30 YEARS OF MINISTRY: It’s a special weekend for one local Lexington church. Richard Gaines is one of the longest tenured pastors in the Commonwealth, and this weekend he will celebrate his 30th anniversary with Consolidated Baptist Church. “I was about to join a church staff, First Baptist Church of Jeffersontown in the east end of Louisville, and I never thought that Consolidated would call me to be a pastor,” Gaines recalled. “It never settled into my mind, so when the call came that the church had voted to do just that, I was blown away." That was 1996 and Gaines answered the call. Fresh in ministry after a successful career in marketing, he moved his family to Lexington and found a city – and a church – in the middle of change. Read Gaines' full story on LEX18.com. (Photos by: Richard Gaines) #KentuckyNews #Lexington #ConsolidatedBaptistChurch