Pastor- Bro. Richard Hamlin
Richard Hamlin accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal savior in June of 1966 at the First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church of Taylor, Arkansas and surrendered to preach at Bogg Springs in July of 1974. He attended and graduated Taylor High School in May of 1977 and enrolled in the Missionary Baptist Seminary in the fall of that same year. He and the former Nancy Cloud of Magnolia, AR were married on August 11, 1978 and the Lord has blessed their home with five children.
In June of 1978 the Lord lead Bro. Hamlin to begin his ministry, leading him to serve as Youth Pastor of the First Missionary Baptist Church of Mabelvale, AR. The Lord continued to use Bro. Hamlin to serve churches in the central Arkansas region such as Lewisburg Missionary Baptist Church in Morrilton, Social Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Benton, Calvary Baptist Church in Hazen, and Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Malvern. During his service at Mt. Zion the Lord began to impress Bro. Hamlin with the need to work in the mission field. The Lord lead Bro. Hamlin and his family to Branson, MO. where he started the Bee Creek Baptist Mission. The Lord richly blessed Bro. Hamlin's work in that field of labor and after a few short years, the mission was fully established as a self supporting church and has continued to grow and minister to the needs of the folks in that area of Branson, MO. In September of 2003 Bro. Hamlin accepted the call to become Pastor of Sharon Missionary Baptist Church here in Benton, AR.