The Garden Behind First Baptist
For twenty years, the congregation of First Baptist in Baton Rouge prided themselves on their Wednesday night prayer meetings. They fasted twice a month, sang...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Isaiah 58:1-12.
For twenty years, the congregation of First Baptist in Baton Rouge prided themselves on their Wednesday night prayer meetings. They fasted twice a month, sang with passion, and filled the sanctuary every Sunday. But the neighborhood around them was changing. Families on Plank Road were driving forty minutes to the nearest grocery store. Children were eating bags of chips for dinner.…
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