When Adam W. Greenway, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, talks about the seminary’s graduates, he loves to tell the story of Al Jackson.
“Let me tell you about the miracle of Lakeview and what God has done through a pastor who didn’t rely on gimmicks, who wasn’t always looking for something that was innovative or new, but who … decade after decade stood in the pulpit of the living God and preached the text and God gave the increase,” Greenway told those present for a special service honoring Jackson and his wife, Kem, on Oct. 31 at Lakeview Baptist Church in Auburn.
Jackson retired that day from Lakeview after serving as its pastor since 1979.
During Jackson’s time as pastor, the church has sent out more people to do international missions work than “any other church I know of,” Greenway said.
Gratitude for service
Greenway was one of many who spoke at the service, as was Cliff Knight, Lakeview’s associate pastor and minister to families, who through tears thanked the Jacksons on behalf of the church. Knight has served alongside Jackson for 40 of the 42 years Jackson has been at Lakeview.
“Thank you. You’ve led us well, you’ve preached faithfully from this Book, you’ve lived a holy and Godly life, you’ve sacrificed,” Knight said.
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