Bessemer Association staff change

Ed Cruce is retiring as director of missions for Bessemer Association effective April 30 to become pastor of Fairfield Highlands Church, Midfield, effective May 1. He has served as director of missions for Bessemer Association for 15 years. Cruce also served as pastor in Alabama Baptist churches for 33 years before that. He and his wife, Evelyn, have four children, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.