First Baptist Church Bracktown

Roszalyn M. Akins, the former Roszalyn Mack and known to all as “Rosz”, is the wife of Rev. Dr. C. B. Akins, Sr., pastor of First Baptist Church Bracktown. She is mother to one son, Clyde B. Akins, Jr. and one daughter, CeKesha Bene’ Akins.

Roszalyn is a graduate of Bryan Station Senior High School, Lexington, KY. She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Transylvania University, Lexington, KY and a Master of Arts Degree at Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY. Her majors were Education & History. Roszalyn has served as an educator in the Fayette County School System for 27 years and is still giving of her service. During her tenure she has taught at Leestown Middle School, Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School , and has now returned to Leestown Middle School as Dean of Students.

Roszalyn is a member of First Baptist Church Bracktown and presently serves as the director of Family Life Ministries , Sunday School Teacher, Director of the Women’s Ministry, and a mentor to minister’s wives.

She has served in various leadeship capacities for the Consolidated District Association of Baptist Churches as she presently serves as a President Council Member. She formerly served as Youth Director, Vice President of the Women’s Auxiliary, President of the Women’s Auxiliary, and Executive Board Member.

Roszalyn was selected by the Department of Education to write a curriculum guide for the Department of Education for the State of Kentucky in Nigeria, Africa. She was listed in “Who’s Who” among Oustanding Women in America, nominated for Outstanding Young Women in Lexington by the Lexington’s Women’s Club, and selected Middle School Teacher of the Year by the Fayette County Public School System. Recently, Roszalyn received the Social Entrepreneur Award from the Lexington Leadership Foundation. The foundation defines this receipient as “a social entrepreneur is the driven, creative indiviudal who questions the status quo, exploits new opportunities, refuses to give up, and remakes the world for better”.

She is an in-demand speaker for Women’s Conferences in-state and out-of-state. She served as Chairperson for the Ann Graham Lotz’s Angel Ministries Revival held in Lexington, KY in April 2003, co-organizer of the Lexington Women “Firekeepers”, and is well known for her organizing and planning abilities for four dynamic and inspirational Christian Women Retreats held in Lexington, KY, Bowling Green, KY, Louisville, KY, Pigeon Forge, TN with over 2,000 women from across North America in attendance. She presently serves as the co-coordinator of the General Association of Kentucky Baptists Sister 2 Sister Conference.

Roszalyn retired in 2004 after completing 27 years of teaching. Her retirement was short-lived and after 8 months was called back into the school system as a consultant for Leestown Middle School. In 2006 Rosz initiated the start of an academy for black males entitled “Future BMW” (Black Males Working) in an all out effort to improve the life of African American males. At the present time 135 young males are enrolled in the academy. As a result of this academy, Georgetown College, Murray State University, and the University of Kentucky have partnered in this effort by offering full scholarships to any male that completes the academy successfully. The mission of the BMW program is to educate, motivate and activate the potential for excellence that lies within every African American male.

Roszalyn continually strives to live by her motto “ If heaven is pleased, it doesn’t matter who’s displeased”.