First Missionary Baptist Decatur to host food giveaway

First Missionary Baptist Decatur will host a grocery giveaway from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church. The giveaway is intended to provide food assistance to community members during ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta Baptist group cuts ties with First Baptist Church of Decatur

The Atlanta Metro Baptist Association has severed ties with the First Baptist Church of Decatur over what it calls a “misalignment” of biblical standards. First Baptist’s Senior Pastor David Jordan, ...
Decatur Daily

Decatur Baptist changes leaders after 33 years

Joe McKaig, once the youth pastor at Decatur Baptist, has returned to the church as lead pastor, and Doug Ripley, the minister there for 33 years, is now senior pastor, remaining for a year during the ...
WAND

Decatur church will break ground on new location

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Central Baptist Church - Decatur will break ground at their new location. On Sunday, September 8 the church will break ground at a lot off of US-51 on Mt. Gilead Road. The ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Pioneering pastor steps down from First Baptist Decatur

Pastor Julie Pennington Russell is stepping down as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Decatur after eight years of leading the historic church. In an April 29 open letter to the congregation, ...