Rev. Daylan C. Woodall, currently the senior pastor of First Missionary Baptist Church Decatur, is from the small community of Calcis, Alabama which is situated about forty-five minutes southeast of Birmingham. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Huntingdon College where he studied Religion and Communication Studies before attending New Orleans Baptist Theological Studies where he received a Master of Arts in Christian Education and a Master of Divinity.

In 2016 Rev. Woodall was elected as the sixteenth senior pastor of First Missionary Baptist Church Decatur and the youngest pastor in the church’s history. Rev. Woodall has published one book, Faces in the Crowd Around The Cross. His writing has also been featured in The Gospel Coalition and In 2024 he presented a paper entitled \”Our Rosetta Stone: Towards an Understanding of Twentieth Century Black Baptist Life” at the 2024 Baptist History and Heritage Society\’s Annual Convention.

Rev. Woodall is a husband and a father and writes a newsletter on Substack on History, culture and theology called “Too Hip For The Room”