Mac Brunson called as new pastor of Valleydale Church

BIRMINGHAM
Mac Brunson is the new pastor of Valleydale Church, Hoover. His first Sunday in the pulpit is July 22. Brunson comes from the 10,000-member First Church, Jacksonville, Florida, where he served 12 years. Prior to his role in Florida, Brunson was pastor of First Church, Dallas, for seven years and also led churches in South Carolina, Virginia and North Carolina. He is a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors Conference and the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Brunson holds master of divinity and doctor of ministry degrees from Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He and his wife, Debbie, have three children and 10 grandchildren.