Flint, MI