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Children:<br>
Jeremy Dale Bigham<br>
Jeremy Dale Bigham<br>
Holly L. Bigham>br>
Holly L. Bigham<br>
Janell Denise Bigham Cash
Janell Denise Bigham Cash
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'''Dennis Dale Bigham''', known as '''Dale Bigham''' (born April 4, 1952)<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/dale-bigham/dbigham72269dm|title=Dale Bingham|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref> is an [[Independent Baptist]] [[clergy]]man in [[Amarillo]], [[Texas]]. From 1981 until his retirement in 2015, he was the senior pastor of the Arden Road Baptist Church.
'''Dennis Dale Bigham''', known as '''Dale Bigham''' (born April 4, 1952),<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/dale-bigham/dbigham72269dm|title=Dale Bingham|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref> is an [[Independent Baptist]] [[clergy]]man in [[Amarillo]], [[Texas]]. From 1981 until his retirement in 2015, he was the senior pastor of the Arden Road Baptist Church.
In the 1970s, Bigham was at the Thorington Road Baptist Church in [[Montgomery]], [[Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Dale-Bigham/Amarillo-TX|title=Dale Bigham Amarillo, TX|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref> In 1981, while a church youth director, accepted the [[Pastor|pastorate]] of Grace Baptist Church in Amarillo, which in 1986 was relocated and expanded as the Arden Road Baptist Church. When Bigham became pastor, the church had twelve in attendance in one [[Sunday school]] and twenty-six in the congregation assembled for morning preaching. Bigham said the [[Lord Jesus Christ]] has called numerous persons from Arden Road Baptist Church to full-time service,. The church developed a significant missions program and grew from an average Sunday morning attendance of 93 in 1982 to more than 500.<ref name=ministries>{{cite web|url=http://www.dalebighamministries.org/baptist-times-2015.html|title=Dalebighamministries.org|accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref>
In the 1970s, Bigham was at the Thorington Road Baptist Church in [[Montgomery]], [[Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Dale-Bigham/Amarillo-TX|title=Dale Bigham Amarillo, TX|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref> In 1981, while a church youth director, accepted the [[Pastor|pastorate]] of Grace Baptist Church in Amarillo, which in 1986 was relocated and expanded as the Arden Road Baptist Church. When Bigham became pastor, the church had twelve in attendance in one [[Sunday school]] and twenty-six in the congregation assembled for morning preaching. Bigham said the [[Lord Jesus Christ]] has called numerous persons from Arden Road Baptist Church to full-time service,. The church developed a significant missions program and grew from an average Sunday morning attendance of 93 in 1982 to more than 500.<ref name=ministries>{{cite web|url=http://www.dalebighamministries.org/baptist-times-2015.html|title=Dalebighamministries.org|accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref>
In 2013, Bigham began to contemplate retirement after then thirty-two years at Grace and Arden Road churches. He proposed to the deacons that [[Aaron Denson]], a former Arden Road youth pastor, who later pastored congregations in Hobbs, [[New Mexico]], and [[Lubbock]], Texas, be first considered to choose a new Arden Road pastor. After Denson agreed to return to the Amarillo congregation in 2015, when Bigham stepped down, two other contenders were not interviewed. Denson said: “It is an honor to follow the man I call pastor. By [[God]]’s grace it is our desire to carry on what God has been building for many, many years.”<ref name=ministries/>
In 2013, Bigham began to contemplate retirement after then thirty-two years at Grace and Arden Road churches. He proposed to the deacons that [[Aaron Denson]], a former Arden Road youth pastor, who later pastored congregations in Hobbs, [[New Mexico]], and [[Lubbock]], Texas, be first considered to choose a new Arden Road pastor. After Denson agreed to return to the Amarillo congregation in 2015, when Bigham stepped down, two other contenders were not interviewed. Denson said: “It is an honor to follow the man I call pastor. By [[God]]’s grace it is our desire to carry on what God has been building for many, many years.”<ref name=ministries/>