GOODLETTSVILLE — Technically, Noah Leighton lost the challenge. But in his mind, the night was a major victory.
In fact, Leighton, the student pastor at First Baptist Church, Goodlettsville, was in full-scale celebration mode on Aug. 17 after the church’s “back to school” event drew more than 100 youth and saw 23 students make professions of faith.
For Leighton, it was clearly a night for rejoicing, not “remorsing” — even if he had to endure a nonprofessional haircut.
In the weeks leading up to the event, Leighton had issued a challenge to his youth group: If more than 80 students attended the “Fall Color Brawl,” he would allow them to shave his head. The FBC youth rallied around the cause, and a total of 104 students gathered for the event.
Being a man of his word, Leighton allowed the students to give him a haircut. It was a small price to pay, he said, considering that the drawbacks of a potentially bad haircut were temporary, but the decisions for Christ were eternal. [Read more…]