Louisiana Baptist Churches Close Week of Revivals After 180th and 225th Homecomings
An eight-church cluster revival around Winnfield and a four-night revival in Homer end Wednesday night, with more revivals, a Bible conference and homecomings set for November.
See where this is ›WINNFIELD, La. —
Baptist churches across central and north Louisiana are wrapping up a week of revival services Wednesday night, Oct. 28, after two of the state's oldest congregations marked 180 and 225 years with homecomings, according to listings in the Baptist Message, the Louisiana Baptist newspaper.
The NCBA Cluster Revival has moved among eight churches since Sunday, Oct. 25, with services at 6:30 p.m. each night and two churches meeting each evening. Speakers Casey Johnson and Kenny Bratton have traded pulpits through the week, starting at East Winnfield Baptist Church and Hodge Baptist Church and continuing at Laurel Heights, Ebenezer, First Baptist Church of Winnfield and Southside Baptist Church. The final services Wednesday are at Atlanta Baptist Church, with Bratton, and First Baptist Church in Jonesboro, with Johnson.
See where this is ›In Homer, First Baptist Church, where Brian Thurman is pastor, opened its revival with a 10:40 a.m. service Oct. 25 and has held services at 6 p.m. nightly through Wednesday. A different guest has preached each night: Kyle Williams on Sunday, Taff Watts on Monday, Danny Slack on Tuesday and Steve Beard on Wednesday, with special music by Johnny Couch.
The week opened with homecomings. Big Cane Baptist Church in Morrow, led by Pastor Benji Richard, celebrated its 180th homecoming Oct. 24-25, beginning with a gospel concert by Catahoula Drive and a fellowship meal Saturday evening and ending with a 10:30 a.m. celebration service Sunday, with guest speaker Matt Tullos, followed by lunch and special singing. Parhams Baptist Church in Parhams held its 225th homecoming at 11 a.m. Sunday.
More meetings are set for November. Fellowship Baptist Church in Trout, where Shad Tibbs is pastor, will hold a revival and Bible conference Nov. 4-8 with evangelist Scotty McDowell and speakers Brenton Smith, Malcom Ellis, Don Savell, Sonny Simpson and David Allen, and music by Glenn Price. Rescue Fellowship Baptist Church in West Monroe will hold meetings Nov. 8-11 with evangelist Bill Britt; Macedonia Baptist Church in Effie will hold revival Nov. 9-12 with speaker Keith Dickens; and Harmony Baptist Church in Collinston will hold its fall revival Nov. 9-12.
Homecomings are also planned Nov. 8 at First Baptist Church in Pollock and Outreach Baptist Church in Columbia, and evangelist Lyndon Longoria will lead Harvest Sunday services Nov. 22 at Washington Baptist Church in Washington and Red River Community Church in Marksville. Full times are listed below.
