Rev. Roger Parks of Winchester, has been called to serve as the Pastor of Marble Plains Baptist Church. 

Originally from Tullahoma, Rev. Parks and his wife, Carol, returned home to Tennessee following a 35-year ministry at Heritage Baptist Church in Prattville, Alabama. He will follow the 33-year ministry of Rev. Jack Hice at the historic church, located just inside Tims Ford State Park. 

The church, organized in 1857, first met in a brush arbor prior to moving into a log cabin. The first church building was constructed in 1860. Fire destroyed the church in 1913 and it was replaced by a new sanctuary that is still in use today, over 110 years later. Originally a Methodist Church, the congregation dwindled to only a handful of members following the displacement of the community when the Tims Ford Dam was built in 1970. 

In the 1990’s, under the leadership of Rev. Hice, the church became part of the Duck River Baptist Association and began to thrive again.  Today the membership comes from Franklin, Coffee, Moore and Lincoln counties.  Marble Plains Baptist Church is located at 525 Marble Plains Road in Winchester.