The Rev. Eddie Heath, a long-serving leader among eastern Virginia Baptists, has accepted a call to become the 26th pastor of Urbanna Baptist Church, 121 Watling St., Urbanna.
Rev. Heath is also director of Missions for the Mid-Tidewater Baptist Association of Virginia, based in Saluda, and from 1996 to 2016 served as a field strategist for the Virginia Baptist Mission Board in Richmond. Prior to that he was pastor of Buckroe Baptist Church in Hampton for 13 years.
