By Staff, Baptist Press BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (BP) – It was a bittersweet celebration for the few remaining members of Andrew Baptist Church as they met once more before handing the building keys, and their evangelism legacy in Bowling Green, to a multi-ethnic church plant a half-mile away. “It has been a time of tears and a time of rejoicing,” said Peggy Sharer, an Andrew Baptist member for more than half a century. A handful of remaining Andrew Baptist members voted last September to disband and give their church facilities to Christ Fellowship Church, a Southern Baptist church with a heart for the city’s low-income and refugee population. Andrew Baptist’s final service was held on March 1. Brian Curtis, pastor at Christ Fellowship, called the decision a “tremendous blessing.” “How many times does another church offer you a building for free?” Curtis asked. Andrew Baptist is located within the very neighborhood Christ Fellowship seeks to minister to and shares a parking lot with an elementary school. Since forming in 2009, Christ Fellowship has leased space in a strip mall alongside a grocery store, a pharmacy and a fast-food restaurant located near the city’s low-income housing project. Sixty-six years ago, Andrew Baptist … [Read more...]