Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly.
STAFF CHANGES
Leonard Ezell, to Broadmoor Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, La., as pastor, effective Nov. 1. He comes from the pastorate of Northwest Baptist Church, Ardmore, Okla.
Rene Maciel, to First Baptist Church, Woodway, Texas, as community life pastor. For the past nine years he has served as president of the Baptist University of the Americas in San Antonio, Texas.
Carolina Mengieri, now serving as meeting planning manager for the Baptist World Alliance.
ORDINATIONS
Hannah Niday, ordained to ministry on Oct. 2 by Central Baptist Church, Lexington, Ky. She will become chaplain at Four Winds Nursing Facility, Jackson, Ohio.
Marty Pike, ordained to ministry on Sept. 25 by Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., where he serves as minister to children and youth.
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KUDOS
CHURCH ANNIVERSARIES
Second Liberty Baptist Church, Quinton, Va.; 150 years; Oct. 8.
Taylorsville Baptist Church, Doswell, Va.; 175 years; Oct. 9.
Woodland Heights Baptist Church, Chesapeake, Va.; 100 years; Oct. 9.
STAFF ANNIVERSARIES
Phillip Cannon, 30 years as executive director at First Baptist Church, Dalton, Ga.
Nina Belle Durr, 35 years in music ministry at Faith Baptist Church, Georgetown, Ky. Currently she serves as keyboard minister.
Catherine White 25 years as director of music and organist at Madison Heights (Va.) Baptist Church.
In case you missed them:
Transitions for the week of 09.30.16
Transitions for the week of 09.23.16