New Prospect celebrating its bicentennial Sunday
New Prospect Baptist Church - the oldest Baptist church in Winston County and the third oldest in Alabama - will celebrate its 200th anniversary of serving God in the community with a special service this Sunday, Oct. 6. (Courtesy photo)
HALEYVILLE - Six years after Alabama became a state in 1819, before Winston County even existed as its own entity, God planted a church along the newly formed Byler Road.