A new church will soon be built in India in honor of a Montgomery pastor.
In celebration of Jay Wolf’s 20th anniversary as senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Montgomery, church members donated more than $30,000 to build the church. It will become the seventh church First, Montgomery, has funded in India.
The announcement was made during a celebration church members dubbed Jay Day on July 17.
Wolf became pastor of First, Montgomery, on July 1, 1991, after having served seven years as pastor of First Baptist Church, Alexandria, Va.
Prior to that, he served as associate pastor of First, Montgomery, for three years.
Also during the service, the church’s new education building was named the Jay and Mary Ruth Wolf Kingdom Resource Center, both in honor of Wolf’s leadership and his wife’s partnership and contribution to his ministry.
The building, dedicated June 13, 2010, features state-of-the-art preschool and children’s education facilities, along with adult Sunday School and discipleship space.
In response to the new name, he noted, “The facility is not simply a building but a tool that is designed to help people follow Jesus and become devoted disciples who expand God’s Kingdom.”
In addition, Wolf was presented with a plaque listing the church’s missions expeditions over the last 20 years. During his tenure, thousands of volunteers have traveled on hundreds of missions trips to 55 countries. The plaque will hang in the church’s missions center.
The service also included a 30-minute video chronicling Wolf’s tenure, primarily through the use of sermon clips dating back to his first year as pastor, and the presentation of a marble stone inscribed with Hebrews 12:1–2, one of his favorite Scriptures.
Wolf called the recognition “an exquisite celebration of the beauty and blessings of serving Christ together.” He said, “If encouragement could be transformed into water, we were standing under Niagara Falls!”
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