Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly.
STAFF CHANGES
Megan Gant, to Jersey Baptist Church, Lexington, N.C., as family minister.
Dan Gaudinier, to First Baptist Church, Augusta, Ga., as minister of contemporary worship.
Jillian Hankamer, resigning as associate pastor of youth at Kirkwood (Mo.) Baptist Church.
Ashlee Hilburn, to Forest Hills Baptist Church, Raleigh, N.C., as contemporary worship leader.
John W. Hill, to Memorial Baptist Church, Newport, Tenn., as pastor. He comes from Speegleville Baptist Church, Waco, Texas, where he served as associate pastor.
Janet Hoover, to New Bethel Baptist Church, Indianapolis, Ind., as pastor, effective July 9.
Robbie Jones, now serving as interim minister to children at Central Baptist Church, Richmond, Va.
Jesse Martin, now serving as campus pastor of the Mechanicsville campus of Atlee Community Church, Mechanicsville, Va.
Bob Newell, to Northside Baptist Church, Clinton, Miss., as intentional interim pastor.
Tim Sanderlin, to Mountain Brook Baptist Church, Birmingham, Ala., as minister to students.
Larry Soblotne, concluding his tenure as pastor of Faith Baptist Church, Hampton, Va.
Matthew Tennant, to University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va., as senior pastor, effective July 31. He comes from the pastorate of Kilmarnock (Va.) Baptist Church.
Neil Westbrook, concluding his tenure as pastor of Forest Hills Baptist Church, Raleigh, N.C.
Art Wright, now serving as acting director of the doctor of ministry program at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. He currently serves as affiliate professor of spirituality and New Testament and will hold both posts for the upcoming academic year.
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ORDINATIONS
Scott Biggers, ordained to ministry on June 4 by First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va.
Josie Carver, ordained to ministry on May 28 by First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va.
Melissa Manuel, ordained to ministry on June 4 by Heritage Baptist Church, Annapolis, Md.
Mandy McMichael, ordained to ministry on May 21 by Pintlala (Ala.) Baptist Church.
Luke Overstreet, ordained to ministry on June 4 by Rosalind Hills Baptist Church, Roanoke, Va.
Cindy Rains, ordained to ministry on May 21 by First Baptist Church, Abilene, Texas.
KUDOS
CHURCH ANNIVERSARY
First Baptist Church, Westfield, N.J.; 150 years; June 4.
STAFF ANNIVERSARIES
Michael Fitzgerald, 35 years as senior pastor of Clifford Baptist Church, Amherst, Va.
J. Muckenfuss, 10 years as minister of discipleship at Yates Baptist Church, Durham, N.C.
Nancy Ambrose Schneider, 5 years as director of music ministries at Northside Baptist Church Mechanicsville, Va.
In case you missed them:
Transitions for the week of 06.02.17
Transitions for the week of 05.26.17