Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly.
STAFF CHANGES
Louise Barger, to First Baptist Church, Dayton, Ohio, as interim pastor.
Eric Costanzo, to South Tulsa (Okla). Baptist Church, as lead pastor. He comes from First Baptist Church, Tulsa, Okla., where he served as associate pastor.
Chris Davis, to Groveton Baptist Church, Alexandria, Va., as pastor. He comes from the pastorate of Whitton Avenue Bible Church, Phoenix, Ariz.
Bart Glatt, to First Baptist Church, Muskogee, Okla., as pastor of volunteer ministries.
Carol Green, to First Baptist Church, Stillwater, Okla., as director of children’s ministry.
Mark Mitchell, to Haran Baptist Church, Roanoke, Va., as youth minister.
Alan Selig, to Upper Merion Baptist Church, King of Prussia, Pa., as interim pastor.
Adam Triplett, to Waverly Place Baptist Church, Roanoke, Va., as pastor.
Sean Williams, to First Baptist Church, McMinnville, Oregon, as children’s and youth ministries coordinator.
RETIREMENTS
Ray Landis, retiring after 15 years as director of music at First Baptist Church, Dayton, Ohio.
Patricia Outlaw, retiring after 15 years as professor at Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, Ala. She is pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church-Rising in Birmingham. She was the first woman to graduate from Beeson’s doctor of ministry program in 2002
Fausto Vasconcelos, retiring after more than 10 years as director of the Missions, Evangelism and Theological Reflection division of the Baptist World Alliance, effective Aug. 31.
DEATH
Riley W. Eubank Jr., 91, died June 13 in Austin, Texas. He was pastor of four Texas Baptist churches: Seventh and James in Waco; Woodlawn in Austin; Webb in Arlington; Pawnee in Pawnee; and University Heights Baptist Church, Stillwater, Okla. He was vice chair of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission, trustee of Baylor University, member of the BGCT executive board and co-founder of the Waco Pastoral Counseling Center. He is predeceased by his wife, Wynelle. He is survived by a son, Dean; daughter, Nancy Eubank Lewis; stepson, Larry Vickery; stepdaughter, Raelyn Vickrey Olson; four granddaughters; and three great-granddaughters.
KUDOS
STAFF ANNIVERSARIES
Wyndee Holbrook, 5 years with the Academy of Preachers, located in Louisville, Ky. She currently serves as its executive director.
Bonnie Western, 5 years as pianist at Cradock Baptist Church, Portsmouth, Va.
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Transitions for the week of 07.08.16
Transitions for the week of 07.01.16