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Transitions
ON THE MOVE
Joey Tucker, to Mount Zion Baptist Church, Chase City, Va., as pastor.
Stephen Allen, to South Run Baptist Church, Springfield, Va., as pastor.
Charles Jones, to Hornsby Baptist Church, Grafton, Va., as pastor.
Robert “Bob” Johansen, to Tar Wallet Baptist Church, Cumberland, Va., as pastor.
Frank Gribble III, resigning as pastor of Fieldale (Va.) Baptist Church, to become a church planter in Indiana.
Rick Mallory, resigning as pastor of Morgans Baptist Church, Bedford, Va., to accept a pastorate in Tazewell, Va.
Dan Agee, to Floyd (Va.) Baptist Church, as interim pastor.
Jimmy Dunn, to Chestnut Grove Baptist Church, Appomattox, as interim pastor.
Michael Gregory, to Antioch Baptist Church, Yale, Va., as interim pastor.
Felicia Taylor, resigning as minister of youth and young adults at Rhoadesville (Va.) Baptist Church.
Alison Chapman, resigning as church organist at Smithfield (Va.) Baptist Church.
Allison Benfield, to St. John’s Baptist Church, Virginia Beach, Va., as director of children’s ministries.
Joel Ingram, to Chester (Va.) Baptist Church, as contemporary worship leader.
Warren and Maureen Howell, concluding their 12 years of ministry as minister of worship and music and organist, respectively, of St. John’s Baptist Church Charlotte, N.C.
Justin Glenn, to Red Lane Baptist Church, Powhatan, Va., as minister of discipleship and families.
Claire George, to Carlisle Avenue Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., as minister to families.
Daniel Wilson, to First Baptist Church, Martinsville, Va., as assistant pastor for family ministry and education.
Jackie Copeland, to First Baptist Church, Edenton, N.C., as assistant music director/organist.
RETIREMENTS
Joe and Kathy Northen, retiring as minister of music and organist/music associate, respectively, at First Baptist Church, Danville, Va. They have served there for over 25 years.
Judson Nuckols, retiring as pastor of Langley Baptist Church, Hampton, Va.
ORDINATIONS
Gary Limbrick, ordained to the ministry on June 2 by Bethel Baptist Church, Fredericksurg, Va., where he serves as youth minister.
Diane Lipsett, professor of New Testament and Christian origins at Wake Forest (N.C.) Divinity School, ordained to the ministry on June 16 by Knollwood Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, N.C.
DEATHS
Jimmy Lewis, pastor of Union Grove Baptist Church, Keysville, Va., died May 29. He was a recording artist and piano player for the Foundations Gospel Group. He is survived by his wife, Karla; a stepbrother, Ted Lewis; step sister, Jeannie McPeak; and nieces and nephews. A funeral service was held June 2 at Union Grove Baptist Church.
Jack Noffsinger, pastor emeritus of Knollwood Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, N.C., died June 4. He became pastor of the First Baptist Church of Gainesville, Fla. in 1951, a post he held until he became pastor of the newly formed Knollwood Baptist Church in 1957. He retired from Knollwood in the late 1980s. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Louise Watlington Noffsinger. He is survived by his wife, Shirley W. Noffsinger; two daughters, Judy and Lynda Noffsinger; son, Tom Noffsinger, and six grandchildren. A memorial service was held June 7 at Knollwood Baptist Church.
Kudos
Glenn Jonas, the Charles B. Howard Professor of Religion and chair of the department of religion at Campbell University, received the 2013 Carolyn Blevins Meritorious Service Award from the Baptist History & Heritage Society during the society’s annual meeting May 20-22. The award is presented each year to a member of the BHHS who has contributed to the life and work of the society. It is named for Carolyn Blevins, a Baptist historian who taught at Carson-Newman College for 30 years before retiring as associate professor of religion emerita.
30 YEARS
David Helms, celebrating 30 years as pastor of First Baptist Church, Southern Pines, N.C.
20 YEARS
Chris Monroe, celebrating 20 years as associate senior pastor for worship at Vinton (Va.) Baptist Church.
10 YEARS
Brenda Green, celebrating 10 years as executive administrator for Middle District Baptist Association.
Barbara Hollowell, celebrating 10 years as associate pastor for discipleship ministries at First Baptist Church, Ashland, Va.
Brent Rector, celebrating 10 years as associate pastor of Woodhaven Baptist Church, Apex, N.C.
Events
SUN., JUNE 23
Belmont Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va.; concert by Annie Moses Band at 7:30 p.m. sponsored by Belmont and University Baptist churches in Charlottesville and Crozet (Va.) Baptist Church. There is no admission but a love offering will be taken.
Fieldale (Va.) Baptist Church; 94th anniversary with homecoming; former pastor Joe Bryant, guest speaker; dinner to follow.
SUN.-WED., JULY 14-17
Second Branch Baptist Church, Chesterfield, Va.; homecoming on Sunday at 11 a.m. with Dennis Tucker, pastor of Southside Baptist Church, as speaker; dinner on the grounds; revival Sunday at 6:30 p.m. and weeknights at 7:30 p.m.
News
OASIS Church Music Conference will be July 15-17 at Campbell University Divinity School. “Carnegie at the Creek” concert will be Monday at 7 p.m., featuring hymn anthems based in American folklore and traditional hymnody accompanied by local blue grass musicians. The music is celebrating the Appalachian roots of composers Pepper Choplin, minister of music at Greystone Baptist Church, Raleigh, and Joseph Martin, director of sacred publications at Shawnee Press. On Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., Martin and Choplin will be on concert. On Wednesday at 7 p.m. the North Carolina Baptist All-State Youth Choir will bring their state choir tour to Campbell. In addition to Choplin and Martin, conference leaders include Randy Edwards, founder of YouthCue, and Mark Wingfield, associate pastor at Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas. To register, go to www.divinity.campbell.edu.
Fred Bahnson, director of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity’s Food, Faith and Religious Leadership Initiative, will be a featured guest speaker at the annual Wild Goose Festival, to be held Aug. 8–11 in Hot Springs, N.C. This year’s festival focuses on the care of creation and each morning Bahnson will be speaking on food, justice and sustainability.
CORRECTION
John Greenhill, celebrating 5 years as associate pastor for youth and college ministries at Huguenot Road Baptist Church, Richmond, Va.