About Berryville Baptist Church, Arkansas
Location
Berryville Baptist Church is a fundamental, independent Baptist church located in the beautiful Ozark mountains of northwest Arkansas. It is located in the capitol city of Carroll County, Berryville. Twelve miles west of Berryville is Eureka Springs and the Passion Play. Branson, MO, and all of its attractions are about fifty miles northeast.
History
Under the leadership of Pastor Lyndel Hix, Berryville Baptist Church was founded in 1985 as a mission out of the Open Door Baptist Church in Harrison AR, pastored by Bro. Howard Braymer. God soon blessed with the purchase of the former Assembly of God church building. After a fruitful ministry, Bro. Hix resigned to pastor a church in Sweetwater, TX. Bro. Kent York was then called as pastor, and he also had a good ministry before becoming an evangelist. God has greatly blessed him in this new ministry. Mark Carter then served for about eighteen months before being called to pastor in Des Moines, IA. Bro. Carter was followed by Bro. Eric Goodman, who served God in Berryville for over three years. Berryville Baptist invited Bro. Derryl DeShields to become pastor in February, and his first official Sunday was February, 19, 2006.
Our Pastor
Pastor DeShields is a 1984 graduate of Baptist Bible College in Springfield, MO. He pastored in Monett, MO, during his last two years in college as preparation for the mission field. He and his wife Kaye were approved as Baptist Bible Fellowship International missionaries to Austria in 1986 where they served for more than seven years. Since returning to the States, Bro. DeShields has pastored churches in Mississippi and Kansas before coming to Berryville.
