After 40 Years in Political Exile, Jimmy Carter is Still a Preacher at Heart - Word&Way

After 40 Years in Political Exile, Jimmy Carter is Still a Preacher at Heart

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Former President Jimmy Carter teaches during Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., on Dec. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)Former President Jimmy Carter, now in his mid-90s, has continued to teach a Sunday School class at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga.,  usually twice a month. It’s an expression of what Carter has always considered his core calling, above even politics: that of a Christian minister who works through many channels to tend to those in need.

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Jon Ward