(Fox News) – Pastor Hattie Mae Allen just turned 105 but that doesn’t stop her from getting up and sharing the Word of God. On Sunday, the Temple, Texas church she ministers at, simply called “Jesus,” honored for her more than five decades of pastoring. She has been delivering sermons mostly every week for 57 years. For Allen, it was a family affair, with six generations represented. She is the daughter of a bishop and one of 12 children, five of whom became preachers.

The church refers to her as “teacher.” She has dozens of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren, who call her “Grammer.” Ruth Freeman, one of Allen’s daughters, told Fox News it was beautiful to see her mother, who was raised in a family that read the Bible every day, live out a Scripture in Luke she focused on so many years ago when they arrived at Jesus church: “For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.” READ MORE


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