Summer finally arrived...and it brought scoops!
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I figure by this time most of our readers know that “Big” Chuck Griffis died rather suddenly a few days ago. He was the director of Inner City Ministries in Mobile and influenced a number of lives. His wife and child, along with many of us, will miss him.
VA/TX: Tyler Young is leaving Cold Harbor Road in Mechanicsville, Virginia for League City in the Houston area. More on Cold Harbor here.
OK: The Stigler Church is looking for a full time minister. They are a congregation of 130+ members and believe they can grow some more. If interested, please submit your resume, contact information, salary requirements and references to: The Stigler Church of Christ P.O. Box 391 Stigler, OK 74462 -Jamesallen0635@gmail.com. For more information please contact one of the elders: James Allen- 918-448-0635, Phil Cantrell- 918-448-0637, Virgil Cantrell- 918-448-7775
AL: Robert Alexander is leaving Stevenson Church of Christ.
TN: Marvin Crouch is leaving his longtime work at Hillcrest in Springfield. They run 300-325.
AL: Kenny Barfield is stepping down at Sherrod Avenue in Florence. He has been there and at Mars Hill Bible School for a number of effective years. Learn more about Sherrod Avenue here.
KY: The Benton church is looking for a youth minister. Benton is a church of about 250-300 in West Kentucky. You’ll learn more about them here.
TX: The Watters Road church in Pasadena is looking for a preacher. Pasadena is in the refinery area of Houston and is largely blue collar. Watters Road has about 300 members. If you know someone (age is not the most important) who would enjoy this environment and who can do a good job, contact Jay Lockhart jaylockhart@whitehousechurch.org.
TN: The Crosswinds congregation near Jackson looking for a youth minister. We posted more about it in the last scoops.
MO: Nathan Foster is moving to work with Shady Acres in Sikeston. Jerrie Barber is doing an interim work with them at the present while they work toward a new preacher.
Singapore: The Four Seas College of Bible & Missions (FSC) in Singapore is anticipating an upcoming vacancy in our resident teaching staff at the end of CY 2017. Four Seas College has been providing Bible education for more than 50 years. Regarding access and evangelistic opportunity, the current student body will return to six, densely populated Asian countries: China, Vietnam, Laos, India, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The combined population of these six countries alone is approximately 2.96 billion people! Please feel free to contact brother Peter Chin, the FSC President or Robbie Andrews at any time. Please visit our website at fourseas.edu.sg
AL: After 21 years, Jamie Long is leaving Barn Creek. They are looking for someone full time. Attendance runs about 40 and they have a preacher’s house. They’ve had two preachers in the last 35 years. Contact elders: Dwight Wooldridge (205) 412-0829 or Wade Loden (205) 412-2372 if interested. Scoop to Todd Clippard.
TN: Clarence Deloach is returning to work with Jeremiah Tatum and the Willow Avenue church as an associate.
AL: Self Scoop to Keith Hodges. He is now the preaching minister for the Hampton Cove Church of Christ, near Huntsville.