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By Leonardo Blair<\/a>, Senior Reporter \"Facebook\"<\/a>\"Twitter\"<\/a><\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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Temple Baptist Church, a congregation in Springfield, Kentucky, which had been struggling with debt on their building for years, is now praising God for His provision after they raised more than enough money in an offering collected two Sundays ago to pay off a $106,000 debt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be a day we will always remember in the history at Temple Baptist Church,\u201d the congregation noted in a statement on Facebook on March 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Days earlier, in multiple announcements, the church said they would be hosting a Debt Retirement Pledge Drive<\/a> on March 3.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGod has done so much for the Temple Baptist Church in the last couple of years. We have been working hard to get God\u2019s house paid for and we are beginning to see the light!\u201d the congregation said in one announcement<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n

The church noted that on Jan. 1, 2022, they owed $256,435 on the sanctuary and approximately two years later, they had cut that amount by more than half to $107, 325.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would love to get enough donations to be debt free,\u201d said the church in their announcement on Facebook on Feb. 25.<\/p>\n

Pastor John McDaniel told Kentucky Today<\/a> that what the congregation that welcomes about 90 to 100 people every Sunday has done is \u201ca faith story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unreal what has happened,\u201d McDaniel told the publication.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal was $106,000. We raised $132,000. We are now debt free on our sanctuary!!! The exceed (sic) amount will go toward building maintenance of our sanctuary,\u201d the church said in its March 3 announcement. \u201cAll honor, praise, and glory to almighty God. With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26.\u201d<\/p>\n

McDaniel told Kentucky Today that he began talking to the church about retiring the debt on their building about six months ago and they responded with generosity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t tell people what to give, but I preached on having a willing heart,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Southern Baptist pastor who has been leading the church for two years said he was told the debt had made it difficult for the congregation to give to the Southern Baptist Convention\u2019s Cooperative Program as well as to the local Central Baptist Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told them I believe in tithing, and I think the church ought to start giving 5 percent to the Cooperative Program,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

McDaniel said he offered to sacrifice a part of his salary if the 5% for the Cooperative Program wasn\u2019t available in the church\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cGod began to bless the church. About every month we\u2019d go over our month\u2019s budget. People were shocked, but we still couldn\u2019t do things because of the debt,\u201d the pastor explained. \u201cSome people didn\u2019t think we\u2019d ever pay the debt off. God can take a church that is broke, and if the people come together with love for God, it can be done,\u201d McDaniel added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a young boy who was a youth worker who was killed in a car accident about 15 years ago. His parents were at church every time the doors were open, but his tragic death adversely affected their attendance. On March 3, his mother had tears in her eyes as she shared that her son had a box in their home, but she couldn\u2019t bear looking into it. But prior to the giving day, she opened the box, found a few hundred-dollar bills, and said that the Lord told her to give it,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a breakthrough for her and her husband,\u201d he said. \u201cShe said God spoke to her and said she needed to give that, and she gave it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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