Worship Services

Christ-Centered Congregation

Attending worship services at Seventeenth Street Missionary Baptist Church in Anniston, AL can help you feel God’s grace in your life. Be blessed as you hear His word from our Shepard. Our congregation embraces people of different ages and ethnicities. We believe that despite our differences, we are all one in God.

Our History

It is imperative for us as a people to pause and look back to our origins and the way we have come. It is well said that “a person who does not know where he came from does not know where he is going.” We need to be reminded often of where we had our beginnings and what our roots are.

The Prophet Isaiah said, “Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.” (Isaiah 51:1) The following is a brief sketch of where we came from. One of the things that make the history of Seventeenth Street Missionary Baptist Church so inspiring is that it has made us realize that God is actually at work for the salvation of mankind in this community where we live. Nowhere do we see the work of God more clearly than in the strange and wonderful way in which He has revealed Himself through the believers who were followers of His Truth. We can best understand the history of God’s church by looking at the parts played in it under God and by the multitude of pastors and members who have brought us this far on our way. What kind of rock were we hewn from and what was the pit like that we were dug from?

The Seventeenth Street Missionary Baptist Church had its humble beginning in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty (1880) on McMillian Hill (currently known as Noble Street), Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama.

Among the Founding Fathers of this church were Reverend Burrell Snow, who served as moderator, Reverend Isaiah Blackwell, brothers Carter Pyles, Reddin Wiley, Jack Francis, Larkin Francis, Simon McClellan, and members of their families.

For seven years, this fellowship held regular worship services under the name of Concord Baptist Church. Because of the rapid growth, the building became too small to accommodate the congregation.

Reverend A. W. Williams-1887, the membership purchased a lot at 1521 Pine Avenue, this city, for the site of the new church. The Reverend A. W. Williams was extended the call to serve as pastor. He designed and supervised the construction of a new church house. The name of the church was changed to the Galilee Baptist Church.

The church organization included Reverend A. W. Williams, Pastor and Handy Crook, Clerk of Church. The Board of Deacons included William Crook, W.P. Crook, Temple Jackson, Howard Smith, and Joe Delaney.

Other Pastors

Following the Reverend A. W. Williams’ pastorate, the following ministers served brief terms: Reverend W.M. Walker, Reverend W.P. Pullen, Reverend L.G. James, Reverend J. Simmons, Reverend F.R. Kennedy, and Reverend L.S. Smith.

Dr. J.H. Eason In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Eight, Dr. J.H. Eason was selected as pastor. During the years to follow, Seventeenth Street became the meeting center for all major events.

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Dr. D.A. Reid
Reverend J.H. Turner
Dr. Williams Hicks
Dr. P.J. Watkins
Reverend B.B. Williams
Dr. Dennis Comer Washington, Sr.
Dr. Nimrod Q. Reynolds
Reverend E. Steven Richardson
Reverend Jeffrey E. Mills

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Because of dissatisfaction in 1914, the Mount Calvary Baptist Church was organized

Reverend Turner was the Tenth Pastor

The Eleventh Pastor serving the Church

Dr. Watkins was the Twelfth Pastor serving the Church

Reverend Williams’ term of service came during the Great Depression

Dr. Washington in March 1939 became the fourteenth pastor

Dr. Reynolds became the Fifteenth Pastor in 1960 to January 2009

Reverend Richardson, the Sixteenth Pastor, January 2010 to August 2014

Reverend Mills is the Seventeenth Pastor, April 2016 to present

Attend Our Worship Services

If you want to be blessed by God’s word, visit Seventeenth Street Missionary Baptist Church in Anniston, AL. Feel His presence in your life with our worship services and ministry events. You are now a few steps away from living a life of faith.