By Michael Gryboski, Editor Wednesday, April 08, 2026

Amid rapidly escalating gas prices worldwide, a Tennessee church recently pumped out free gasoline for hundreds of commuters.

Overcoming Believers Church of Knoxville, which has a membership of approximately 1,500 people, held its “Gas & Glory” event on Saturday at a local Thumbs Up Exxon station.

The event involved 400 cars, each receiving $20 worth of gas for free. Additionally, volunteers provided free T-shirts, candy for children and invited drivers to join them for worship on Easter Sunday.

Karen Swint, a spokesperson for Overcoming Believers, told The Christian Post that Senior Pastor Daryl Arnold “has a heart for this community and is always wanting to help in whatever way he can.”

Although Overcoming Believers had hosted the gas giveaway event in past years, Swint said, “This was our best year ever," and "it seems to get better” each year.

“We learn how to organize better as well as make it fun. The people are sometimes sitting for a long time,” she explained, noting that volunteers offered “prayer and games while they wait.”

“Our deacons and volunteers are on site to jump-start cars if they die while waiting. We tried to make it fun for everyone!”

Swint believes the “Gas & Glory” event helped to advance the Gospel.

“People need to see us be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ," she said. 

“The Bible tells us to ‘Go and make disciples,’” Swint continued. “I truly believe this is the best way to do [it]. We are to be doers of the Word, not only hearers or speakers.”

Overcoming Believers describes itself as a “dynamic ministry wholly committed to spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

“Overcoming Believers Church is a witnessing and worshiping community of believers that is called, committed, ordained and established by God to build His Kingdom in the earth,” the site reads. “We are overcoming the world by the renewing of our minds through teaching the Word of God.”

The “Gas & Glory” event comes at a time when gas prices worldwide have been sharply increasing amid the ongoing conflict between Iran and the United States and Israel. 

According to a report from AAA published last week, the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the United States rose above $4.00 for the first time since August 2022.

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