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, ...

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, ...

The Rev. Julie Pennington-Russell will soon become Pastor at the the First Baptist Church of Decatur in Georgia. Russell talks about her spiritual journey as a member of the Southern Baptist ...

The 2,700-member First Baptist Church of Decatur, Georgia, has become the largest church associated with the Southern Baptist Convention or the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to hire a woman as senior ...