{"id":300,"date":"2019-08-10T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=300"},"modified":"2022-05-16T09:45:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T13:45:36","slug":"robert-sheffey-circuit-riding-preacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=300","title":{"rendered":"Robert Sheffey, Circuit Riding Preacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RobertSheffey-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RobertSheffey-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RobertSheffey-768x1073.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RobertSheffey-733x1024.jpg 733w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RobertSheffey.jpg 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today we tell the story of Robert Sheffey, one of Southwest Virginia&#8217;s most well-known circuit riders.\u00a0 These preachers traveled from one community to the next, bringing the word of God to those who would accept it.\u00a0 There was one town, however, that never accepted Preacher Sheffey&#8217;s efforts to save it, no matter how hard he tried, so, as the story goes, he laid a curse on this town, rejecting it just as the town had rejected the Lord.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to the Stories podcast, for free, at Apple Podcasts, RadioPublic, Stitcher, Spotify, Feedburner or on your own favorite podcast app.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening and sharing us with your friends.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Picture of Robert Sheffey by Unknown &#8211; 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