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Prayer takes center stage at second day of Hope4U Crusade

By Message Staff ALEXANDRIA - The Rapides Parish Coliseum became a house of prayer Monday night, Oct. 15. Dozens of people lined the altar after a call to pray for restoration and the lost by evangelist Ken Freeman on the second night of the Hope4U GO TELL Crusade. “We’re running out of time,” Freeman said moments earlier about the need to share Christ. “We’ve gotta get busy.” https://youtu.be/p0mmsi5dcPw Freeman shared his testimony of how he turned from an out of control life to a purpose-driven one anchored in Christ. After accepting a friend’s invitation to attend a church service in 1968, Freeman found Jesus. For more than 30 years, he has shared the Gospel at more than 3,000 churches and seen more than 200,000 individuals make a decision for Christ. He told the crowd Jesus can transform their lives too, if they repent of their sins and turn to Him. “I’m proof,” he said. “God can take a mess and make it His message.” At the invitation, 38 of the 783 in attendance came forward to declare Christ the Lord of their lives and eight made other decisions. The Hope4U GO TELL Crusade continues through Oct. 17 6:30 p.m. at the Rapides Parish Coliseum in Alexandria. During today’s session, Scott Camp, … [Read more...]

FRC’s Perkins says prayers answered as imprisoned pastor finally released

By Message Staff Christian leaders celebrated the release of Andrew Brunson, an American pastor who returned to the U.S. Oct. 13 after being held captive in Turkey for the past two years. Brunson, who had pastored a church in Turkey, was imprisoned in October 2016 and transferred to house arrest in July as he awaited a hearing. Domestic and international pressure mounted on Turkish officials as the Christian community claimed Brunson was wrongly imprisoned. A court in Turkey had charged him with espionage and undermining constitutional order of the state before finding him guilty of “terror.” Brunson was released for time served Oct. 12 and hours later boarded a plane for the US. Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, a former interim pastor of Greenwell Springs Baptist Church near Baton Rouge, a Louisiana representative and a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, was one of the key figures in securing Brunson’s release. “The prayers of thousands were answered today when Pastor Brunson was released by the Turkish government and told he could go home to the United States,” Perkins said in a Family Research Council’s news release. “Those prayers combined with the unwavering … [Read more...]