"The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather
a legacy of character and faith."


—Billy Graham


Former Pastors of Flat Rock Baptist Church

  • 1824-1830 Elder John Purefoy
  • 1830 Elder William B. Warrell
  • 1831 - Elder Thomas Crocker
  • 1836-1838 Elder H. S. Spivey
  • 1839-1840 Elder M. D. Freeman
  • 1843 Elder W. A. Atkinson
  • 1850 Elder M. D. Freeman
  • 1856 Elder P. H. Smith
  • 1858 Elder R. B. Jones
  • 1859-1860 Elder R. B. Jones
  • 1860-1869 Elder William Royal
  • 1871 Elder W. A. Barrett
  • 1872 Elder W. B. Royal
  • 1873-1874 Elder W. A. Barrett
  • 1874-1881 Elder A. F. Purefoy
  • 1881 Elder A. R. Pitman
  • 1881-1883 Elder W. C. Scarborough
  • 1883-1885 Elder W. J. Fulford
  • 1885 Rev. J. L. White
  • 1887-1888 Rev. T. H. Paston
  • 1888-1889 Rev. John W. Mitchell
  • 1889-1890 Rev. J. R. Pace
  • 1891-1895 Rev. I. T. Newton
  • 1895-1896 Rev. W. J. Howell
  • 1896-1897 Rev. J. R. Jones
  • 1897-1900 Rev. A. A. Butler
  • 1900-1912 Rev. Alfred A. Pippen
  • 1913-1914 Rev. John F. Mitchiner
  • 1914-1915 Rev. Hampton G. Bryant
  • 1915-1920 Rev. James B. Davis
  • 1920-1921 Rev. Dan T. Hurley
  • 1922-1926 Rev. Charles B. Howard
  • 1926-1930 Rev. J. Clyde Yates
  • 1930 Rev. Calvin H. Norris
  • 1932-1935 Rev. E. H. "Eck" Gattis
  • 1936 Rev. L. B. Reavis
  • 1937 Rev. W. P. Guthrie
  • 1938-1940 Rev. James B. Davis
  • 1941-1951 Rev. A. W. Icard
  • 1951-1956 Rev. Billy Gordon
  • 1956-1957 Rev. J. C. Raper
  • 1957-1963 Rev. Grady Faulk
  • 1963-1966 Rev. W. J. "Bill" Taylor
  • 1966-1973 Rev. W. Floyd Benfield
  • 1973-1976 Rev. Don Bickers
  • 1976-1979 Rev. Billy Britt
  • 1980-1989 Rev. Gary Anderson
  • 1990-2021 Rev. Gary McNair
  • 2022-Present Rev. Jeremiah Baker