Location / Driving Directions 8253 Spanish Fort Blvd (US Hwy 31), Spanish Fort, AL Located between the Eastern Shore Center and Spanish Fort Town Center (Bass Pro Shops) on US Hwy 31, 1.5 miles west of State Hwy 181 (David’s Catfish House), or, 3 miles east of intersection of US 31/State Hwy 225 (Bruno’s Shopping Center.) Maps http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=30.672496&lon=-87.87919&mag=4&q1=8353%20Spanish%20Fort%20Blvd%20Spanish%20Fort%20ALhttp://www.mapquest.com/mq/5-N47tzo4aifpg1NtdWorship Services & ActivitiesSunday Prayer Time 7:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 p.m. Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Gateway (11yrs.-17yrs.) 5:00 p.m. Discipleship Training 5:30 p.m. Worship Service 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Youth /Children Supper 5:30 Youth / Children Services in Gym 6:00 p.m. Adult Bible Study / Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Adult Choir Practice 7:30 p.m. First Baptist Library Hours Sunday 9:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m./5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Wednesday 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m./6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Dr. Franklin L. Kirksey is pastor of First Baptist Church of Spanish Fort, Alabama where he has served since 2004. He was born on November 22, 1961 in Mobile, Alabama and was born again on May 16, 1965 in Citronelle, Alabama. Kirksey was called to the ministry after high school graduation in 1979 and has been a pastor for over twenty years. He has served churches in Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina.
He received his B.A. degree (cum laude) from William Carey University, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1983 where he was inducted into the Alpha Chi National Honor Society; he was selected Most Promising Student in Psychology in 1981; the M.Div. degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1986; the D.Min. degree from Southern Baptist School for Biblical Studies, Jacksonville, Florida, in 2001, where he received the President's Scholarship and served as a Research Assistant to Dr. Charles A. Williams, president. He was inducted into the R.G. Lee Society of Fellows at Union University, Jackson, Tennessee on January 2, 2002. Read more from an interview on PreachingPoint.com here: http://www.preachingpoint.com/templates/System/details.asp?id=43859&PID=690439
"Lost Bible beats owner to Spanish Fort church" http://thealabamabaptist.org//print-edition-article-detail.php?id_art=214 Dr. Franklin L. Kirksey was a writer for Adult EXTRA! of the Biblical Studies Department, LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention for five years (1995-2000) and is an approved writer for dated curriculum with the Leadership and Adult Publications, LifeWay Church Resources, a Division of LifeWay Christian Resources. He has published numerous articles, illustrations and sermon outlines in Pulpit Helps magazine (Chattanooga, Tennessee: AMG Publications). He writes columns in the Press-Register (Mobile, Alabama) and The Call News (Citronelle, Alabama) and the Washington County News (Chatom, Alabama)and has self-published several gospel tracts. Kirksey is the author of Sound Biblical Preaching: Giving the Bible a Voice with Foreword by Dr. Stephen F. Olford and Preface by Major W. Ian Thomas (North Charleston, South Carolina: BookSurge Publishing, An Amazon.com Company, 2004) it is also available on the WORDsearch 9 Preaching Library DVD-ROM (Austin, Texas, WORDsearch Corp., 2009). Sound Biblical Preaching has been reviewed by the following: Dr. Michael Duduit, PreachingNow online May 3, 2005; Ted Kyle, Pulpit Helps magazine, August 2005; Dr. Walter G. Nunn, The Alabama Baptist, October 20, 2005; Dr. James Bryant, Criswell Theological Review, Fall 2005 edition and Dr. Michael Catt, 2ProphetU online, Volume 07 Issue 13, July 2007.
Spanish Fort pastor marks 25 years in ministry
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Franklin Kirksey, pastor of First Baptist Church, Spanish Fort, in Baldwin Baptist Association, recently celebrated 25 years in the ministry. "These have been some of the most exciting, joy-filled years of my life," Kirksey said. His call to Christian service came in 1979 during a summer youth camp. Influenced by the ministries of James Dobson, Clyde Narramore and Tim LaHaye, Kirksey majored in psychology and counseling at William Carey College (now William Carey University) in Hattiesburg, Miss., with the intention of becoming a Christian counselor. God, however, had other plans, he said.
"Suddenly, one night, the Lord spoke to me in a still, small voice and asked, 'When are you going to do what I told you to do?'" Kirksey said. "Then I knew that I must surrender to the gospel ministry." He was licensed to preach at Shiloh Baptist Church, Saraland, Nov. 7, 1982, which was the official start of his ministry. He was ordained at Cottage Hill Baptist Church, Mobile, Jan. 17, 1988. Kirksey first served Seminary Baptist Church, Hintonville, Miss., (near Beaumont) as interim youth director then interim pastor while a student at William Carey and has since served churches in Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina. He has been in his present pastorate since 2004. A cum laude graduate of William Carey, Kirksey also earned a master of divinity degree at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and a doctor of Christian ministry degree from Southern Baptist School for Biblical Studies in Jacksonville, Fla. He enjoys speaking, writing articles and newspaper columns, book collecting and mentoring other pastors. Kirksey is the author of "Sound Biblical Preaching: Giving the Bible a Voice," released in 2005. In April 2007, he began a radio ministry called Giving the Bible a Voice. Kirksey and his wife, Sharon, have been married since 1991. Available from: http://www.al.com/news/alabamabaptist/index.ssf?/base/news/1199811619254600.xml&coll=8 Accessed: 03/22/08 Mary Ruth Lewis honored for 15 years of service as Sunday School Secretaryhttp://thealabamabaptist.org//print-edition-article-detail.php?id_art=9490
Dr. Franklin L. Kirksey is pastor of First Baptist Church of Spanish Fort, Alabama where he has served since 2004. He was born on November 22, 1961 in Mobile, Alabama and was born again on May 16, 1965 in Citronelle, Alabama. Kirksey was called to the ministry after high school graduation in 1979 and has been a pastor for over twenty years. He has served churches in Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina. 
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