Sunday school, church services play a big part in former President Jimmy Carter's life

Plains, GA – PLAINS, GA - Jan Williams has gone to Maranatha Baptist Church successful Plains, Georgia, pinch erstwhile President Jimmy Carter for decades. 

When Carter started school Sunday schoolhouse each week, Williams noticed nan religion getting much crowded. 

"We saw that a batch of group were going to beryllium coming," Williams said. "And we started getting much and much each Sunday."

So galore group started coming that visitors had to show up nan day earlier services to reserve their seats. 

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Former President Jimmy Carter utilized to thatch Sunday schoolhouse astatine Maranatha Baptist Church. (Fox News)

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"People would person to travel present connected Saturday afternoon, get a number, thrust backmost successful nan parking lot, could not time off and past they would walk nan nighttime successful their car," Williams said.

Maranatha Baptist Church is located successful erstwhile President Carter's hometown of Plains, Georgia. (Fox News)

Williams emphasized that religion was a huge priority for President Carter. 

He did everything he could to beryllium location each Sunday and dispersed nan word.  

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Former President Jimmy Carter focused connected school lessons that could beryllium applied to mundane life (Fox News)

"He tried his champion astatine each times to scheme trips distant from Plains during nan week, truthful he could return connected nan weekend," Williams said. "To beryllium here, for his religion service." 

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In his teachings, Carter focused connected lessons that could beryllium applied to mundane life. 

"When you walked retired of our church, you could spell usage that successful nan days ahead," Williams said.