- We had a pastor who was with us.
And for me, it was a real defining moment
when he said to us as he was leaving,
that we were a dying church.
There was that feeling of, "No, we cannot let this happen."
God's not through here yet.
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- Rob Jackson offered this church revitalization process
called Reaching the Summit,
and that's where it all started.
The Lord began to move and do a work here.
- I think we're seeing now through the summit thing,
I think we are becoming more, not everybody,
but a lot of us are more intentional in the outreach.
- When people are excited about what God
is going to do in their life, then they're going
to tell their friends about it.
And that's exactly what happened.
It wasn't that we suddenly flipped a switch
or did some event or something like that was different,
the Lord moved in such a way that the people began
to be excited about what he was doing
and they began to be excited about
what's taking place in their church.
A guy come up to me and he kind of grabbed me
by the arm and he said,
"What are y'all doing up there on Sunday morning?
I can hardly drive down Broad Street."
(Justin chuckles)
- I'm just very grateful that we had the opportunity
to be a part of that Reaching the Summit process
because there's so many other Baptist churches
within our state that are contributing to the process
that helps a church in a small community come alive.
(uplifting music)
- It is easy to fall into this pattern of,
we just throw some money at whatever offering
is being promoted at that time
without realizing that the other end of that offering,
the recipients of that offering are real people
that benefit greatly from those offerings.
In this case, specifically the Myers-Mallory.
We got to experience the benefit
of others giving other Alabama Baptist giving,
and we thank you tremendously and graciously for that.
(uplifting music)