Utica Baptist Church of Utica, Mississippi, is a 195-year-old church with a desire to take the love of Christ to our community and our world. Upon the recent retirement of our pastor of fourteen years, we are prayerfully seeking the Holy Spirit’s guidance in finding God’s new man for our church. Through the years, we have seen our congregation grow smaller as people have passed away or moved away. Yet, though we have declined in numbers, we believe we have grown in our understanding of God’s purpose for His people. In addition to Sunday School and Sunday morning worship (averaging around 60), we have a vibrant Operation Christian Child ministry (3500 boxes this year), a men’s prayer breakfast, Sunday night fellowship and Bible study (Brown Bags and Bibles), and Wednesday night prayer services. But we are ready to begin greater outreach to serve our community more fully. As you pursue God’s call on your life, if you delight in studying and preaching God’s Word, have a heart for an aging congregation, and desire to take God’s people to new places, please consider our church and pray for us as we seek God’s will.