Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor dies at 83
James “Jim” Harold Warren Sr., an Alabama Baptist pastor for 42 years, died Feb. 11. He was 83.
A native of Mobile, Warren served in the U.S. Air Force before entering full-time ministry. He attended Baptist Bible Institute (now The Baptist College of Florida) in Graceville.
During his 42-year ministry, Warren served as pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Pansey; Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Gordon; Lambert Grove Baptist Church, Citronelle; McIntosh Baptist Church; Navco Baptist Church, Mobile; and Manor Baptist Church, Mobile. Throughout his ministry he was active in nursing home ministry and sought to minister to his members in any way possible.
He also worked full-time as a maintenance engineer at Providence Hospital in Mobile for 22 years.
Warren is preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Alice; his son, David; and a granddaughter, Kelly Warren. He is survived by three children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. (Charlie Warren)
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