Ryan Whitley, senior pastor of CrossPoint Church, Trussville, in St. Clair Baptist Association, was named Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) alumnus of the year by Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School. The 1996 graduate is a member of the Beeson D.Min. program’s first graduating class. At a Beeson convocation Jan. 29, Whitley was presented with a plaque and cited for the “faithful…