Friendship Baptist Church in Bartow ordained Clint Hancock into the gospel ministry on Dec. 7. Hancock is serving as associate pastor of the church.

James Paul Chastain and Larry David Williams were ordained as deacons in December at Vineyard Baptist Church in Griffin.

Keith Walraven was ordained as a deacon at Antioch Baptist Church in Calhoun on Dec. 7.

John Bramlett, Paul Daman, and Dean Davis were ordained as deacons at Mountaintown Baptist Church in Ellijay on Nov. 9.