emPOWER rallies see a harvest

Fifty-seven students and one adult prayed to receive Christ during six emPOWER Rallies held across Texas in January and February, the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention evangelism department reported.

The regional rallies, held in conjunction with the state emPOWER Conference held Feb. 9-10 in Arlington, drew total attendance of 3,218, including 2,168 adults. Rallies were held at Park Hills Baptist Church in San Antonio; Gardendale Baptist Church in Corpus Christ; Ridgewood Baptist Church in Port Arthur; Sherwood Baptist Church in Odessa; Lifeway Fellowship Baptist Church in Amarillo, and Exciting Emmanuel Baptist Church in El Paso.

“The regional emPOWER Rallies call laypeople and bi-vocational ministers to be involved in an exciting evangelism event that they could not attend any other way,” said Don Cass, SBTC director of evangelism. “Added to that, 58 people prayed to receive Jesus as Savior and Lord. That makes these regional emPOWER Rallies worthwhile.”

The youth events included high-energy praise music from the band Rhythm and youth speaker Pat Cammarata.