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 ...

DECATUR, Ala. _ Senior Pastor Doug Ripley looked at Decatur Baptist Church’s books and quickly realized the annual budget was totally out of whack. But he knew exactly what to do next. He gave away ...

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 ...

I'm sure Decatur Baptist Church is a hip church, but I doubt if it's ever rocked like it did Friday night. It was loud. And, it was packed, every seat, pew, whatever, in the beautiful church that ...