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Carl Williams said he and his wife, Ashleigh, loved where they were serving when First Baptist Church, Demopolis, called him and asked if he would consider being a candidate for the pastorate.
As they prayed about it, they sensed God might be leading them to Demopolis.
That was 10 years ago, and “it has flown by,” Williams said. His oldest daughter was 8 when they arrived, and now she’s heading into her senior year of high school.
It’s been an answer to prayer, he said.
“I prayed God would give me a long tenured ministry, and He has — He’s done that,” Williams said. “He’s enabled me to have stability, and this has become home for my daughters.”
Having a long tenure at a church comes with “a lot of blessings,” Williams added. “In the church you get to see people come and go and grow and develop.”
It’s been a church that has continued a legacy of missions and that “really gets that cooperative spirit, that we can do more by partnering with others,” he said. “Our people have such a passion for ministering to needs.”
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