After five and a half years serving on the state evangelism team, Billy Harris is retiring from the role to focus on his pastorate.
Harris, pastor of Linden Baptist Church in Bethel Baptist Association, has served in a part-time capacity with the evangelism office of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM) since June 2012.
“He has been a blessing to Kingdom service,” said Sammy Gilbreath, SBOM evangelism director. “He’s a good communicator, he loves pastors and directors of missions and he’s a good teacher.”
Harris said the evangelism team is “like a family” and he enjoyed “working in unity and harmony with a great vision, purpose and singleness of mind.” He noted that he enjoyed pouring his life into encouraging churches to emphasize evangelism.
Harris said he is stepping down from the role to spend more time at Linden Baptist, a church he has served three times in the course of his ministry.
“It has been a great journey. They are some of the most precious people in all the world, and I am anticipating that God is going to do some really great things.” (Grace Thornton)
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