Easter drive-in services at First Baptist Church in Jackson

Ben Matthews

Sunday, April 12, 2020

More than 50 vehicles parked near the intersection of Jefferson and South High streets in Jackson for a drive-in Easter Sunday service on April 12, 2020, hosted by First Baptist Church in Jackson. Senior pastor Troy Richards preached from atop a 15-foot-tall, mechanical lift and audio of the sermon was radio broadcasted to cars using a church van fitted with radio transmitters.

First Baptist Jackson senior pastor Troy Richards blesses those in attendance at the church's drive-in service held Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Wanda Choate takes a photo on her phone while parked next to Margaret Tallent, bottom right, as they await the start of First Baptist Jackson's drive-in Easter service Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
First Baptist Jackson senior pastor Troy Richards delivers a sermon to more than 50 vehicles in attendance at the church's drive-in service held Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
First Baptist Jackson senior pastor Troy Richards delivers a sermon to more than 50 vehicles in attendance at the church's drive-in service held Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

First Baptist Jackson worship and media pastor Daniel Maasen leads drive-in churchgoers in music on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Caleb Hitt carries a sign through a parking lot at the intersection of Jefferson and South High streets showing attendees how to tune into a radio broadcast of the drive-in Easter service Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Churchgoers converse while staying inside their vehicles during First Baptist Jackson's Easter Sunday drive-in service April 12, 2020, in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
First Baptist Jackson senior pastor Troy Richards takes a panoramic photo of the more than 50 vehicles in attendance at the church's drive-in service on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
From right, First Baptist Jackson worship pastor Daniel Maasen and Brent Crites help senior pastor Troy Richards lower a 15-foot-high mechanical lift used in the church's drive-in service on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)