Ebenezer Baptist and St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Atlanta challenged a group of second graders.
The told them if they graduated from high school, the churches promised pay for them to attend the colleges of their choice.
"So often we tell young people to stay out of trouble, to stay in school and we don't do enough to encourage them," explained Rev. Raphael Warnock, Senior Pastor of Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church.
"We adopted these kids when they were in the second grade and at the time they all lived in Bowen Homes housing project," shared Warnock. "We said to them, that if they would stay in school and stay out of trouble, when they graduated, we would make sure that they made it through college."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. grew up in Ebenezer Baptist, so it's appropriate that the churches partner with the non-profit "I Have a Dream" Foundation to work toward getting the kids through high school and college.
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