Glenn Goggans retired as pastor of Mitts Chapel Baptist Church, Deatsville, July 30, after more than 17 years of service. Church members expressed gratitude for Glenn and his wife, Delane.
Speaking in Birmingham, pastor and author Tony Evans said of the U.S., “We continue to suffer from the wounds of division and calamity and crisis, racial animus (and) negative political discord that is often bred along racial lines.”
Herbert Reid retired as pastor of Nazareth Baptist Church, Centre, after 51 years of bivocational service. Reid was honored for his years of dedicated ministry on Aug. 13 with a reception and letter of commendation.
On Aug. 27, the Church at Chelsea Westover celebrated the grand opening of its new children’s ministry building, which includes a kids’ chapel and six classrooms used for both Sunday School space and the Mother’s Day Out program.
Persecuted Church: An evangelist was killed in Uganda following an event in which many Muslims put their faith in Jesus.
Richard Blackaby, president of Blackaby Ministries International, and Rick Fisher, BMI vice president, were featured speakers at NAMB’s Revive Summit held Sept. 12–13 at Hope Community Church in Birmingham.
Glenn Pankey is the new senior adult minister of Solitude Baptist Church, Albertville.
Big Springs Baptist Church, Ashland, met July 30 to celebrate 125 years of ministry. The church was organized in 1898 in an old school house.
