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KIRBYVILLE, Texas?For John Britt, church had been something he had sometimes attended?but for all the wrong reasons. Meanwhile, bouts with alcohol and a destructive lifestyle kept him from surrendering fully to Christ, he said.
His wife, Lynn Britt, a member of First Baptist Church of Kirbyville, Texas, helped him find a church that he said truly cared.
At 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1, Britt made his repentance public through believer’s baptism at the hands of the church’s pastor, Charles Z. Burchett. His baptism is the first recorded baptism of the church year for Southern Baptists, who have been challenged by SBC President Bobby Welch to witness to, win and baptize one million people.
Over the past year and a half, Britt said he has “found a church that really cared about me and they took me in. I started realizing that it’s time to do the right thing and start living for God.”
“I’ve tried to go to church in the past, but I’d always done it for the wrong reasons ? I found a church and they have showed me the right way and it’s been a blessing with this church,” Britt said. “They’ve shown me the right way and they took me in. I took that first step and I’m not turning back.”
Britt has been busy at the church helping serve victims of Hurricane Rita.
“We’re not turning anybody away. If they need something, we’re going to give it to them. That’s what God put us here to do, and we’re gonna do it,” Britt said.
