Twenty three years ago George Canty, the 99 year old pastor who featured on this page recently, pioneer the church in Acocks Green. In the years that followed the church underwent a period of decline and by the time that Jamys Carter and his wife, Dr. Emma Carter, arrived at the church five years ago there was only a handful of people there.During the time that Jamys has been the pastor there has been a transformation both numerically and spiritually. The clear impression that I had of the fellowship was that of a large church that was small at the moment. The DNA of growth is already in the church which now covers a wide spectrum of age ranges.
Marilyn and I immensely enjoyed our time there. All the ingredients for continued development are already in place and we wish this church well.
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So encouraging to hear this news about Acocks Green. I remember well the early days of the fellowship when it was started by my father, Peter Rammell. After 2 to 3 years of worshiping in our family home, the attendance had outgrown the living room.... even accounting for the fact that we'd knocked two rooms together! It was then that the church moved out of the home and shortly afterwards George Canty took over the reins. May God continue to bless Acocks Green.
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