Chris Downing
Senior Pastor

Bro. Chris grew up in Marshall County and graduated from Murray State University with a B.S. in Public Relations and Marketing. He earned his Master of Arts in Christian Education from the Southern Baptist Theology Seminary in 2005.

Chris has served churches in Indiana, Tennessee and Kentucky during his 20+ years of ministry. He started his tenure at Canton Baptist Church in 2022. He has a passion for discipleship watching and experiencing people grow in their walk with Christ.

One of his favorite verses in the Bible is I Peter 1:25: The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord endures forever.

He enjoys watching University of Kentucky and Murray State University sports especially basketball. He also has a large and in charge collection of University of Kentucky memorabilia.

Pastor Chris and Alisa have been married since 2001 and they have one daughter Ella Cate. Alisa is a SPED teacher at Trigg County Intermediate School and Ella Cate is a senior at Murray State. In their downtime you can probably find them on a beach.

You can contact Pastor Chris at pastorchrisdowning@gmail.com