By Message Staff
PINEVILLE – The schedule for the 2018 state Evangelism Conference is now available.
Known as ECON, the conference will take place Jan. 22-23 at First Baptist Church, Pineville. ECON will feature inspiring messages by speakers from Louisiana and beyond. Each message will center around the theme verse, John 4:35.
ECON will serve as the official launch for the Harvest, an initiative to “pray for every home and share Christ with every person” began in the fall of 2015 with a small group of leading pastors. Strategy development and the enlistment of churches were undertaken in 2016. Statewide evangelism training sessions were held in 2017 and different methods were piloted.
Now, there will be a concerted push by nearly 900 Louisiana Baptist churches in concentrated prayer and soul-winning activities. The cooperative effort includes a diversity of approaches such as multi-church crusades, door-to-door outreach, one-on-one evangelism, single-church revivals and other activities which leverage compassion ministries to share about the love of Christ.
The vision has caught on, with church participation far-exceeding the original goal of 700 partnering congregations.
Ray Jones will return to the ECON for a second consecutive year to lead music and will be joined by: the Community Bible praise team from San Antonio, Texas; Larnelle Harris, an award-winning Gospel artist; and a combined mass choir from local churches.
The conference also will feature during the Jan. 22 evening session Student Night, an effort to reach youth who will gather inside the church family life center for a pizza party and entertainment prior to joining the rest of the ECON participants for a message by Student Leadership University Vice-President Brent Crowe. The following day, in addition to regular sessions, ECON will include breakout sessions and the senior adult lunch.
Topics for the breakout sessions will be geared toward equipping leaders for the Harvest initiative. Topics include how to pray for every home, coordinating a small town crusade and holding an effective simultaneous revival.
1:15 p.m. Pre-session directed prayer
Music: Ray Jones
Welcome/Introduction
Prayer: Stewart Holloway
Music: Ray Jones
Message: Ron Herrod
Music: Ray Jones
Testimony: Iris Blue
Music: Ray Jones
Message: Sammy Tippit
4:15 p.m. Prayer: Jason Dubea
5 p.m. Student Night pre-session
6:20 p.m. Pre-session directed prayer
Music: Ray Jones
Welcome Prayer: Tim Hisaw
Offering
Testimony: Kayla Sasser
Music: Ray Jones/combined youth choir
Message: Brent Crowe
Invitation
8 p.m. Prayer: Stuart Sasser
Tuesday, Jan. 23
8:20 a.m. Pre-session directed prayer
Music: Ray Jones
Welcome Prayer: Jacob Crawford
Music: Ray Jones
Message: Ken Weathersby
Music: Ray Jones
Testimony: Duane Blue
Harvest presentation
Music: Ray Jones
Music: Voices (Louisiana College)
Message: Rick Gage
11:30 a.m. Prayer: Marvin Jones
1:15 p.m. Pre-session directed prayer
Music: Larnelle Harris
Welcome prayer: Mike Schultz
Vocational evangelist presentation
Karen Abercrombie: “Clara” from War Room
Message: Greg Frizzell
Prayer: Sean Keith
3:05 p.m. First equipping seminar
3:50 p.m. Second equipping seminar
4:45 p.m. Dismiss to dinner
6:15 p.m. Pre-session directed prayer
Music: Larnelle Harris, Ray Jones and combined choir
Welcome prayer: Philip Robertson
Music: Larnelle Harris, Ray Jones
Message: Fred Luter
8:05 p.m. Prayer: David Hankins
