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The Louisiana Governor's Prayer Breakfast featured a Gospel-centered message by keynote speaker Will Graham, evangelist Billy Graham's grandson and executive vice president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. LGPB photo

Louisiana Governor’s prayer breakfast draws more than 20 to Christ

April 17, 2025

By Baptist Message staff

BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) – More than 20 people made decisions to follow Christ at the conclusion of the 61st annual Louisiana Governor’s Prayer Breakfast, April 16.

Held inside the Crowne Plaza Executive Center in Baton Rouge, the breakfast featured a Gospel-centered message by keynote speaker Will Graham, evangelist Billy Graham’s grandson and executive vice president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

After the event concluded, a spontaneous time of prayer broke out and some attendees remained for up to an hour to pray with Jay Johnston, chairman of the task force which organizes the annual event, as well as with other prayer intercessors Johnston had enlisted.

Johnston, also the pastor of First Baptist Church, Melville, told the Baptist Message that the event was bathed in prayer for 10 months leading up to the event.

“I pray with expectancy and believed God would do a work in this,” he said. “As the chair of the Louisiana Governor’s Prayer Breakfast, I along with our task force, am dedicated to guiding people through the work of the Holy Spirit to fulfill 1 Timothy 2:1-4 for God’s glory.

“We are thankful that God inspired and empowered individuals to leave the breakfast with a renewed commitment to prayer for our governmental leaders,” Johnson continued. “Additionally, we are grateful for the harvest of souls that resulted from the proclamation of the Gospel.”

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