A New Chapter Begins...

Hello, and welcome!  My name is Barry Cater and I am very excited to be the new pastor of Five Points Christian Church as of April 2, 2023.  I also teach Personal Finance and Computer Lab at East Lawrence High School just a few miles from our church.  My wife is named Amy and she is a Chemistry and Physics teacher at Priceville High School.  We are blessed to have 2 daughters who are happily married and they are both English teachers in local schools.  We are the proud grandparents of a 2 year old girl, a newborn baby boy, and one on the way due to arrive in June.  My family moved to Alabama from South Carolina in August of 2007.  At that time, both of our girls were in middle school.  Time has most definitely flown by faster than I ever imagined it would!

After several years of pastoring full time, God laid it on my heart to switch to bi-vocational ministry a few years ago.  There is no doubt in my mind that God directed me to FPCC.  God has shown me and taught me more in these last few years than I could ever properly put down in just a blog post.  Suffice it to say, "I have learned my lessons."  The things that motivate me have changed for the better and I feel more excitement, anticipation, and energizing than I have in a good while.  

I would be so honored to get a chance to get to know you.  We meet for Sunday School at 9:30 followed by our worship service at 10:30.  Then we get together again on Wednesdays for prayer and Bible study at 6:30.  I personally like that FPCC recognizes the importance and need for quality family time by not having a Sunday night service.  It is not that we feel we do not "need" to have church on Sunday nights, it is just that in this day and age families have precious little time to spend time together and we desire to give that opportunity on Sunday evenings.  We very much maximize our time together on Sunday mornings!

If you would like, feel free to contact me at barry.cater@gmail.com - I will do my very best to respond quickly and help you as much as possible.  

Come on over and see us!

God Bless,
Brother Barry
​II Corinthians 5:21