A church in Ohio celebrated its 10th Anniversary by buying gas for more than 100 people.
The Liberty Campus of Victory Christian Center, based in Liberty Township, Ohio, bought gas for more than 100 cars at a local gas station over the weekend. Regardless of affiliation to the church, volunteers pumped 10 gallons of gas into the first 100 cars that went to the BP station as an expression of gratitude.
Pastor Lock P. Beachum told the Christian Post.
“I actually heard about a couple of people who cried. They were just so blown away by this act of kindness. Our church is in a distressed area, so for a number of folks just being in the situation of life that they are in, that meant a lot. It equated to 30 dollars.”
Beachum said, “We didn’t want the word to get out. Simply put, when that day came on Saturday morning, just like anything else, word had already kind of leaked out a little bit so some people already knew. I also did a Facebook Live. All the people waiting in line were, I’m sure, were calling all their friends and telling everybody they are getting free gas.”
The entire event cost about $3,200 and came from the church’s Operation Impact outreach initiative. Beachum told Christian Post that the church didn’t tell many of the members about the giveaway, instead choosing to help the larger community first.
The church was able to gas up more than 100 cars because some of those they helped ended up donating money back to the church that was used for more gas giveaways.