About Us

The story of Pearl River Baptist Association is an inspiring story of ministers and members strong in the faith struggling against many forces and by the power of God being victorious in establishing a Christian witness in South Mississippi and beyond. Baptist work began in the area in 1842 when William Henry Varnado started working in the area and joined Calvin Magee to establish Palestine Baptist Church. in the following years many more churches were started, and the churches associated together from the beginning in local associations by different names until September 28, 1921 at Bethel Baptist Church when the association first called to order under their new name, Pearl River Baptist Association. Since then the family of churches in this association have continued the work of the great commission from here to the ends of the Earth. You can check out the history book of our association from the resource center in our association offices.