ST. CLAIR ASSOCIATION
“The love you have for the Lord, your walk in the Spirit and your passion to help us grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ is a blessing to us all.”
These were the words on the plaque that First Baptist Church, Pell City, gave John Thweatt during a recent special service honoring his 20th anniversary as the church’s pastor.
The church showed video testimonies from church members as well as pastors and leaders from other parts of the state, including Rick Lance, executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.
Lance told Thweatt and the congregation that they are “a team who have worked together for these two decades to really make an impact locally and around the world.”
Frank Hopson, a member of the search committee that brought Thweatt and his wife, Kim, to the church, said the couple was an answer to their prayers.
“John and Kim, we just want to thank both of you for being so faithful to God’s word, for loving God’s people so much,” he said. “This far exceeds any expectation any of us ever imagined.”
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