Sumter church prepares to open new children’s home through help f [Video]

SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. — In Sumter County, a new childrens’ home is on the cusp of opening. On Tuesday night, members from surrounding churches are gathering to help furnish the rooms. It’s the latest in a series of efforts from community members to support the local ministry as it works to serve kids. Pastor Paul Goff has been trying to open a children’s home at Wedgefield Baptist Church for five years. Now because of help from the community, that goal is just in sight. 

“I saw the need, I saw the poverty,” Goff explained. “I saw the hunger in the kids.”

Goff has been working at the church for 22 years. In that time, he’s seen the need in his community to help serve children, which is why he fosters two kids with his wife …