Blue Springs Church, Somerville, new pastor

Richard Richie is the new pastor of Blue Springs Church, Somerville. Richie also serves as an Alabama trustee for the International Mission Board. He previously served as pastor of Flint Church, Decatur. He also served at Trinity Church, Roanoke. He holds a bachelor of science in operations management from Auburn University and a master of divinity from Southern Seminary in Louisville, Ky. He is currently working toward earning a doctorate degree from Southern Seminary. He and his wife, Toni, have three children.