Pastor is far from home but fulfilled in Wyoming
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| Taking the challenge Clay Alexander, pastor of Wright Baptist Church in Wright, Wyo., said ministering outside of his native Georgia has been a challenging but rewarding experience. Wright leads a congregation of about 100 in town of about 1,300. Photo courtesy of Wright Baptist Church |
What he got was not what he had planned.
Today, Alexander is pastor of Wright Baptist Church in Wright, Wyo., a small town of about 1,300 people. More than 1,600 miles –- and several months of snowfall -- separate Wright and Atlanta. For these and many other reasons, he understatedly calls his hometown and his ministry field “a good bit different.”
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