| | Numerous Missionary Baptist pastors in the Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas region are graduates of LMBIS. Joe Morell, a missionary to [[Lithuania]], formerly pastored Greenacres Missionary Baptist Church in Bossier City, Louisiana.<ref>Missionary Training Ministry: www.missionarytrainingministry.com/profile_morell.html</ref> Jerrell T. Head pastored churches in Texas and worked for a time as a missionary in [[Mexico]] before he began a mission in Stonewall in DeSoto Parish.<ref>Landmark Baptist Mission, Stonewall, Louisiana: http://www.landmarkstonewall.com/pastor.htm</ref>Bryan Sellers, a 2000 graduate of LMBIS originally from Ruston, Louisiana, is pastor of the Valley Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Spokane, [[Washington State|Washington]].<ref>Valley Landmark Baptist Church, Spokane, Washington: http://www.valleylandmarkbaptist.net/pastor.html</ref> | | Numerous Missionary Baptist pastors in the Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas region are graduates of LMBIS. Joe Morell, a missionary to [[Lithuania]], formerly pastored Greenacres Missionary Baptist Church in Bossier City, Louisiana.<ref>Missionary Training Ministry: www.missionarytrainingministry.com/profile_morell.html</ref> Jerrell T. Head pastored churches in Texas and worked for a time as a missionary in [[Mexico]] before he began a mission in Stonewall in DeSoto Parish.<ref>Landmark Baptist Mission, Stonewall, Louisiana: http://www.landmarkstonewall.com/pastor.htm</ref>Bryan Sellers, a 2000 graduate of LMBIS originally from Ruston, Louisiana, is pastor of the Valley Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Spokane, [[Washington State|Washington]].<ref>Valley Landmark Baptist Church, Spokane, Washington: http://www.valleylandmarkbaptist.net/pastor.html</ref> |
| − | Richard D. Methvin (born 1960), previously a [[farmer]], assumed the pastorate of Eastside Missionary Baptist Church in Minden in 1998. Originally a mission established by Calvary church in 1955, Eastside Church unveiled a $2.3 million sanctuary early in 2008 to replace the previous main building constructed in 1965.<ref>"We want our church to grow", ''Minden Press-Herald'', February 15, 2008: http://www.nwlanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7741&Itemid=57</ref>Previous Eastside pastors also affiliated with LMBIS were the late Austin T.(A.T.)Powers (1896-1975) of Texarkana and Roy E. Chapman (1932-1994).<ref>Social Security Death Index</ref> | + | Richard D. Methvin (born 1960), previously a [[farmer]], assumed the pastorate of Eastside Missionary Baptist Church in Minden in 1998. Originally a mission established by Calvary church in 1955, Eastside Church unveiled a $2.3 million sanctuary early in 2008 to replace the previous main building constructed in 1965.<ref>"We want our church to grow", ''Minden Press-Herald'', February 15, 2008: http://www.nwlanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7741&Itemid=57</ref>Previous Eastside pastors also affiliated with LMBIS were the late Austin T. (A.T.) Powers (1896-1975) of Texarkana and Roy E. Chapman (1932-1994).<ref>Social Security Death Index</ref> |