FBC Phenix City pastor dies: E. Eugene Langner Jr.

February 6, 2014

Pastor E. Eugene Langner Jr., who served First Baptist Church, Phenix City, died Dec. 18. He was 70. Langner was called into the ministry in

UMobile founding president dies: William K. Weaver Jr.

January 23, 2014

The University of Mobile’s (UMobile) founding president William K. Weaver Jr. died Jan. 13. He was 95. Weaver served as president of UMobile (formerly Mobile

Chandler Mountain’s pastor dies: Phillip Ellen

January 23, 2014

Phillip Ellen, pastor of Chandler Mountain Baptist Church, Steele, died Jan. 10. He was 74. Ellen graduated from Etowah High School and also attended Samford

FBC Alabaster pastor emeritus dies: Arthur ‘Wayne’ Crumpton

January 23, 2014

Arthur “Wayne” Crumpton, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church, Alabaster, died Jan. 12. He was 75. Crumpton felt called into the ministry when he was

Stephen Olford’s wife Heather dies at 89

January 16, 2014

Memphis, Tenn. — Barbara Heather Olford, who served in ministry throughout her life alongside her husband Stephen Olford, died Dec. 21, 2013. She was 89.

Johnny Warren: Opp’s Westview missions pastor dies

January 9, 2014

Members of Westview Baptist Church, Opp, are still trying to recover from the sudden loss after missions and discipleship pastor Johnny Warren, 30, was killed

A. Earl Potts: Former state convention exec. dies

January 9, 2014

Alabama Baptists lost a giant Dec. 25 when A. Earl Potts, former executive director of the Alabama Baptist Convention State Board of Missions (SBOM), passed