ABOUT US
WELCOME TO CLIFFORD!
Our worship service is more traditional accompanied by organ and piano. Children (ages 4 – 5th grade) are dismissed during our congregational greeting time to go to Shining Lights or King Jesus Kids. We have a traditional adult choir singing weekly or some other form of special music is provided. The worship service includes songs of worship and a message from our Senior Pastor, Dr. Rev. Michael R. Fitzgerald.

Here’s What You Can Expect!
Service Times
Sundays
9:45 AM // Sunday School
11:00 AM // Sunday Worship Service
9:00 AM // Radio Station WLNI (105.9 fm)
Wednesdays
8:00 PM-9:20 PM // Wednesday Night Youth Explosion
What We Believe
As you learn more about the personality of Clifford Baptist Church, we are a church that stands on some firm doctrinal scriptural foundations. These next few paragraphs will give you a thumbnail sketch of the beliefs that hold us together as a church and give us the commission to reach out with the love and good news of Jesus Christ.
There are three basic doctrines that form the core of Clifford Church:
Download our Constitution and By-Laws
Our Pastoral Leadership
Rev. Dr. Michael Fitzgerald
Senior Pastor
Michael R. Fitzgerald was born and raised in Staunton, VA. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy/Religion from James Madison University in 1979. His seminary degree, Master of Divinity, was earned from Southeastern Baptist Seminary in 1982. That same year, he came as pastor of Clifford Baptist Church . He also earned the Doctor of Ministry degree from Drew University in 1988. He is married to the former Gwendolyn Foster. Mike and Gwen have two married children, CariJoy (Joseph) and Gabriel (Karen) and two grandsons, Noah and James.
Rev. Clyde Mawyer, Jr.
Associate Pastor/Minister of Education
Clyde M. Mawyer, Jr. was born in Charlottesville , VA and lived there until the age of 13. He moved to this area at that time and has been a member of Clifford Baptist Church since 1966. He received an Associate in Applied Science degree in Forestry from Dabney S. Lancaster Community College in 1974; and is currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Science degree in Religion, at Liberty University . He is married to the former Elizabeth Susan Howell.
Rev. Jeffrey Campbell
Youth Pastor
Jeffrey was born in Lynchburg, VA and raised in Amherst, VA. He has been a member of Clifford Baptist Church since 2006. He received an Associate Degree in Machine Operations from Central VA Community College in 2005 and is currently taking the Liberty Home Bible Institute program through Liberty University. Jeffrey is married to the former Terri Bolden and they have two children, Levi and Ethan.
Our Deacons

Ivan Johnson
Chairman

Ed Sale

Ed McCann

Glen Mabrey

Jess Coleman

Fred Cox

Matt Giles

Wayne Massie

Randy Campbell

Kelly Holmes

John Coots

Buddy Jennings

Johnny Eagle
Our Staff
Dr. Thomas Doss
Minister of Music
Thomas (Tom) W. Doss was born and raised in Lynchburg, VA. He is a graduate of Liberty University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education, Master of Arts in Religion, and a Doctorate in Worship Studies. He has served in a number of churches along the East Coast in the area of music and worship. He is married to the former Joyce Goodwin.Together they have two sons, Jonathan and Phillip.
Kim Morcom
Ministry Assistant
Kim is a native of this area growing up within 4 miles of this church and has attended Clifford Baptist all her life. She left the corporate world as an Administrative Assistant in 1997 to become Cliffords first secretary and was certified through Lifeway as a Ministry Assistant in 2000. She is married to Greg Morcom and they have two children, Randall and Tiffany.
Melinda Padgett
Treasurer
Melinda H. Padgett was born and raised in Fishersville, VA. She recieved a Bachelor of Science degree in Consumer Science with a minor in Business from Bridgewater College in 1997. She has been a member of Clifford Baptist Church since 2010. She is married to Michael S. Padgett and they have two children, McKayla and McKenzie.

Buddy Jennings
Maintenance Coordinator

Kelly Martin
Custodian

Liz Alcock
Parish Nurse
Our Council
Clifford Baptist Church’s Council/Board of Directors are made up of the following people:
Baptist Men’s Director – Fred Cox
Finance Committee Chairman – Melinda Padgett
Nominating Committee Chairman – Kim Bond
Personnel Committee Chairman – Jake Garland
Inclement Weather
Wednesday Morning Bible Study with Pastor Clyde
If Amherst Co. Public Schools are on a delay or closed, there will not be Wed. morning Study.
Wednesday Night Bible Study
Will be determined on a case by case basis and if cancelled, it will be posted on our Facebook page, an e-mail notification and text alert sent and submitted to radio station Equip FM and television station WSET.
Sunday Morning Services
We strive to never cancel our 11:00am Worship Service but leave it to the discretion of our congregation if they are comfortable traveling. However, our 8:30am Worship Service & Sunday School is sometimes cancelled. Should the 8:30am Worship Service & Sunday School be cancelled, we will send out an e-mail and text alert, post on our church Facebook page and, submit it to radio station Equip FM and television station WSET.
*NOTE: If parking lots need to be cleaned, the asphalt surfaces of the Social Hall and parking across the road from the church plant will be open.