Fred Luter Jr. among speakers coming to Georgia for evangelism conference

MACON, Ga. – More than 1,000 people have registered for this year’s multi-site Georgia Baptist Evangelism Conference, which kicks off Sunday in Macon.

J.J. Washington, evangelism catalyst for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, provided the latest registration numbers on Thursday.

Because of declining attendance in recent years, Washington opted to hold the conference at three regional sites this year to make it easier for church leaders to attend. The move appears to have paid off.

He also called  some  evangelistic-minded pastors, including Fred Luter Jr., senior pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, to preach.

The central region location will be Turning Point at Mable White in Macon on Feb. 27-28. The southern region location will be First Baptist Church in Tifton on March 6-7, and the northern region location will be First Baptist Church in Cumming on March 13-14.

Luter will preach at the central region location only. Steve Gaines, senior pastor at Bellevue Baptist Church outside Memphis, will preach and lead “lunch and learn” breakouts at all three regional locations. Other speakers include:

• Herb Reavis, senior pastor of North Jacksonville Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla, who will preach at the both the central and southern regions locations.
• H.B. Charles, Jr., senior pastor of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla., who will preach at all regional locations.
  
  Mark Clifton, senior director of replanting and rural strategy at the North American Mission Board, who will preach at the northern region location only.
• Joel Southerland, executive director of evangelism at the North American Mission Board and senior pastor of Peavine Baptist Church in Rossville, Ga., who will preach at the northern region location only.
  
  
• Brad Waters, senior pastor of First Baptist Church Hazlehurst in Hazlehurst, Ga., who will preach at the southern region location only.
• Washington, the evangelism catalyst for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, who will preach at all regional locations.

• JJ Weeks Band, which will perform at the central region location.
• Carolina Bank will be performing with Daniel Crews in the southern region location.
• The First Baptist Church of Cumming's music ministry, led by Rick Forbus, will join Daniel Crews in the northern region location.

General admission is free for the conference. The ‘lunch and learn” sessions with Gaines are $10 and includes a Chick-Fi-La box lunch and a Share Jesus booklet that will be discussed during the session.

To register, go to https://gbcevangelismconferences.com.