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More than a President: Sundays with Jimmy Carter (Autographed Edition)

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EXCLUSIVE AUTOGRAPHED EDITION

A never-before-published collection of lessons from President Carter's historic teaching tenure. 

Over the course of nearly four decades, thousands of spiritual seekers from around the globe made the unusual pilgrimage to the rural whistlestop of Plains, Georgia, for a remarkable opportunity to glean enduring lessons from Scripture taught by one of the world's most unlikely Sunday School teachers, the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. In 1981, Carter returned to his hometown of Plains. Through the open-door hospitality of Maranatha Baptist Church, the Plains congregation where Carter maintained a membership for his entire post-presidential life, "Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Class" welcomed crowds of curious folks from a vast variety of faiths, lifestyles, and cultural backgrounds on the search for a once-in-a-lifetime experience to witness a national treasure share his relevant insights from time-tested Scriptures. Also included are selected lessons taught at The First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C., during Carter's four years in the Oval Office.
 
With a foreword by New York Times bestselling author and academic Barbara Brown Taylor and an afterword penned by the President's grandson, Jason Carter, More than a President: Sundays with Jimmy Carter offers a treasury of Scriptural insight from a man whose Christian principles informed every aspect of his life.
 
The title is also uniquely distinguished as the first book featuring Carter's words published following his passing in 2024.

About the Author

Author, musician, and filmmaker Andrew Greer has published two books, released multiple chart-topping recordings, and directed the documentary Plainspoken, a film inspired by the lives of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter and their neighbors in Plains, Georgia. A Texas native, Greer now makes his home in Plains.

EXCLUSIVE AUTOGRAPHED EDITION

A never-before-published collection of lessons from President Carter's historic teaching tenure. 

Over the course of nearly four decades, thousands of spiritual seekers from around the globe made the unusual pilgrimage to the rural whistlestop of Plains, Georgia, for a remarkable opportunity to glean enduring lessons from Scripture taught by one of the world's most unlikely Sunday School teachers, the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. In 1981, Carter returned to his hometown of Plains. Through the open-door hospitality of Maranatha Baptist Church, the Plains congregation where Carter maintained a membership for his entire post-presidential life, "Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Class" welcomed crowds of curious folks from a vast variety of faiths, lifestyles, and cultural backgrounds on the search for a once-in-a-lifetime experience to witness a national treasure share his relevant insights from time-tested Scriptures. Also included are selected lessons taught at The First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C., during Carter's four years in the Oval Office.
 
With a foreword by New York Times bestselling author and academic Barbara Brown Taylor and an afterword penned by the President's grandson, Jason Carter, More than a President: Sundays with Jimmy Carter offers a treasury of Scriptural insight from a man whose Christian principles informed every aspect of his life.
 
The title is also uniquely distinguished as the first book featuring Carter's words published following his passing in 2024.

About the Author

Author, musician, and filmmaker Andrew Greer has published two books, released multiple chart-topping recordings, and directed the documentary Plainspoken, a film inspired by the lives of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter and their neighbors in Plains, Georgia. A Texas native, Greer now makes his home in Plains.

Endorsements

"Jesus says, 'Take My yoke upon you and learn of me, because my yoke is easy and my burden is light.' In teaching these Sunday School lessons, Jimmy Carter invites us to learn of God and lighten our load." --Andrew Young, former Ambassador to the United Nations; and author of AN EASY BURDEN

"President Jimmy Carter served America with distinction throughout his life and lived out his faith in Jesus Christ with integrity and devotion. His Christian testimony in public life inspired generations of believers in both political parties, including me. In this new book, MORE THAN A PRESIDENT, Andrew Greer invites future generations to take a seat in a pew and listen in on the Sunday School lessons of this good and great man." --Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States

"If you become a student of Jimmy Carter's lessons for no other reason, do it to study how a great Christian mind works with a gallant heart--honoring the past while creating the future, loving the questions more than the answers, seeking the truth wherever it may lead, examining his private soul in public as an example to others, and seeking their welfare above the bandaging of his sometimes wounded own. Above all, notice how the teacher's life embodies his teachings so well that anyone can see the perfect fit, even with the sound turned down." --Barbara Brown Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of HOLY ENVY

"To know Uncle Jimmy was to believe that his faith was truly one of the strongest virtues he possessed; to listen to his Sunday School lessons was to experience that faith in action. To teach 'his' Sunday School class at Maranatha is one of the hardest things I've ever done, but a blessing that he handed down to me late one Saturday night. Thank you, Uncle Jimmy, for the honor." --Kim Carter Fuller, executive director of Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historical Park; and teacher of Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Class

"To have these words--his words--written down for all of us to explore in this moment in the history of our world is truly a gift. To bring people together through the preaching of love and kindness--this is the gift of my grandfather's life. This can be the gift of our lives, too." --Jason Carter, chair of the Board of Trustees of The Carter Center; and grandson of Jimmy Carter