Evangelists will focus on the theme of “Jesus…Not Ashamed!” during worship service sponsored by the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists (COSBE) prior to each year’s Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) annual meeting.
The worship service in Indianapolis will be from 9 a.m. to noon June 13 at the Indiana Convention Center and is open to all pastors, messengers, families and local residents.
Three Southern Baptist evangelists will be the featured speakers: Alabama’s Johnny Tucker of International Missions Association in Citronelle; Sammy Tippit of Sammy Tippit Ministries in San Antonia; and Jerry Burgess of Divine Design Ministries in Whitley City, Ky. Music will be led by various Southern Baptist music evangelists.
In addition to the worship service, the Vocational Evangelists Annual Retreat will be June 11-12 at the Holiday Inn Select near the airport in Indianapolis. The retreat theme will be “Passion for the Journey.”
Retreat speakers will include Bailey Smith, former SBC president and founder of Real Evangelism, Inc., in Atlanta; Gerald Harris, editor of The Christian Index in Atlanta; and Benny Jackson, president of COSBE and founder of the Benny Jackson Evangelistic Association in Germantown, Tenn.
All Southern Baptist vocational evangelists can participate in the retreat and may make reservations by contacting Melonie Wallace at mwallace@namb.net or 770-410-6304. The annual business meeting of the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists will begin with an 11 a.m. luncheon June 14 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. COSBE members may make reservations by contacting Margaret Allen at allensingers@aol.com or 405-359-7146.
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