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Transitions for the week of 11-2-18

NewsBarbara Francis  |  November 1, 2018

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly.


STAFF CHANGES

Bob Balance, to First Baptist Church, Gretna, Va., as senior pastor. He comes from the pastorate of First Baptist Church, South Boston, Va.

Sam Bartlett, concluding his tenure as pastor of First Baptist Church, Galax, Va.

Kathleen Brown, to First Baptist Church, Penn Yan, N.Y., as interim pastor.

Grant Collier, to Central Baptist Church, Livingston, Texas, as music minister.

Lee Floyd, now serving as intentional interim pastor at First Baptist Church, Brady, Texas.

Stefana Dan Laing, to Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, Ala., as assistant professor of divinity and theological librarian.

Richard Landers, concluding his tenure as church administrator at Providence Baptist Church, Charlotte, N.C.

Miriam Mendez, to American Baptist Churches of New Jersey, as senior regional pastor and executive minister. Currently she serves ABC-NJ as associate regional pastor.

Sherry McGlaughlin, to First Christian Church, Olathe, Kansas, as pastor.

Anna Miller, concluding her tenure as pastor of Westhunt Baptist Church, Richmond, Va.

Jakob Topper, to NorthHaven Church, Norman, Okla., as senior pastor. Previously he was pastoral resident at Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas.

 

 

KUDOS

ANNIVERSARIES

Tom Gholson, 15 years as pastor of Brook Hollow Baptist Church, Nashville, Tenn.

CHURCH ANNIVERSARIES

Woodlands Church, The Woodlands, Texas; 25 years; Nov. 4.

 


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