Emphasis Preaching Journal

Fred began attending Sunday school when he was just a baby. "My family lived a mile down a dirt road from the church," he recalls. In those days, Fred explains, the church played a central role in the community. His father and other leaders in the community taught Sunday school. Fred remembers his teacher's names and how seriously they took their responsibility for teaching. He credits them for helping him form the basic beliefs he still holds some seventy years later.