BIOGRAPHICAL

 

PAUL TAYLOR MURPHY

 

Personal

Born 1 December 1956, in Sylacauga, Alabama

Son of Frank (with the Lord) and Charline Murphy of Sylacauga

Home Church: First Baptist Church of Sylacauga

Converted 9 November 1975

Ordained 30 October 1983 in Dauphin Way Baptist of Mobile, Alabama

Married to Deborah L. Lister 9 August 1980 (Parents: Harley and Jean Lister of Mobile)

 

Family

Wife, Debbie (7/21/59); Daughter, Lynn Marie Pugh (1/15/82), a graduate from the University of Mobile and married to K. J. Pugh in Louisville, Ky. at Southern Seminary with granddaughter Ella (9/2/06); Sons, Joshua Taylor (6/27/83), a graduate from the University of Alabama and employed with Alabama Power in Birmingham; Jesse Paul (7/13/87), a freshman at Jacksonville State; Judson Moody (3/28/89), a senior at Arab High

 

Education

Sylacauga High School, 1975

B.A., Mobile College, 1979

M.Div., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1983

D.Min., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1993

 

Ministry

1980-85:  Bus Director, Dauphin Way Baptist Church in Mobile, Alabama

1985-93:  Pastor, Twelfth Street Baptist Church in Gadsden, Alabama

1993-Present:  Pastor, First Baptist Church of Arab, Alabama