The pews were a little fuller and the choir was singing a little louder at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church as the congregation welcomed their new pastor.
“It’s just something, you know, about this church and being raised here in Montgomery,” said the Rev. Dr. Allen Sims Sr.He was hired a month ago, but he knew this was his destiny before being offered the job.
People and church representatives from all over Alabama, and even the country came to witness his first message, many of the seats filled by his family members. “It does feel sometimes intimidating, when I first arrived here,” said Sims. But in the words of someone he admires, he says he has learned to be himself.
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