Word: trentham
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter's religion has deepened, and his attachment to Charles Trentham's First Baptist Church has grown. He sits attentively in the sixth row, aisle, right-side seat during services. He prepares his Sunday-school lessons when he is in town, sends for the new lesson books when the old ones expire. His feeling mounts when he is teaching lessons about the need to reach out to the world's abused and outcast. He was most eloquent when caught up in the story of the woman at the well and how Christ had transformed her life. Prayer...
...offices, the First Family quickly made itself at home in Washington. On their first Sunday, most of them drove eight blocks to join the First Baptist Church, which has about 50 blacks among its 950 members and was Harry Truman's church. Silver-haired Senior Minister Charles Trentham greeted the Carters with outstretched arms. Said he: "This church undergirds you and surrounds your family with prayers." Before the service, Jimmy and Rosalynn attended an adult Sunday-school class, where the teacher. Insurance Executive Fred Gregg, exclaimed, "Mr. President, you know this Bible real good-you help me out." Carter...