Roundtables. Huddles. The language used around the Discipleship Network of Alabama points to where network leaders say they believe things happen — in relationships.

Just ask Daniel Edmonds where his life has been changed, and he points quickly to his relationship with Andrew Smith, a longtime pastor and leader of the Sunday School office at the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.

Edmonds, current director of the SBOM office of Sunday School & discipleship, said Smith took him under his wing as a young man and mentored him in ministry and disciple making until Smith died in 2015.

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This article was originally published at TheAlabamaBaptist.org.