Chapel Hill Baptist members reach people outside church walls

Chris Davenport says he’s only been at Chapel Hill Baptist Church, Florala, for four months, but two things are sure.
God is at work, and the church is a giving congregation.

“I’ve been amazed at the generosity of our people,” he said. “We’re a small church, but one of our focuses is to be as involved in the community as we can be, to get outside the walls and reach people.”

It’s something the church was doing before Davenport ever got there, he said. The Sardis Baptist Association church has an active Woman’s Missionary Union group that’s been generously caring for a local family in need through the holidays. They’re working toward a generous Lottie Moon Christmas Offering goal.

And Davenport, a bivocational pastor who served as a worship pastor before coming to Chapel Hill, said he’s just been able to hold his first baptismal service — the fruit of what church members were doing before he got there, he said.
“My wife and I are elated to be here,” Davenport said. “God is doing things, and we can’t wait to see what he does in the next year.” (Grace Thornton)