NEW ORLEANS — Pinstripes and solids abounded when New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary students picked up their new suits May 10–11, thanks to Jim Tatum’s Suits for Servants ministry.
Tatum, a clothier from Jacksonville, Fla., traveled to New Orleans in April to fit students for new suits and to share how God led him to start the unique ministry. During Tatum’s three days at New Orleans Seminary, 285 students ordered 520 suits at a cost of only $50 each. Those suits arrived in 38 heavy-duty boxes that each weighed in at just over 53 pounds.
For students who qualified, the cost was even lower than that. New Orleans Seminary trustees, who held their spring meeting when Tatum was on campus, collected money that provided suits free of charge to students in particular need. Still others heard about Suits for Servants and gave their own money as well.
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