The Redemption Fellowship Presbyterian Church has staid the course of initiating an internship program to prepare men for ministry in the African American community.

Its first intern, the Rev. Weldon Williams, is now in his new position in a church in Chicago. There are two others currently on board and one is on his way.

“We all lead someone,” said the Rev. Louis H. Wilson, the senior pastor, “and we need to be sure that people have adequate skills to lead.”

One of its seminary graduate interns, Lance Lewis, is currently in South Africa on a fact-finding mission. He will return with information on the needs of the community and later in the year Wilson, Lewis and others will return to assist congregations and to help in the training of other ministers.

This September about 20 church members, including four doctors, will head to Haiti for 10 days, participating in a medical ministry and assisting in building a new church.

Also in September, the congregation will be supporting two full-time campus ministries, both at Morehouse and Spelman colleges.

Year 2001 will find many church members headed to Turkey to further its interest in ministering to the world.

Redemption Fellowship is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America and is one of several churches in the Atlanta area established by the Perimeter Ministries International. In 1993 PMI began searching leaders to join in its vision to reach every social, economic and ethnic people and Wilson was chosen to start the one here. The congregation first met in October 1995 and acquired its current facility on Ga. Highway 279 in February 1997. It currently enjoys a membership of about 350 persons.

It has grown two-fold in the past 18 months and is constantly expanding its ministries within the church. The most recent addition is a singles ministry.

The church is at 418 Hwy. 279 and can be reached at 770-460-1220

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