Married to Tracie Cooley Helms of Dothan, Alabama. Two grown daughters.
Licensed (1975) and ordained (1976) by First Baptist Church, Fort Payne, Alabama.
Ministerial Experience
- Pastor, Calvary Baptist/Cross Baptist Church, Eufaula, Alabama, 2013-2020
(Led in merger of Calvary Baptist and Lake City Baptist to form Cross Baptist in March 2017) - Pastor, Webb Baptist Church, Webb, Alabama, 2008-2013
- Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Union Springs, Alabama, 2000-2008
- Pastor, FBC, Satsuma Alabama, 1996-2000
- Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Scottsboro, Alabama, 1989-1996
- Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Covington, Georgia, 1983-1989
- Pastor, Beechridge Baptist Church, Bagdad, Kentucky, 1980-1983
- Pastor, Christian Valley Baptist Church, Livingston, Alabama, 1976-1980
Education
- Master of Counseling and Psychology December 2004
- Troy University Troy, Alabama
- Doctor of Ministry May 1988
- Luther Rice Seminary Jacksonville, Florida
- Master of Divinity May 1983
- Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky
- B. S. History, Political Science minor August 1979
- Livingston University (University of West Alabama) Livingston, Alabama
