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Dr. Ulysees C.
Barnes, Sr. is the pastor of Corinth Missionary
Baptist Church in Temple, Texas. He is also a
retired fireman.
He was born in
Wilson County, North Carolina, and attended public
school in Spring Hope, North Carolina and
graduated from Spaulding High School.
On November 27,
1977 he was licensed to preach under the
administration of Pastor J. W. Williams at
Pleasant Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Waco,
Texas. On March 31, 1978 he was ordained to the
gospel ministry by the authority and order of the
Pleasant Olive Baptist Church in Waco, Texas.
In 1978, Dr. Barnes
received the call to the pastoral ministry of the
Macedonia Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, serving
from 1978 to 1990. In October 1990, Dr. Barnes was
called to pastor the Corinth Missionary Baptist
Church in Temple, Texas, where he continues to
provide leadership. He is
known throughout
the central
Texas area
for his
innovative and
progressive
spiritual leadership.
In addition to his
pastoral ministry, he serves as: Moderator
Emeritus of
Lincoln District Association of Texas, member of
Bell Baptist Association, Belton, Texas; charter
member of A. Phillip Randolph, Inc.; member of
Southern Baptist Convention of Texas; member of
the Foreign Mission Board, Vice President of the
Union Baptist Fellowship, Inc., Treasurer of Full
Gospel Baptist Fellowship of Central Texas, member
of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, F&AM Masonic Lodge
No. 583, member of International Association of
Fire Fighters, Local L-0478 (retired), founder and
President of the Temple Area Co-Ed Ministers
Association.
Dr. Barnes
is also a man of vision. He continually
encourages all
to build a better and more productive life
through the Word of God and education. He holds a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Paul
Quinn College, Dallas, Texas; Master of Arts in
Religious Education and a Master of Divinity
Degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, and a Doctorate in
Ministry and Counseling from the Institute for
Teaching God's Word Seminary in Rockdale, Texas.
He is an
established believer in expanding God's Word in
many areas and in many ways. Through the Divine
guidance of the Lord, he organized a bus ministry,
Ambassador Chorus (for young adults), Barnes
Celestial Choir (for children), established an
education and scholarship department for Corinth
Baptist Church and Lincoln District Association.
Dr. Barnes also furthered the vision at Corinth
Baptist Church by overseeing the setup of a
computer center, a church library, and recently
obtained and dedicated a Texas State Historical
for Corinth Baptist Church.
He is married to
the former Gladys Foster of Waco, Texas.
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