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EDITOR’S NOTE: Do you have a Revival, Homecoming, a new pastor, a community outreach or a concert? The Baptist Message would love to share your church news with the rest of the state. It is very easy to do, just send in your information (who, what, where and when) to philip@baptistmessage.com or call 318.449.4345. To get your event in the paper, please submit your information three weeks prior to the event. ON THE MOVE Dusty C. Durbin is the new associational mission strategist for the Evangeline Baptist Association. n Tanner, wife Sami, Dryden of Deville was licensed to the Gospel ministry at HIS Church. Mark Bevill is the new interim pastor at Westlake Baptist Church, Shreveport. Rick Daniels is the new pastor at Belcher Baptist Church, Belcher. Ricky Boone has resigned as pastor of Center Point Baptist Church, West Monroe. Eric, wife Jeanette, Green is the new pastor at Bayou Vista Baptist Church, Houma. James Hester is the new Bienville Parish Sheriff’s Office department chaplain. He continues in his role as pastor of Social Springs Baptist Church, Ringgold. HOMECOMING Bogue Chitto Baptist Church, Mt. Hermon: 150-year celebration homecoming, May 6, 10:30 a.m. Speaker: Joe Wiggins, former pastor. … [Read more...]

M-JAM to youth: Have Christ-filled joy

By Baptist Message staff WOODWORTH, La. (LBM) – Nearly 400 students, first-sixth grades, will learn how to have joy in Christ during the upcoming Louisiana Baptist Missions Jamboree. Known as M-JAM, the event will take place May 6 at Tall Timbers Baptist Conference Center in Woodworth. The “joyful in hope” theme for M-JAM is based on Romans 12:12. “M-JAM will be a fun, high energy day filled with mission education opportunities that your church will not want to miss,” Louisiana Baptist Children and Youth Mission Education Strategist Erin Jones told the Baptist Message. “We will learn how to be joyful in hope as we learn to live on mission for God. Don’t wait to register. We can’t wait to see you there.” Illusionist David Laflin will be the main speaker. According to his website, davidandteesha.com, Laflin and his wife, Teesha, have been featured at the NCAA Final Four, Fortune 500 company events and conferences and conventions all over the world. Check-in will take place from 9:00-9:45 a.m., and the conference will run from 10 a.m.—2:30 p.m., including breakout sessions. The cost to attend M- JAM is $40, which includes a snack and lunch. T-shirts are $15. Register via louisianabaptists.org/event/2023-m-jam/; or call … [Read more...]

NOBTS Serve Day yields salvations, touches lives

By Marilyn Stewart, NOBTS Communications NEW ORLEANS (NOBTS Communications) -- Wearing jeans and a tee-shirt reading “From the Parishes to All People,” Jamie Dew, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary president, welcomed SBC president Bart Barber as speaker in chapel for the NOBTS Serve Day, April 13, when students go out to serve and minister around the city. At least three professions of faith resulted as 185 students, staff, faculty members and trustees—joined by Barber, his wife and daughter—shared the gospel and served in the community. The group represented the largest number of participants to date for the once-a-semester event. Dew’s tee-shirt with the NOBTS Global Mission Center tagline reminded listeners that believers are called to take the gospel out from Louisiana’s parishes (counties) to all nations. “There’s nothing out there [in the world] that will ever give us hope. There’s only brokenness and there’s only sorrow and there’s only destruction,” Dew said. “[But], Jesus is sweet  …  As people who have tasted that redemption and have a burden for the brokenness out there, we go out into that.” Evangelism teams shared the gospel on the streets and door-to-door. Others prayer walked, ministered to the … [Read more...]