Maranatha Baptist Mission, Incorporated, an international faith missionary ministry, was founded in 1961 by the late Dr. H. Mel Rutter and Mrs. Dorothy Rutter and the late Dr. James W. Crumpton. Dr. and Mrs. Rutter served in Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru as missionaries; he served as President of our Mission for the first ten years. Dr. Rutter (Uncle Mel) was later President Emeritus of Maranatha Baptist Mission until his home going December 30, 1999. Dr. James W. Crumpton was Pastor of the West Side Baptist Church, Natchez, Mississippi for 57 years and was President of the Mission from 1971 until his retirement in 1999. Dr. Crumpton went home to be with the Lord on July 22, 2004. Dr. Bill McCorkle became President in 1999 until 2005. The Maranatha Baptist Mission is a ministry of the Victory Baptist Church (formerly West Side Baptist Church). It is supported by the free-will offerings of churches and individuals who have a burden to help get missionaries to the mission fields of the world.
Maranatha Baptist Mission, Incorporated, is a non-profit religious corporation under the laws of the State of Mississippi.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr. and Mrs. Rutter
|
|
|
|
|
Dr. and Mrs. Crumpton
|
|
