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Now, in January 2010, Pastor Weems reports,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>By the Lord&#8217;s great grace we have now reached 40 men reading Romans. Two more men ordered the set this week and one man has purchased the MP3s (but I am still counting him as reading). While this was my initial goal I was unsure 40 men would sign up for such an arduous challenge.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Imagine, 40 men in one congregation embarking on such a journey! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2009, Pastor Reggie Weems from Johnson City, Tennessee challenged the men of his congregation at Heritage Baptist Church to buy the entire 14-volume set of Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Romans and commit to reading it, following a reading schedule that he had developed, that would take them through the next 18 months. 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