Navy service, Sunday School teacher: 5 interesting facts about Jimmy Carter

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter

Taught Sunday School for around 40 years

Longtime members of the Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter (C), poses with the first black pastor of their predominantly white church The Rev. Tony Lowden and his daughter Tabitha (L) as well as another church member, Brandon B. Thomas (R).
Longtime members of the Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter (C), poses with the first black pastor of their predominantly white church The Rev. Tony Lowden and his daughter Tabitha (L) as well as another church member, Brandon B. Thomas (R). | Facebook

For about 40 years, Carter served as a Sunday School teacher at Maranatha Baptist Church of Plains, Georgia, garnering hundreds of attendees for his lessons.

Carter even taught Sunday School in 2015 while battling brain cancer, only stopping in 2020 due to other illnesses linked to advanced age and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Atlanta-based 11Alive.com dubbed Carter “the world's best known Sunday school teacher,” noting that most of the people who came to his classes were not members of MBC.

“If they're over for good, his 40 years of Maranatha Baptist Sunday school teaching are certainly an indelible part of Georgia lore,” reported 11Alive.com in 2020.

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