Dr. Beck was born in Birmingham, Alabama in October of 1960. He was saved by the grace of Jesus Christ as a child. He answered God’s call to professional ministry in 1980.
    John received the Bachelor of Arts Degree from Samford University in 1984. He earned a Master of Divinity Degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1988. And completed work for the Doctor of Ministry Degree from Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky in 2000.
    John has served as Pastor of First Baptist Church for more than ten years, coming to Childersburg in August of 1994. Prior to First Baptist Church, John served as Pastor of the Forest Hills Baptist Church, as Associate Pastor at the Eighty-fifth Street Baptist Church, and as Minister of Music and Youth at Sandusky Methodist Church. John has twenty-six years of professional ministry experience.
    John is married to the former Sue Smith from Forestdale. They have been married since 1984 and are the proud parents to two children: Joel Edward was born in July of 1986, and Laura Elise was born in January of 1990.

A favorite verse: Above all else, guard your heart, for from it flow the wellsprings of life—Proverbs 4:23.
 

    Ron Partain was born in Birmingham, AL in November of 1944. At the age of eleven, while living in Lexington, KY, he made his profession of faith at the Rosemont Baptist Church. He accepted the call to professional ministry at a Youth Rally in Birmingham at the age of fourteen.
    Ron majored in Music at Samford University in Birmingham.
    Ron’s ministry began at the Springdale Baptist Church in Tarrant, AL at the age of fourteen. He is in his forty-seventh year of vocational ministry. He has also served…
• First Baptist Church, Fultondale
• First Baptist Church, Ashland
• Westwood Baptist Church, Fultondale
• Lakeside Baptist Church, Birmingham
• First Baptist Church, Ashland
• First Baptist Church, Alexander City
• Red Star Baptist Church, Cape Girardeau, MO
• Northside Baptist Church, Anniston
• Inglenook Baptist Church
• Bethel Baptist Church, Odenville
• First Baptist Church, Moody
• First Baptist Church, Childersburg
    Ron is married to the former Sandra Lee from Ashland, AL. They were married in 1966, and are the proud parents of two children, Lorrie Susan Blackwell and Amy Leigh Dummier. Both of the girls are married and have gifted their parents with five of the world’s most brilliant grandchildren.

Ron claims Hebrews 11:1 as his life verse…"What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see."