Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly.
STAFF CHANGES
David Berube, to Federated Church of Edgartown, Mass., as pastor.
Shiloh Bradshaw, to First Baptist Church, Holden, Mass., as pastor.
Andy Brown, to Crossroads Baptist Church, San Antonio, Texas, as family life and children’s pastor.
Ben Brown, to First Baptist Church, Waynesboro, Va., as minister to families with youth.
Coralotta Darwin, to First Baptist Church, Plymouth, Mass., as pastor.
David Doles, to Federated Church, Brookston, Ind., as pastor. He comes from First Baptist Church, Columbus, Ind., where he was pastor.
Walter Draughon III, to First Baptist Church, Bristol, Va., as interim pastor.
Tom Ertz, to Jordan’s Grove Baptist Church, Central City, Iowa, as pastor.
Ben Faus, to First Baptist Church, Cuero, Texas, as youth minister.
Kory Ferree, to New Prospect Baptist Church, Bloomington, Ind., as pastor.
Eddie Graves, concluding his tenure as pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church, Valdese, N.C.
Gail Hill, to First Baptist Church, Chico, Wash., as pastor.
Sandor Hull, to First Hungarian Baptist Church, Detroit, Mich., as pastor.
Tali Jamir, to First Baptist Church, Belmont, Mass., as pastor.
Meg Lacy, concluding her tenure as minister of spiritual formation and care at Emerywood Baptist Church, High Point, N.C., effective the end of October.
Phil Lowther, to First Baptist Church, Cambridge Springs, Penn., as assistant pastor.
Nathaniel Manderson, to First Baptist Church, Gloucester, Mass., as pastor.
Alexander Payne Sr., to McKinley Memorial Baptist Church, Willow Grove, Pa., as pastor.
Jerrell Riggins, to Messiah Baptist Church, Brockton, Mass., as pastor.
David Roberts, to Sycamore Baptist Church, Franklin, Va., as intentional interim pastor.
Andy Roby, to The Memorial Baptist Church, Greenville, N.C., as associate pastor for music and worship arts.
Garrett Saake, to Emerywood Baptist Church, High Point, N.C., as interim minister of music.
Bert Schmid, to First Baptist Church, Hickory, N.C., as church administrator.
Sarah Stender, to First Baptist Church, Beaufort, S.C., as minister of music and worship arts.
Annie Sutton, to Johns Creek Baptist Church, Alpharetta, Ga., as children’s pastor.
Nancy Wilbanks, to First Baptist Church, Littleton, Mass., as pastor.
Rob White, to First Baptist Church, Davenport, Iowa, as pastor.
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RETIREMENT
John S. Williams, retiring as executive minister of the American Baptist Churches Central Region.
ORDINATIONS
Christi S. Hollifield, ordained to ministry on Oct. 8 by First Baptist Church, Marion, N.C.
Kathryn House, ordained to ministry on Sept. 17 by First Baptist Church, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Jay Thornton, ordained to ministry on June 25 by First Baptist Church, Pella, Iowa.
DEATH
Robert Bradford, 91, died Sept. 8 in Everett, Wash. He was an American Baptist pastor at numerous churches for 35 years, including a Baptist church start in Hawaii. He was regional director of the American Baptist Churches of the Pacific Northwest. He is preceded in death by his wife, Betty, and is survived by three children, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
KUDOS
STAFF ANNIVERSARY
Renee Purtlebaugh, 10 years as associate pastor to children and their families at Highland Baptist Church, Louisville, Ky.
In case you missed them:
Transitions for the week of 10.06.17
Transitions for the week of 09.29.17
Transitions for the week of 09.22.17
There were no transitions for the week of 09.15.17