By Michael Koontz
Pastor, Pine Ridge Baptist Church, Harriman

Pastor Michael Koontz, left, and his wife, Janet, recently welcomed former University of Tennessee and NBA player Steve Hamer to the IGNITE basketball camp at Pine Ridge Baptist Church, Harriman.
Our church recently hosted an IGNITE basketball camp. The journey of this camp is truly a God thing. Back in the winter I approached our youth director Justin Fritts and spoke with him about taking the youth on an out-of-state missions trip to work a Bible-based sports camp. As a few weeks passed, it became clear that this was not going to work out for us. But then, Justin came up with an alternative plan. [Read more…]


