By Loretta Fulton Brandon Hudson, senior pastor at First Baptist Church since February 2023, has resigned. An announcement was made Sunday and the Personnel Committee sent the following email: “The Personnel Committee wants to inform the church that Senior Pastor Brandon Hudson has submitted his resignation letter and the letter was read to the church at the end of the

First Baptist Church will welcome its new senior pastor, Brandon Hudson, on Sunday, Feb. 5. The congregation called Hudson on Dec. 18. He and his family–Jill and children Sophia and Quinn–are moving from Pelham, Alabama, where Hudson has been pastor of Crosscreek Baptist Church since 2013.  He is replacing Phil Christopher, who retired in September 2021, after 26 years as

By LORETTA FULTON Brandon Hudson was announced Sunday as the new senior pastor at First Baptist Church. Hudson, his wife Jill, daughter Sophia, 15, and son Quinn, 13, are expected to move to Abilene in early February. Hudson has been senior pastor of Crosscreek Baptist Church in Pelham, Alabama, since 2013.  Robert Ellis, chairman of the pastor search committee at