Providence Baptist's First-Year Pastor, Congregants Reflect on Christmas Day Outreach Dinner
The congregation is known for helping those within the church, Pastor David Goforth said. This "loving bunch," he added, is committed to reaching out to the community beyond Christmas Day.
He knew as a young boy he wanted to be a preacher. For David Goforth, that journey continued 12 months ago with his appointment to a ministry in Greater Brandon at the Providence Baptist Church in Riverview. "I've never wanted to do anything else," said Goforth, whose previous job was as a youth minister in South Carolina. "I told them in kindergarten I wanted to be a preacher." Goforth, married to Daye and the father of five girls, recounted his initial observations of the Florida church that would become his mission and his first job as head pastor. "I didn't know there was a Riverview, Florida, or even a Brandon," he said Christmas Day, at the "Feeding the Homeless and Needy" community outreach dinner hosted by his congregation, with …
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Cynthia Pinckney
1:36 pm on Monday, December 27, 2010
The article was very well written, and it captured the essence of what was reflected during the community outreach for the homeless and needy. With this being the Providence Baptist Church first Outreach to the Community, you could feel the warmth and eagerness to help on such a special day, and the pictures captured what words could not say. Thanks Linda for your love and dedication - to what's … more ›