North Shelby Baptist Church, Birmingham, welcomes new student pastor

Melvin Cates is the new student pastor of North Shelby Baptist Church, Birmingham. He has served as a student pastor and associate pastor over the last nine years. He has a master’s degree in community counseling from Steven F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, and has worked in wilderness therapy, adolescent experiential counseling and parent coaching. Cates and his wife,…