Back to Bucha – Scouting Tour of the South and Texas Completed. Next Up? The Northeast.

Three weeks, 3,000+ miles, and 23 stops across the South and Texas.By Steve Richards

I am just back from the Back to Bucha scouting/promotional tour looking for venues for our fall screening tour. I began in Atlanta, went north to Charlotte, then west to Little Rock - stopping at churches on the TheoEco email list that care about the modern-day Ukrainian Christendom seen in the film. The Texas leg took me to Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Houston and many points in between.

Highlights included a stop at Dollywood at the foot of the Smoky Mountains where I was amazed to find an operating one-room country church in the theme park! While that’s hard to beat I also got to visit the First Baptist Church in Farmersville, TX - a rural and thriving congregation led by Rev. Bart Barber whom I had seen on 60 minutes recently. You see, Rev. Barber also happens to be President of the Southern Baptist Convention’s 42,000 churches and 16 million members. But as awesome as these two encounters were, they can’t beat my visit to The Alamo which struck me so much more as the 18th century church it was rather than the fort it became. Its heroes’ sacrifices for liberty echoing that of Ukraine’s in ways I hadn’t felt during previous visits to this sanctuary.

Add to these the screening in Austin and launching fireworks with my sister’s family at their home outside Ft. Worth and it was a great trip! (For the complete list of stops look below)

Here’s a list of the stops made on the South and Texas tour just finished.

1. Atlanta, GA - Peachtree Church
2. Anderson, SC - Newspring Church
3. Boiling Springs, SC - Boiling Springs First Baptist Church
4. Charlotte, NC - St. Basil's at St Thomas Aquinas
5. Pigeon Forge, TN – Robert F. Thomas Chapel at Dollywood
6. Chattanooga, TN - Christ Church Chattanooga
7. Little Rock, AR - Church at Rock Creek
8. Little Rock, AR - St. Mark Baptist Church
9. Conway, AR - New Life Church
10. Southlake, TX - St. John's Church
11. Southlake, TX - Gateway Church
12. Southlake, TX - White's Chapel Methodist Church
13. Farmersville, TX - First Baptist Church Farmersville
14. Dallas, TX - Park City Presbyterian Church
15. Dallas, TX - First Dallas Baptist Church
16. Denton, TX - Denton Bible Church
17. Plano, TX - Prestonwood Church
18. San Antonio – The Alamo
19. San Antonio – Oak Hills Church
20. Austin, TX – Lake Travis Public Library (Screening)
21. Houston, TX - St. Martin's Episcopal
22. Houston, TX - Sagemont Church
23. Spring, TX - Northside Christian