The congregation is stuck, but members still love to tell the story of Anna B. Quick, a story in which the heroine does nothing but the faithful few things that have always worked. Out of curiosity and frustration, the pastor digs into the archives of the congregation to research the Anna B. Quick story. Remarkably, he learns fresh parts of the old story that the congregation never tells. It seems that revitalization of the old church happened when Anna and a few others gave sacrificially from their own personal income in order to hire a new pastor. Anna led the church in a decision to tear
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