Staff changes
Jeff Jinks resigned First Castor Dec. 10. Deacon chairman Chris Guin is coordinating pulpit supply.
Carlos (wife Lupe) Meza is new pastor (former interim) at Iglesia del Calvario in Shreveport.
Three new staff at First Baptist, Bossier City: Perry (wife Diana)
Gaines, executive pastor; Kenny (wife Cindy) Joyner, evangelism
minister; Chad (wife Jimren) Fuller, high school minister.
Freddie Williford from interim to pastor at Ford Park Baptist, Shreveport.
Pastor Search Committee is at work at Northside Baptist, Lafayette. The church has two missions.
Guy (wife Rebecca) Atkinson is new as outdoor education minister at Acadian Baptist Center, Eunice.
Trey Guillory is new youth minister at Lakeshore, Monroe.
Perry Kim Bearden is new minister to single adults at North Monroe, Monroe.
Earnest (wife Daucy) Jarrell is retiring Jan. 20 from Canaan Baptist,
Leesville, after 56 years in ministry. He will be available for supply
and revivals.
Tom Pennell, retiring as full time minister in Media and Counseling at Broadmoor Shreveport; continuing with counseling.
Billy Crosby of Trinity Heights Shreveport, retiring from pastorate.
Mitch (wife Pat) Harris resigned from Goodwood Baptist in Baton Rouge.
Seeking staff
Youth/music minister for Clarence Baptist. Send resumes to Clarence
Baptist church, Attn: Search Committee, PO Box 7, Clarence LA 71414.
Minister of Music at Pinecroft Baptist, Shreveport.
Carolyn Nelson retired Dec. 31 as secretary at Bayou Oaks, Monroe. The church now needs a part-time secretary.
Bethel, West Monroe needs a bivocational youth minister. Send resumes to 230 Washington St., West Monroe LA 71292.
Pastor needed at Clark Springs, Edgewood, Fairbanks, First Monroe,
Victory churches in Northeast Association, and at Grace and Collinston
in Morehouse Association.
Music ministers needed at Clark Springs, Edgewood, Lighthouse, Emmanuel
West Monroe, Mt. Vernon, First West Monroe in Northeast Association,
and at Greenacres in Morehouse Association.
Bethel, Lighthouse and New Light seek youth ministers in Northeast Association, and in Morehouse, so does Bonita Road.
A pianist/organist is needed at Calvary, Fairbanks and New Light in
Northeast Association, and at First Bonita in Morehouse Association.
Deaths
Floyd “Danny” Busby, associate pastor of East Ridge Baptist in Lake
Chalres, died Dec. 28 from pneumonia. Previously he had served as
pastor of Twelfth Street Baptist Lake Charles, Trinity Baptist in
Sulphur and other Louisiana churches. He is survived by his wife,
Patti, three children and two grandchildren. Services were Dec. 31 at
First Baptist Moss Bluff.
Graduations, anniversaries and other special dates
Nelson Mitcham, 30 years as church treasurer at Big Island, Deville. Todd Burgess, pastor.
Carlyss First Baptist, Sulphur, 70th anniversary to be celebrated at 10
a.m. Jan. 21 with luncheon to follow. Steve Shirley, pastor.
New Zion Baptist, Shreveport, 80th anniversary.
New starts, groundbreakings and related events
Groundbreaking for First Chalmette’s new worship center, 2 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 13, to be built by Louisiana Baptist Builders. Gary Morrow,
project coordinator. John Jeffries, pastor.
Christ Baptist Chapel in Benton has changed its name to Crosspoint Baptist.
Barksdale Baptist Bossier City has painted and remodeled its new
building at 1714 Jimmie Davis Hwy in South Bossier. Shawn Armstrong is
pastor.
New Zion moves from Shreveport to Barksdale’s former site, 2535 Barbara
in Bossier City. New Zion is eventually to host a Spanish and Anglo
missions with other ethnic missions in the plans, in addition to daily
mission work. Philip Williamson is pastor.
Groundbreaking for Northshore Slidell’s new worship center, 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27. Larry McEwen is pastor.
Revivals and related events
Children’s Revival at 6 p.m. Sun., Jan. 21, and at 6:30 p.m. Mon.-Wed.,
Jan. 22-24, at Antioch Baptist, Farmerville. Special guests Brian and
Vicky Cockerham and 2TALK42 Ministries are to share the gospel through
song, drama and puppets.
Youth Weekend at 7 p.m. Sat., Jan. 13 and 11 a.m. Sun., Jan. 14, with Chip Dickey and ‘The Heard’ at Carmel Baptist, Pineville.
Revival Summit Jan. 7-17 at Elm Grove Baptist, Bossier City,
including Super Saturday rEvolution & Family Revival Seminar. Brent
Shoalmire, pastor.
Revival services at Mansfield Road Baptist, Keithville, at 7 p.m. Jan. 7-12 with Jack Daniels & Blake Brothers.
Mission Trips
Yucatan mission trip tentatively set for May 25-June 2 from Elm Grove Baptist, Bossier City.