Our History
Woodland Baptist Church was founded in 1862. So much has changed over the last 153 years, so we lean on two historians from very different eras to give us a glimpse of the history of the church.
From W. J. Simpson, Historian for the church, October 1930
Woodland Baptist Church was organized in 1862 by Rev. Addison Purefoy and John Brewer, Jr. The organization was perfected in a log schoolhouse about six miles west of Wake Forest with the following charter members:
Jesse H. Lowery, Newton Lowery, Terrell Lowery, John Little, Buck Lowery, Ian O’Neal, Dilly Bridges, Catherine White, Candis Abernathy, Marsha Ann Holding
Regular services were held in the old log schoolhouse until the church was built. In 1863-65, revivals were held under bush arbors in front of the schoolhouse, which resulted in many conversions and many additions to the church membership. In 1866, for a consideration of Two Dollars, three and one-half acres of land for a church site were deeded to Jesse H. Lowery, Newton Lowery, Terrell Lowery and John Little, trustees and their successors in office.
Sometime after 1866, the exact date cannot be given, a building was erected. Regular services were held in this building until it was torn down during the winter of 1887-88 and moved and re-erected in Granville Country, near the Wake-Granville line. Since its removal, the building has been enlarged from time to time, and the old furniture discarded and new furniture is now used. An organ was purchased, but this has been sold, and a piano is now in use. The church has been painted, has a new floor and is nicely ceiled. A cemetery occupies a part of the grounds—a fit place for the reception of the remains of our departed.
The following have served as pastors from time to time:
Addison Purefoy, Marion Pernell, Wiley Atkinson, J. S. Purefoy, J. R. Maynard, Dr. W. H. Edwards, W. A. Barrett, J. W. Wheelous, J. W. Atkinson, J. V. Deveney, J. W. Sledge, C. A. Sigmon, A. V. Joyner, T. C. Singleton, J. H. Hutchinson, W. T. Tate, W. A. Elom, L. Sasser, T. W. Fogleman, M. Stampe, and E. G. Usry.
These have served as clerks: Jesse H. Lowery, G. W. Smith, L. N. Little, A. L. Davis, W. J. Simpson, E.G. Davis, E. J. Haswell, Hyram Allen, and C. M. Little.
The church tenders thanks to Brethren W. N. O’Neal and A. D. O’Neal for information concerning the history from organization to Feb. 1884, embracing a period of twenty-two years of lost authentic records.
Woodland Baptist Church was organized in 1862 by Rev. Addison Purefoy and John Brewer, Jr. The organization was perfected in a log schoolhouse about six miles west of Wake Forest with the following charter members:
Jesse H. Lowery, Newton Lowery, Terrell Lowery, John Little, Buck Lowery, Ian O’Neal, Dilly Bridges, Catherine White, Candis Abernathy, Marsha Ann Holding
Regular services were held in the old log schoolhouse until the church was built. In 1863-65, revivals were held under bush arbors in front of the schoolhouse, which resulted in many conversions and many additions to the church membership. In 1866, for a consideration of Two Dollars, three and one-half acres of land for a church site were deeded to Jesse H. Lowery, Newton Lowery, Terrell Lowery and John Little, trustees and their successors in office.
Sometime after 1866, the exact date cannot be given, a building was erected. Regular services were held in this building until it was torn down during the winter of 1887-88 and moved and re-erected in Granville Country, near the Wake-Granville line. Since its removal, the building has been enlarged from time to time, and the old furniture discarded and new furniture is now used. An organ was purchased, but this has been sold, and a piano is now in use. The church has been painted, has a new floor and is nicely ceiled. A cemetery occupies a part of the grounds—a fit place for the reception of the remains of our departed.
The following have served as pastors from time to time:
Addison Purefoy, Marion Pernell, Wiley Atkinson, J. S. Purefoy, J. R. Maynard, Dr. W. H. Edwards, W. A. Barrett, J. W. Wheelous, J. W. Atkinson, J. V. Deveney, J. W. Sledge, C. A. Sigmon, A. V. Joyner, T. C. Singleton, J. H. Hutchinson, W. T. Tate, W. A. Elom, L. Sasser, T. W. Fogleman, M. Stampe, and E. G. Usry.
These have served as clerks: Jesse H. Lowery, G. W. Smith, L. N. Little, A. L. Davis, W. J. Simpson, E.G. Davis, E. J. Haswell, Hyram Allen, and C. M. Little.
The church tenders thanks to Brethren W. N. O’Neal and A. D. O’Neal for information concerning the history from organization to Feb. 1884, embracing a period of twenty-two years of lost authentic records.
Summary of "How It Was" – Written by Kelly Choplin as part of a college project in 1986
In August of 1884, George W. Smith, the church clerk at that time, presented the first official records book to the church at the cost of two dollars. One of the first events recorded in this book concerned a resolution passed at the Raleigh Baptist Association meeting held in Forestville, NC in August of 1884. Representatives from several local churches attended and passed the resolution that members of a church who had moved away and could not be “communicated with” would be dropped from the church roll and labeled, “dead members.” Church minutes from February 1884 and onward were also entered into this book. These records reveal the standards and practices of the members of Woodland Baptist Church.
Woodland Baptist Church met twice a month for services. One service was held on the third Saturday of the month and the second service was held on the following day, Sunday morning. After the service held on Saturday afternoon, the church met in conference. The church clerk called the roll of male members. Two-thirds of the males had to be present for any major decisions to be voted on. Women were not allowed to vote. These conferences were moderated by whoever was acting as pastor at that given meeting. If a pastor were absent on a conference day, usually a male member of the congregation was appointed as moderator for that particular meeting.
On some occasions, the church cancelled the conference if the pastor was not there to act as moderator. Some conferences were cancelled because of bad weather and bad roads, some because there was no important business, and others because of sickness in the pastor’s family that prevented him from attending. On one particular occasion, preaching service and conference were called off by the congregation “on account of our pastor trying to save his fruit (June 1886).” This preacher, W. A. Barrett, was able to give the Sunday sermon!
The conference held on the third Sunday of February 1884 is the first conference recorded in the church’s book. J. R. Maynard gave the sermon that day, and then conducted the church’s regular business. Two special cases were presented in this conference. The church voted to drop J. S. Bailey from the attendance sheet with “a charge of profanity and drunkenness and non-fellowship.” Cuzer Pierce’s name was also voted to be dropped because of non-fellowship according to the Rules of Decorum. The Financial Committee gave its report, which wasn’t recorded, and the meeting was adjourned.
The church conferences that followed each month dealt with matters very different than our conferences today. The church in the late nineteenth century had no Sunday School departments or committees to manage; the usual church business revolved around adding new members, caring for them, and sometimes expelling them from the church family. When possible, the church worked with objective persons to settle conflicts between members in conferences. For example, in 1884 the church entertained a speaker, B. A. Davis, from Wake Forest College, which was located in the small town of Wake Forest at that time. Davis preached a sermon and then moderated the church conference. During the conference, a problem arose between two brethren in the congregation. The problem was not recorded, but the clerk wrote that Davis and the two men “retired out of the house to fix it.” When they re-entered the church, each man had forgiven the other, and there is no further mention of the conflict.
In another conference, a discussion over the greatest man in the Bible was seriously carried out. The records show that “Brother B. H. Davis stated that he thought Daniel was the greatest of all men,” but J. W. Watkins argued, “that Joseph was his favorite.” There was no other business that day.
People attended Woodland from around the surrounding area. On the Saturdays and Sundays that no preaching took place at our church, the members of Woodland traveled by horse and buggy to other local churches, such as Mary’s Chapel Baptist Church, Stony Hill Baptist Church, and Youngsville Baptist Church, among some. Likewise, members from these churches attended preaching services at Woodland on the weekends that they didn’t have preaching.
During these preaching services and conferences, women sat on the left side of the room, and the men sat on the right. A wood stove was situated in the center of the open aisle and was the sole source of heat in the cold winter months. During the hot summers, members fanned themselves with homemade fans. The windows and doors were left open to increase the circulation of cool air (if there was any!).
The dress code for churchgoers was straightforward and simple. Women wore long, full skirts of a dark color. Hats were also part of their attire. The men usually wore dark-colored suits with matching hats. A nice pair of boots completed their outfits.
In the early years, working on a Sunday was considered sinful. Thus, Saturdays were always busy days of preparation. Women and children cleaned their floors with homemade lye soap, allowing dirty water to drain through a hole drilled in the floor. The women also cooked the Sunday meal on Saturday: homemade bread, meat and potatoes, and an apple pie made up a typical Sunday dinner. Large families enjoyed meals of fried chicken or vegetable soup. Men swept their yards with bundles of switches and cleaned their front porches for Sunday visitors. They also filled the oil lamps, washed chimneys, and trimmed the wicks in case visitors stayed past dark.
Picnics during the summer months were a popular form of fellowship. After preaching on a Sunday, the women would spread quilts out on the ground under the pecan trees to the side of the schoolhouse and lay out the food that was prepared the day before. After the meal, members usually stayed and visited with one another for the rest of the afternoon.
Christmas was very special, too. Each year, volunteers cut a tree from the surrounding woods and brought it to the church. The ladies decorated the tree with tinsel and homemade ornaments. After a short Christmas program of singing, prayer, and preaching on the Sunday before Christmas, the deacons passed trays of fruit throughout the congregation. Each member could choose a piece of fruit from the tray. Apples and oranges were favorite choices.
Ordinances of the Early Church
The addition of new members was very important to the young church. Whenever the pastor saw the need, he would announce that the “doors of the church are open.” This invitation was given only during the business conferences because it was considered church business to be voted on and not part of the worship service. During the years spent in the schoolhouse, a number of new members were added to the roll through baptism or transfer of letter from other churches. Eighteen new members are recorded in the book for the years after 1883, and references were made to adding more members during a meeting in 1884, for which there are no specific numbers.
The church did not have a baptistery at this time, and so baptisms were performed in local ponds. The doors were open on a Saturday, and new members were received. The consequential baptism was then scheduled for 9:30 a.m. the following morning at a pond volunteered by someone in the church. Haswell’s Pond and Pollie Bailey Mill Pond were two such ponds mentioned in our records for these early baptism ceremonies.
The church membership observed a communion during the preaching services on the third Sunday of every four months. The pastor passed the cup and the bread around the congregation. Homemade grape juice, unfermented, and an unleavened loaf of bread were used for this service. In accordance with the Rules of Decorum, every member was required to participate in this observance of the Lord’s Supper.
Delegates
From its founding to the present, Woodland has participated with its sister churches in larger Baptist organizations. From 1884-87, records show that Woodland sent representatives to both Union and Association meetings held in the area. According to word of mouth, Woodland became a member of the Union and the Raleigh Baptist Association the year of its birth in 1862. However, during the years in the schoolhouse, Woodland never hosted an Association or a Union meeting.
The Union meetings were held every fifth Sunday; each month with a fifth Sunday, the meeting place was changed. These meetings involved the local churches in the Wake Forest and Stony Hill area. This area was a more centralized area than that covered by the Association. The first recorded meeting in which Woodland participated was held at Youngsville Baptist Church the fifth Sunday of January 1886. Brothers W. W. Watkins (the assistant church clerk at the time), J. E. Davis, and Chesley O’Neal were appointed as delegates. The next recorded delegation doesn’t appear until May of 1887, when the Union meeting was held at Franklinton Baptist Church. Two other delegations were sent in July of 1887 to Flatrock Baptist Church and October 1887 to an unnamed host church.
The Raleigh Baptist Association held its meetings once a year in August in different host churches. Woodland appointed delegates during the July conference each year and gave them the charge of presenting the church’s contributions for the Association’s yearly collection. The recorded delegates to the Association in 1884 were W. W. Watkins (church clerk), Willis Smith, B. W. Davis, Hal O’Neal, Ransom Bridges, and three alternates, who were Ridley Medlin, Sidney O’Neal, and R. T. Watkins. These men were sent to the Association meeting with these donations:
State Ministries: $5.00
Ministerial Education: $5.00
Baptist Orphanage: $4.00
Minutes Fund: $2.00
Discipline in the early years of the church
Woodland Baptist Church operated strictly according to its Covenant and Rules of Decorum. Violations of social and moral codes were treated very seriously, often ending with the expulsion of a member from the church body. Charges against members of the church were handled as part of the church’s monthly business. The church voted on members who were charged with a violation of the fellowship’s beliefs. If two-thirds or more of the voting membership were in favor of expulsion, the member was dropped from the roll in an action referred to as “excommunication,” “expulsion,” and “exclusion.” This process was also known as “purging the church.” (Aren't we glad we don't operate like this today?!)
Rules of Decorum (original – 1862)
Rule 1 — The church shall meet by singing and prayer, unless preceded by preaching or prayer meeting.
Rule 2 — Some brother shall be chosen to act as moderator in the absence of the pastor.
Rule 3 — The moderator may invite brethren of sister churches into our meeting for their good council when desirable.
Rule 4 — It is the duty of each church member to attend the meetings of the church for business or preaching unless providentially hindered or prevented, and unnecessary absence for two months shall be ample cause for the church to deal with him as the church sees fit.
Rule 5 — Good order and seats should be kept during conference.
Rule 6 — Speakers must rise and address the moderator and brethren.
Rule 7 — More than two speeches from one member on the same subject must be by permission of the church.
Rule 8 — Ordinary business of the church may be done by the members then present, but matters of importance must
be heard and attended by at least two-thirds of the members.
Rule 9 — The clerk shall keep a list of members and note absences.
Rule 10 — The communion shall be administered once in four months, and all members are required to partake or give their reasons.
Rule 11 — No member who is behind in the payment of his dues shall be granted a letter of dismission (sic).
Author's Note: All information in this summary was compiled from old records and minutes stored on microfiche at the Raleigh Baptist Association in Winston-Salem, NC. Thank you to Mrs. Joyce Hart for making copies of our church minutes from the beginning up to the 1970's.
In August of 1884, George W. Smith, the church clerk at that time, presented the first official records book to the church at the cost of two dollars. One of the first events recorded in this book concerned a resolution passed at the Raleigh Baptist Association meeting held in Forestville, NC in August of 1884. Representatives from several local churches attended and passed the resolution that members of a church who had moved away and could not be “communicated with” would be dropped from the church roll and labeled, “dead members.” Church minutes from February 1884 and onward were also entered into this book. These records reveal the standards and practices of the members of Woodland Baptist Church.
Woodland Baptist Church met twice a month for services. One service was held on the third Saturday of the month and the second service was held on the following day, Sunday morning. After the service held on Saturday afternoon, the church met in conference. The church clerk called the roll of male members. Two-thirds of the males had to be present for any major decisions to be voted on. Women were not allowed to vote. These conferences were moderated by whoever was acting as pastor at that given meeting. If a pastor were absent on a conference day, usually a male member of the congregation was appointed as moderator for that particular meeting.
On some occasions, the church cancelled the conference if the pastor was not there to act as moderator. Some conferences were cancelled because of bad weather and bad roads, some because there was no important business, and others because of sickness in the pastor’s family that prevented him from attending. On one particular occasion, preaching service and conference were called off by the congregation “on account of our pastor trying to save his fruit (June 1886).” This preacher, W. A. Barrett, was able to give the Sunday sermon!
The conference held on the third Sunday of February 1884 is the first conference recorded in the church’s book. J. R. Maynard gave the sermon that day, and then conducted the church’s regular business. Two special cases were presented in this conference. The church voted to drop J. S. Bailey from the attendance sheet with “a charge of profanity and drunkenness and non-fellowship.” Cuzer Pierce’s name was also voted to be dropped because of non-fellowship according to the Rules of Decorum. The Financial Committee gave its report, which wasn’t recorded, and the meeting was adjourned.
The church conferences that followed each month dealt with matters very different than our conferences today. The church in the late nineteenth century had no Sunday School departments or committees to manage; the usual church business revolved around adding new members, caring for them, and sometimes expelling them from the church family. When possible, the church worked with objective persons to settle conflicts between members in conferences. For example, in 1884 the church entertained a speaker, B. A. Davis, from Wake Forest College, which was located in the small town of Wake Forest at that time. Davis preached a sermon and then moderated the church conference. During the conference, a problem arose between two brethren in the congregation. The problem was not recorded, but the clerk wrote that Davis and the two men “retired out of the house to fix it.” When they re-entered the church, each man had forgiven the other, and there is no further mention of the conflict.
In another conference, a discussion over the greatest man in the Bible was seriously carried out. The records show that “Brother B. H. Davis stated that he thought Daniel was the greatest of all men,” but J. W. Watkins argued, “that Joseph was his favorite.” There was no other business that day.
People attended Woodland from around the surrounding area. On the Saturdays and Sundays that no preaching took place at our church, the members of Woodland traveled by horse and buggy to other local churches, such as Mary’s Chapel Baptist Church, Stony Hill Baptist Church, and Youngsville Baptist Church, among some. Likewise, members from these churches attended preaching services at Woodland on the weekends that they didn’t have preaching.
During these preaching services and conferences, women sat on the left side of the room, and the men sat on the right. A wood stove was situated in the center of the open aisle and was the sole source of heat in the cold winter months. During the hot summers, members fanned themselves with homemade fans. The windows and doors were left open to increase the circulation of cool air (if there was any!).
The dress code for churchgoers was straightforward and simple. Women wore long, full skirts of a dark color. Hats were also part of their attire. The men usually wore dark-colored suits with matching hats. A nice pair of boots completed their outfits.
In the early years, working on a Sunday was considered sinful. Thus, Saturdays were always busy days of preparation. Women and children cleaned their floors with homemade lye soap, allowing dirty water to drain through a hole drilled in the floor. The women also cooked the Sunday meal on Saturday: homemade bread, meat and potatoes, and an apple pie made up a typical Sunday dinner. Large families enjoyed meals of fried chicken or vegetable soup. Men swept their yards with bundles of switches and cleaned their front porches for Sunday visitors. They also filled the oil lamps, washed chimneys, and trimmed the wicks in case visitors stayed past dark.
Picnics during the summer months were a popular form of fellowship. After preaching on a Sunday, the women would spread quilts out on the ground under the pecan trees to the side of the schoolhouse and lay out the food that was prepared the day before. After the meal, members usually stayed and visited with one another for the rest of the afternoon.
Christmas was very special, too. Each year, volunteers cut a tree from the surrounding woods and brought it to the church. The ladies decorated the tree with tinsel and homemade ornaments. After a short Christmas program of singing, prayer, and preaching on the Sunday before Christmas, the deacons passed trays of fruit throughout the congregation. Each member could choose a piece of fruit from the tray. Apples and oranges were favorite choices.
Ordinances of the Early Church
The addition of new members was very important to the young church. Whenever the pastor saw the need, he would announce that the “doors of the church are open.” This invitation was given only during the business conferences because it was considered church business to be voted on and not part of the worship service. During the years spent in the schoolhouse, a number of new members were added to the roll through baptism or transfer of letter from other churches. Eighteen new members are recorded in the book for the years after 1883, and references were made to adding more members during a meeting in 1884, for which there are no specific numbers.
The church did not have a baptistery at this time, and so baptisms were performed in local ponds. The doors were open on a Saturday, and new members were received. The consequential baptism was then scheduled for 9:30 a.m. the following morning at a pond volunteered by someone in the church. Haswell’s Pond and Pollie Bailey Mill Pond were two such ponds mentioned in our records for these early baptism ceremonies.
The church membership observed a communion during the preaching services on the third Sunday of every four months. The pastor passed the cup and the bread around the congregation. Homemade grape juice, unfermented, and an unleavened loaf of bread were used for this service. In accordance with the Rules of Decorum, every member was required to participate in this observance of the Lord’s Supper.
Delegates
From its founding to the present, Woodland has participated with its sister churches in larger Baptist organizations. From 1884-87, records show that Woodland sent representatives to both Union and Association meetings held in the area. According to word of mouth, Woodland became a member of the Union and the Raleigh Baptist Association the year of its birth in 1862. However, during the years in the schoolhouse, Woodland never hosted an Association or a Union meeting.
The Union meetings were held every fifth Sunday; each month with a fifth Sunday, the meeting place was changed. These meetings involved the local churches in the Wake Forest and Stony Hill area. This area was a more centralized area than that covered by the Association. The first recorded meeting in which Woodland participated was held at Youngsville Baptist Church the fifth Sunday of January 1886. Brothers W. W. Watkins (the assistant church clerk at the time), J. E. Davis, and Chesley O’Neal were appointed as delegates. The next recorded delegation doesn’t appear until May of 1887, when the Union meeting was held at Franklinton Baptist Church. Two other delegations were sent in July of 1887 to Flatrock Baptist Church and October 1887 to an unnamed host church.
The Raleigh Baptist Association held its meetings once a year in August in different host churches. Woodland appointed delegates during the July conference each year and gave them the charge of presenting the church’s contributions for the Association’s yearly collection. The recorded delegates to the Association in 1884 were W. W. Watkins (church clerk), Willis Smith, B. W. Davis, Hal O’Neal, Ransom Bridges, and three alternates, who were Ridley Medlin, Sidney O’Neal, and R. T. Watkins. These men were sent to the Association meeting with these donations:
- $2.00 for the Minutes Fund
- $5.00 for the Foreign Missions Fund
State Ministries: $5.00
Ministerial Education: $5.00
Baptist Orphanage: $4.00
Minutes Fund: $2.00
Discipline in the early years of the church
Woodland Baptist Church operated strictly according to its Covenant and Rules of Decorum. Violations of social and moral codes were treated very seriously, often ending with the expulsion of a member from the church body. Charges against members of the church were handled as part of the church’s monthly business. The church voted on members who were charged with a violation of the fellowship’s beliefs. If two-thirds or more of the voting membership were in favor of expulsion, the member was dropped from the roll in an action referred to as “excommunication,” “expulsion,” and “exclusion.” This process was also known as “purging the church.” (Aren't we glad we don't operate like this today?!)
Rules of Decorum (original – 1862)
Rule 1 — The church shall meet by singing and prayer, unless preceded by preaching or prayer meeting.
Rule 2 — Some brother shall be chosen to act as moderator in the absence of the pastor.
Rule 3 — The moderator may invite brethren of sister churches into our meeting for their good council when desirable.
Rule 4 — It is the duty of each church member to attend the meetings of the church for business or preaching unless providentially hindered or prevented, and unnecessary absence for two months shall be ample cause for the church to deal with him as the church sees fit.
Rule 5 — Good order and seats should be kept during conference.
Rule 6 — Speakers must rise and address the moderator and brethren.
Rule 7 — More than two speeches from one member on the same subject must be by permission of the church.
Rule 8 — Ordinary business of the church may be done by the members then present, but matters of importance must
be heard and attended by at least two-thirds of the members.
Rule 9 — The clerk shall keep a list of members and note absences.
Rule 10 — The communion shall be administered once in four months, and all members are required to partake or give their reasons.
Rule 11 — No member who is behind in the payment of his dues shall be granted a letter of dismission (sic).
Author's Note: All information in this summary was compiled from old records and minutes stored on microfiche at the Raleigh Baptist Association in Winston-Salem, NC. Thank you to Mrs. Joyce Hart for making copies of our church minutes from the beginning up to the 1970's.
Buildings
- 1865: Wooden structure, with two front doors.
- 1951: Church building was bricked.
- 1955: Woodland Parsonage built. (Kenneth Hollifield was the pastor.)
- 1971: Educational wing added. (Felton Cox was the pastor.)
- 1987: Fellowship Hall built. (George Fuller was the pastor.)
- 2008: Groundbreaking for new sanctuary (Tommy Seedorf was the pastor.)
- 2012: New sanctuary completed.
Pastors (from 1925 forward)
- Rev. E. G. Usry: 1925-1949
- Rev. W. C. Barham: 1950-1953
- Rev. Maurice Gilliam: 1953-1955
- Rev. Kenneth Hollifield:-1959
- Rev. Maurice Cooper: 1959-1962
- Rev. Roy E. Capehart: 1962-1965
- Rev. Felton B. Cox: 1965-1970
- Rev. William Voorhes: 1970-1973
- Rev. Fritz E. Young, Jr.: 1973-1976
- Rev. William Mosny: 1976
- Dr. John Carlton (Interim)
- Rev. Charles (“Chuck”) Poole: June 3, 1979 — Nov. 18, 1979
- Rev. Chester (“Sonny”) Holmes: March 23, 1980-June 20, 1982
- Rev. James Summey: 1983-1987
- Rev. George Fuller: 1987-1991
- Dr. Carroll Trotter (Interim): 1991-1992
- Rev. Brad Ferguson: Oct. 1992- Mar. 1997
- Rev. Charles Dorman (interim): 1997– Feb. 1999
- Rev. Harry Byrd: Feb. 1999 –June 1999
- Rev. Jeffrey Cook: June 1999 — 2003
- Rev. Charles Dorman (interim): 2003 – March 2005
- Dr. Charles McMillan (interim): March 2005 – May 2005
- Dr. Tommy Seedorf: June 2005 – February 2011
- Dr. Baxter Prevatte (interim): June 2011
- Rev. Tito Madrazo: June 2013