WE ARE QUITMAN FIRST
Welcome to First Baptist Church Quitman, Mississippi!
Whether a member or a guest, our aim is to love you like Jesus loves you.
Our Staff
Pastor
Dr. Daniel Caldwell, Interim
Dr. Caldwell joined us as interim pastor in September, 2024. He has served William Carey University for over three decades and has had a pulpit ministry in over twenty Mississippi Baptist churches. He and his wife, Brenda, are members of Petal First Baptist Church and have three adult children and four grandchildren.
Minister of Music
Bro. Edd Brashier, Interim
Bro. Edd Brashier came to us in October, 2024, as interim music minister. He has been in church music ministry for over forty years, and was previously a high school band director. He has a desire to help lead churches in worship, particularly during transitional times, through music that reaches all generations. He and his wife, Debbie, live in Clinton, and have 2 adult sons and 3 grandchildren.
Pictured here with Edd and Debbie are Edd’s 101-year young mother.
Student Minister
Colby & Shelby Avera, Interims
Colby and Shelby Avera stepped up to lead our 7th-12th grade students in 2024. Colby is an electrician by trade and works for The Service Company. Shelby is a kindergarten teacher at Southeast Elementary School. They welcomed their first child, Beau William, in January of this year.
Church Secretary
Judy Holifield
Judy Holifield joined the office team in April of 2025 as a part-time secretary. She was officially “retired”, but decided she needed to keep her brain active! She and her husband (Danny Ray) live in East Quitman and together they have 4 grown children, 11 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren!
Office Manager & Music Coordinator
Mona Odom
Mona came to FBC in October of 2014 as the Music Secretary, but has added multiple church technology responsibilities over the years. She and her husband (Eddie) live in Quitman and have 4 grown children and 4 grandchildren.
Children’s Ministry Coordinator
Molly Sorto
Molly came to FBC in 2020 when she began teaching at Quitman Upper Elementary as their Music Teacher. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Mississippi College and is pursuing her Master’s degree in Discipleship through New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Molly lives in Quitman.
What We Believe
First Baptist Church is affiliated with the Clarke County Baptist Association, the Mississippi Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention.
Like most Southern Baptist churches, we stand strongly with the Baptist Faith & Message 2000 which affirms the Bible as the infallible word of God, Jesus as God’s son (fully God and fully man), the Holy Spirit as the third part of the Trinity and the agent of peace, comfort and conviction, Sin as the condition of every person separating us from God, Jesus’ work on the cross as the only atonement for sin and the only means of salvation, and the promised literal return of Jesus for His church.
There are many other points in the Baptist Faith & Message.
We would be happy to provide you with a copy if you would like to look further into what we believe.