Petersburg Bible Church welcomes Demer Webb as a new pastor for the growing congregation.

Webb and wife, Dana, have been married for 14 years and have three children, Ethan, 10, Ella, 7 and Elijah, 2. The Webb family moved here from Atlanta and hopes to make Petersburg their home.

The Webbs arrived Aug. 5 and will move into their permanent home in November.

“I lived in Anchorage for 14 years as a young man,” Webb said. “Until about eight months ago, Petersburg wasn’t even on my radar. The only part of the southeast I really knew anything about was Juneau.”

Webb has been in the min...