Wadsworth Church, Deatsville, new pastor

Ernie Willis is the new pastor of Wadsworth Church, Deatsville. His first Sunday was Dec. 7. He previously served as pastor of The Community Church, Springville. He also serves as a regional hospice chaplain and bereavement coordinator for the Southeast Hospice Network. He holds a bachelor’s degree in pastoral theology from Southeastern Bible College in Birmingham and a master of divinity from Beeson Divinity School of Samford University in Birmingham. He and his wife, Michele, have three children.