“Follow me and I’ll make you fishers of men.” — Gospel of Matthew
In 1984, King Oehmig drove three hours from Cartersville, Ga., where he was associate rector at an Episcopal church, to Americus, Ga., to meet Millard Fuller, who had founded Habitat for Humanity.
Back then, Fuller and his Habitat vision were not as embraced as they are today.
“Most of the upright folks … thought he was a communist,” Oehmig said.
David CookAs Oehmig told it, Fuller gave a bold talk at the local Rotary about poverty in Americus; it was a talk that ruffled some feathers. Some upright, upstanding feathers. At the end of the talk, one prominent citizen jumped out of his chair and angrily said: “We don’t have that kind of poverty here in this good community. Prove it. Show me.”