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New transitions this week

NewsBarbara Francis  |  March 4, 2016

STAFF CHANGES

Dan Barringer, concluding his tenure as interim pastor of First Baptist Church, Seymour, Ind.

Brent Beasley, resigning as pastor of Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas.

Eric Bruntmeyer, to Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas, as president, effective June 1. He currently serves as vice president for financial affairs and chief financial officer for Dallas Baptist University.

David Boarman, to Fairview Baptist Church, Martinsville, Va., as pastor.

Keith Felton, to First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky., as minister of missions.

Hunter Hale, concluding his tenure as pastor of Iron Gate (Va.) Baptist Church.

Tom Harrington, to University Baptist Church, Baltimore, Md., as senior pastor. He comes from the pastorate of Northwest Baptist Church, Milwaukee, Wis.

Eddie Heath, to Mid-Tidewater Baptist Association, Saluda, Va., as director of missions. He recently retired from the staff of the Baptist General Association of Virginia.

Mark W. Hetrick, to Speedway (Ind.) Baptist Church, as interim pastor.

Alex Kinchen, to Trinity Baptist Church, Lexington, Ky., as interim pastor.

Rob Pochek, to First Baptist Church, Charlottesville, as senior pastor. He comes from the pastorate of Raleigh Road Baptist Church, Wilson, N.C.

William Melton, to Buckroe Baptist Church, Hampton, Va., as pastor. Previously he was minister of Christian education at Ivy Memorial Baptist Church, Hampton, Va.

Mark Mitchell, resigning as associate pastor of Garden City Baptist Church, Roanoke, Va.

Ward Page, to Hayes Barton Baptist Church, Raleigh, N.C., as minister to students.

Clint Walker, to First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky., as youth minister.

Logan Williams, to First Baptist Church, Shelburn, Ind., as associate pastor.

RETIREMENTS

Robin Coira, retiring after 15 years as executive minister at Myers Park Baptist Church, Charlotte, N.C.

Jay Fields, retiring as pastor of Garden City Baptist Church, Roanoke, Va.

ORDINATION

Erica Evans Whitaker, ordained to ministry on Feb. 7 by Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, where she is a pastoral resident.

KUDOS

CHURCH ANNIVERSARY

Woodland Baptist Church, Louisville, Ky.; 50 years; March 5-6.

STAFF ANNIVERSARIES

Bill Webb, 20 years as editor of Word & Way, a newspaper for Midwest Baptists, located in Jefferson City, Mo.

Brian Varble, 15 years as minister of missions and recreation at Calvary Baptist Church, Lexington, Ky.

Richard L. Wood, 5 years as associate pastor for family ministry at Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church, Sanford, N.C.


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

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