Fred “Bubba” Copeland, a 49-year-old husband and father of three, was the mayor of Smiths Station, Alabama, population approximately 5,400. He was also the pastor of First Baptist Church of Phenix ...

At the First Baptist Church of Phenix City, Alabama, the last Sunday of October 2023 was Pastor Appreciation Day. The church was festive, the service well attended. There was strawberry cake, Pastor ...

ARGYLE, Texas — The executive pastor of Cross Timbers church announced his decision to resign, according to a new statement from church elders, less than a month after the resignation of the church’s ...

SMITHS STATION, Ala. (AP) — After the 2019 suicide of a local teenager, small-town mayor and pastor F.L. “Bubba” Copeland helped students place roadside signs in his Alabama community to try to reach ...

The executive pastor of Cross Timbers Church in Argyle announced his resignation Monday, less than a month after the lead pastor’s departure. Executive pastor Byron Copeland was initially announced as ...

SMITHS STATION, Ala. (AP) — After the 2019 suicide of a local teenager, small-town mayor and pastor F.L. “Bubba” Copeland helped students place roadside signs in his Alabama community to try to reach ...