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Tom Kupec
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In addition to meeting some great people and great churches in our yearlong journey, we also visited some interesting places and sites. This is a listing of some of them:
States: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Interesting Places:
-16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham: Site of a tragic bombing in 1963
-Atlantic Ocean on four different trips (Isle of the Palms, Myrtle Beach, Mt. Pleasant, and Charleston)
-Chattanooga: The most Bible-minded city in the USA
-Church of the Holy Apostles in Barnwell, SC: Union General Sherman used the church to house horses during the Civil War.
-Clemson University and Frank Howard Field at Memorial Stadium (also known as “Death Valley”)
-Cowpens National Battlefield (American Revolution)
-Columbia, SC: Site where SC delegates made the decision to secede from the Union
-Kings Mountain National Military Park (American Revolution)
-Liberty University and the gravesite of its founder, Jerry Falwell
-Mt. Mitchell State Park in NC: Highest mountains east of the Mississippi River
-North Greenville University: Whose motto is “Where Christ Makes the Difference”
-The University of Tennessee: The college of Peyton Manning
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Sundays In The South
Embarking early one Sunday morning on an innocent road trip from Greenville, South Carolina, to the hills of North Carolina, the unsuspecting husband and wife team of Tom and Linda Kupec had no idea that their one-day trek would turn into a fifty-four-week adventure of a lifetime.
South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Alabama. Each weekend, the couple discovered a new church that was still preaching the Word of God, even if the worship service was a bit different than what they were used to. Mega churches and tiny ones. Liturgical services and charismatic ones. Cotton fields, football fields, and battlefields. The highest mountains east of the Mississippi River. The largest army base in the country. Breathtaking sunrises rivaled only by the splendor of the changing autumn leaves. Four separate trips to the Atlantic Ocean.
Through it all God was showing Tom and Linda the indescribable joy of being in the center of God’s will, being led by His Spirit to places they had never been, both physically and spiritually. God showed them the vastness of His Body, the Church. They encountered people with humble hearts looking to serve their Savior. Hungry hearts aspiring to mature in their walk with God. People in churches that proclaim the risen Christ. Churches proclaiming the Lordship of Jesus despite the continuing decay of an increasingly secular society. Churches graciously embracing the couple from South Carolina with their New York accents.
Sundays in the South is the story of God’s redemption and His faithfulness to a couple who has not always been faithful to Him. It’s a story of a God faithful to His church despite its warts and blemishes. Follow along with Tom as he recounts their year-long trek and perhaps be inspired to take a journey of your own.
Update from the author
Hello. It’s been about two-and-a-half years since my wife and I completed our once-in-a-lifetime adventure. God showed us a lot about ourselves, our marriage, but most of all, about Himself. God is good at all times. We only need to look at Jesus to understand who God is and what He has done for us. Our circumstances do not dictate who He is. They only challenge us to decide where we will look and to whom we will turn.
God’s Spirit continues to work in me and Linda. I don’t feel like the man I was three-and-a-half years ago when we started our journey in the summer of 2018. The Bible states that while outwardly we are decaying, inwardly we are being renewed day by day (2 Corinthians 4:16). I am experiencing that daily renewal as I seek God through His Word and let it accomplish in me what God desires (Romans 12:1-2). While my sinful nature rears its ugly head at times, I am learning to sow to the Spirit so that my new nature, the one the Lord has graciously given me, can take its rightful place in my life.
I would encourage you to seek God with all your heart. When you do, you will find Him (Jeremiah 29:13). And when you find Him, He will start you, too, on your adventure of a lifetime.