By Baptist Message staff
HORNBECK, La. (LBM) – After a year-long hiatus, an overflow crowd of more than 600 men welcomed the return of annual wild game supper at First Baptist Church, Hornbeck by packing the church’s fellowship hall.
COVID-19 prevented the church from having the popular event last year and organizers were excited to see the response to its return.
The 32nd annual event on Feb. 18 featured a variety of wild game cuisine, numerous hunting and fishing giveaways and an inspiring message by Alaskan game guide Billy Molls. It also netted 78 decisions for Christ. According to sponsors, 37 men professed their faith in Christ and another 41 restored their fellowship with the Lord.
A follow-up team plans to contact each person who made a decision.
“The most humbling and exciting blessing of the night was those who place their faith in Jesus,” FBC Hornbeck Pastor Jack Bell told the Baptist Message. “We had a fantastic night and our gracious Lord blessed tremendously.”
Sponsors of the 32nd annual wild game feast at First Baptist Church, Hornbeck, reported 78 decisions made for Christ. Brian Blackwell photo
In his message, Molls shared that for the past 24 years he has led sportsmen from around the globe to some of the most remote regions of Alaska in pursuit of moose, caribou, wolves, bear and sheep. And even though he has enjoyed each hunt, Molls told the crowd the chance to share Christ during his excursions has given him the most satisfaction.
“Every year I go to Alaska looking for adventure,” said Molls, founder of Modern Day Mountain Man outdoor ministry. “But there is no greater adventure in this world than following Christ.”
Rodney Johnson, a member of FBC Hornbeck since the event’s inception, said more than 50 men and women were a part of the wild game feast outreach team. The team members gathered the day before (Feb. 17) inside the fellowship hall to pray for God’s blessing on the event.
“We were pleased with the turnout, but most of all we wanted the Lord to be pleased and give back to him,” Johnson said. “This wild game feast through the years has seen so many men and boys come to the Lord. Our prayer was that God would receive all the glory.
“Sometimes, men walk in door not knowing what they are looking for,” he added. “But, as we saw during this feast, they left with full knowledge of what they are looking for and that’s a relationship with the Savior.”
