Jimmy Carter gave his last Sunday school lesson several years ago, but Jan Williams still fields emails and calls from people who want to hear the 39th president teach the Word. For years ...

(AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) People wait in line outside Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., to get into a Sunday school class taught by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Aug. 23, 2015. It ...

It never got old. No matter how many times one crammed into the modest sanctuary at Maranatha Baptist Church, there was ...

Carter's Bible lessons focused on central themes: God gives life, loves unconditionally and provides the freedom to live a completely successful life. But the lesson usually began with an anecdote ...

Editor’s note: This story originated from our news partners at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and was originally published in December 2023. Jimmy Carter gave his last Sunday school lesson several ...

“I had been teaching Bible lessons since I was a midshipman in Annapolis, 18 years old.” His practical lessons attracted hundreds to his rural Georgia church on a Sunday as he related the verses of ...

with his family and friends about 20 times to attend Carter’s Sunday school classes. He was there for Carter’s final lesson. The Free Press acknowledges the financial support it receives from ...

Rather, President Jimmy Carter's church in Plains, Georgia, is a typical Southern country church where Carter would teach Sunday school ... still taught Bible lessons for about 40 years to those ...