Jimmy DeMoss, along with Henry Wood, was instrumental in the organization of Texarkana Reformed Baptist Church (TRBC) in 1978 and has since that time served as pastor/elder of the church. He and his wife of 51 years, Lillian (Lil), have five grown children and nine grandchildren. Jimmy was converted in 1957 shortly after a three year hitch in the Marine Corps. Not long after his conversion he was convinced that he should prepare for the gospel ministry. He attended the University of Houston until 1960, and in January of 1961, he, his wife and two small children left Houston for Lexington, Kentucky, where he spent the next three and one half years attending Lexington Baptist College. He graduated in 1963 with a B.A. and in 1964 with a Th.B.

Jimmy has been in the pastoral ministry since he graduated from college. From 1964 to the present he has pastored three churches, one in West Texas and the other two in Texarkana. During his pastorate in West Texas he worked as a draftsman for the Texas Highway Department. After moving to Texarkana he began teaching high school and retired after 27½ years with the Texarkana Arkansas School District. While teaching at Arkansas High, he earned his M.E. degree from Texas A&M University at Texarkana.

During the first 20 years as pastor/elder of TRBC, Jimmy shared the pulpit ministry with the other elders. Since the mid-1990’s he has been primarily involved in teaching various Sunday School classes, pastoral counseling, visiting the elderly and members of TRBC, and in most of the administrative functions of the church. Some ten years ago Lil said to him on their way to the Lord’s Day services, “You know, the church is our life.” That is Jimmy’s sentiment as well. “We thank the Lord for his mercies to us at TRBC.”