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James Pritchard recently was named pastor of First Baptist Church in Lafayette. First Baptist Lafayette photo

First Lafayette calls new senior pastor

March 11, 2020

By Dennis Clark, First Baptist Lafayette

First Baptist Lafayette voted Sunday, March 8, to call James Pritchard as their next senior pastor. The vote by church members concludes a nine-month long nationwide search.

Pritchard has served as the teaching pastor at First Baptist Church of Forney, Texas, since 2015. Prior to that he pastored three churches in Texas and Oklahoma.

He holds a B.A. from East Texas Baptist University with a major in Christian ministries and the M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with a major in evangelism.

Pritchard will begin his ministry in Lafayette on Easter Sunday.

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