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New River revival kicks off March 5

ST. AMANT, La. - New River Baptist Church will kick off its six-day revival March 5 with a 10:30 a.m. service. Services continue that night at 6 p.m. and March 6-10, 6:30 p.m., nightly. Evangelist Gene Douglas will bring the messages and music evangelist Jason Weir will lead worship. Craig Forque serves as pastor. … [Read more...]

Duck Commander’s Al Robertson to speak at C3 on pro-life issues

By LCU News PINEVILLE, La. (LCU News) – Al and Lisa Robertson will be the featured speakers for Louisiana Christian University’s third Christ Church Culture event of the spring semester, March 6. The Robertsons, who are from West Monroe and are best known for the popular TV show “Duck Dynasty, will speak about their work in pro-life advocacy rather than the show or the antics of Al’s famous father Phil Robertson, his uncle and three brothers. “LCU is pleased to host Alan Robertson for a C3 Seminar focused on pro-life initiatives,” LCU President Rick Brewer said. “His insight will underscore the commitment of the University to protecting the lives of the unborn consistent with our biblical foundation.” The C3 event comes nine months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade (a 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion), triggering a ban on abortions in Louisiana. But since Roe v. Wade was overturned there has been a significant decrease in pro-life activism, said Wildcats for Life President Abigail Shields, a senior management and marketing major from Deville. “This time is crucial because states are still implementing their responses to this change,” Shields said. “In order to reignite awareness on … [Read more...]

Gray Baptist to host ladies brunch

JEFFERSON, Texas (LBM) - The Gray Baptist Church women's ministry will host a ladies brunch, March 4, 10 a.m. until noon. Stephanie "Honey" Holden will be the guest speaker. Roy Davis serves as pastor. … [Read more...]

FBC Covington to host Adults 55+ Spring Celebration

COVINGTON, La. - Grammy Award winning gospel singer Terry Blackwood will be featured at First Baptist Church, Covington's Adults 55 + Spring Celebration, March 21, 10 a.m. The cost is $10 and registration is required. Waylon Bailey serves as pastor. … [Read more...]

Ashland Baptist schedules revival

ASHLAND, La. - Ashland Baptist Church will host a revival, March 19-22. Services on Sunday are scheduled for 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., and Monday-Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Sam Moore will bring the messages and the Mackey Willis Family will lead worship. Danny Slack is the pastor. … [Read more...]

LCU C3 speaker: ‘You’re our best hope’ toward racial reconciliation

By LCU News PINEVILLE, La. (LCU News) – Robert Freeman challenged students during the Louisiana Christian University’s Christ, Church, Culture (C3) event, Feb. 27, to be the generation to bring about racial reconciliation by having authentic conversations with each other. Freeman, a nationally recognized speaker and facilitator on the issue, shared how a cultural and racial divide in the United States shaped his identity as a young man who grew up on the Mason-Dixon line, which is known as the boundary between the Southern slave states and Northern free states. “God surrounded me with people who were different from me to have conversations with,” said Freeman, founder of Robert Freeman Ministries. “Out the back door, it was the North, and out the front door was the South. I grew up on this Mason-Dixon line, and God has used me as an instrument of peace and reconciliation.” Freeman shared how he lost his mother as a teenager, and a family, she had worked for, filled the gap and treated him as their own. Alice and Edward Taylor (a white family) told him they felt led by the Lord to take care of him and at 16 he became a Christ follower. The Taylors, along with his high school cross country coach, later paid for him to … [Read more...]

LCU business school forms partnership with Ron Blue Institute

By Brian Blackwell, Baptist Message staff writer PINEVILLE, La. (LBM) – Louisiana Christian University’s Young School of Business has entered into a partnership with the Ron Blue Institute, an organization that helps teach students about biblical financial stewardship. The partnership will allow the school to access the institute’s library, courses and speakers. Additionally, the school will require all business majors beginning in the fall semester to take Biblical Financial Management, a new course based on Blue’s literature and eventually will create a center for biblical financial literacy, Young School of Business Dean Kenny Holt said during a news conference, Feb. 28, inside Granberry Conference Center. “This alliance is another way we prepare graduates and transform lives,” Holt said. “We want to commit this alliance to the hands of God and pray that the blessings that flow from this day are all for the glory of His Kingdom.” According to its website, the Ron Blue Institute “seeks to be a thought leader with great influence committed to changing the way Christians think, act, and communicate about financial stewardship, empowering the church, and changing the world. The institute delivers biblically-based … [Read more...]

Students sought revival during Collegiate Day of Prayer

By Brian Blackwell, Baptist Message staff writer BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) - College students from Louisiana and across the nation gathered on their respective campuses, Feb. 23, to cry out to God for revival during the 200th annual Collegiate Day of Prayer. Held the last Thursday each February, the event was a “united, multi-generational day of prayer for revival and awakening on college campuses in America.” According to the Collegiate Day of Prayer website, individuals, churches and other organizations signed up to pray for 4,323 campuses. Additionally, a ‘Day of Prayer’ simulcast took place at Asbury University where more than 50,000 people have been a part of revival from the past three weeks (Feb 8 to Feb 20). On Feb. 21, those services were moved off campus as the school continued to host evening services for college and high school aged students (25 and under) through Feb. 23. At LSU, more than 400 students gathered for a prayer and worship service at the Chapel on the Campus. The service was scheduled to end at 11 p.m. but 50 students remained past midnight to continue pouring out their hearts to the Lord. The event was sponsored by LSU’s BCM, Chi Alpha (Assemblies of God’s student organization), Campus Crusade for … [Read more...]