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Multiply Acadiana
The Greater Lafayette area has been called Acadiana due to the influence of French Cajun culture. In 1965, a flag was even issued to give identity to the area & people. Beautiful area, beautiful people. And a great opportunity for evangelism for would be church planters & partners. Here’s some quick missiological data:
>> Population of ACADIANA (Acadia, Evangeline, Gulf Coast, Bayou Associations): 675,207 
>> Only 1.8% attend a SBC church
>> Evangelical population only 9%
>> 229,049 unaffiliated with any church (they’re not all Catholic)
>> Population of EVANGELINE ASSOCIATION (Lafayette area) – 404,977
>> Only .9% of the population or 3,806 attend Bible Study in a SBC church.
>> Only 1.6% or 6,649 attend Worship in a SBC church.
>> 46 SBC churches – 1 church to every 8,803 persons. Our goal is 1 to 2,850. NAMB suggests 1 to 2,000.
>> Lafayette Parish population: 221,578. 20 SBC Churches. Church to Population Ratio: 1/11,079.
Planters, Partners needed.
Pray for our current planters in Acadiana:
- Stuart Amidon, Christ Church Opelousas;
- Louis Charrier, New Life Oppelousas;
- Ernest Davis, Olivet Christian Fellowship, Lafayette;
- Kent Duhon, Freedom Biker Church Lafayette;
- Scott Guillory, Christ Church Abbeville;
- Darrell Guy, Unity 1 Baptist Church, Franklin;
- Melvin Mendoza, El Revuevo Lafayette & Iglesia Nueva Vida New Iberia;
- Luis Romero, Iglesia Nueva Vida Abbeville & Mowata;
- Aaron Shamp, Redeemer City Church, Lafayette;
- Dennis Smith, Berean Baptist, Crowley.
Also, had the opportunity to meet new Evangeline Baptist Association Director of Missions, David Carlton. Dr. Carlton spent 18 years serving in Africa with the International Mission Board. Looking forward to working with him & his staff to reach Acadiana. Check them out online HERE.
Other Acadiana Director of Missions:
- Alan Knuckles, Acadia-Louisiana-Mt. Olive Association. Alan’ associations bleed over into Acadiana & Central Louisiana. Several communities in his area with no evangelical churches. Prayers, planters, partners needed.
- Steven Kelly, Gulf Coast Baptist Association (Morgan City area). Gulf-Coast is a brand new solo association. Strategy for this area coming soon.
Acadiana Church Planting, Replanting on I-12, Disaster Relief Update, and Other Things from This Week
1. Replanting on I-12
Met with leader of three ongoing Re-Planting projects in Livingston Parish this week.
- The Way Church in Denham Springs was gifted Calvary Baptist Church property. 900% increase in worship service attendance on site in about two years! Planters Scott Cheatham & Josh Spinks.
- Genesis Church in Walker was gifted Agape Baptist. 300% increase in attendance on site since last October! Pray for Planter Jeff Smith.
- The Way Church has been gifted Beech Ridge Baptist. They’ll be launching Bible Studies this Summer & Worship Services in the Fall. Pray for Planter Cameron Gober.
These are three of about 17 ongoing Re-Plant or Multi-site mergers across Louisiana, that have led to 100’s of additional worshippers across our state as healthy systems are put in place to make facilities again fruitful for reaching people. For those having these conversations check out these post:
- When We Can’t Go On: Scenarios for Churches in Need of Radical Revitalization
- Real Life Scenarios of Church Revitalizaiton: Merger & Multisite (The Way & First West Fairbanks)
- From 15 to 175! Another Successful Revitalization (Fellowship Church Airline)
- Church Revitalization Story: The Grove
2. Acadiana Church Planting
Met this week with Lafayette area church planters. Acadiana’s church to population ratio, % of population attending church, evangelical population puts it second to New Orleans as the most in need of new churches. Thinking about planting, consider Acadiana.
3. Louisiana Baptist Missions & Ministry Staff meeting on Wednesday
Heard a great report on the SBC response to the Louisiana Floods.
- 18,000 homes were flooded in Louisiana.
- 3,000+ cleanup / mudout projects have been completed by Southern Baptist Disaster Relief workers from 30 out of 42 of SBC State Conventions.
- Still ongoing projects in Haughton, Vinton, & North Monroe.
And then the rebuilding starts. Grateful to be a part of a tribe that responds so generously to crisis.
4. I-20 Church Planting
Working with a couple of new works in development in the Monroe/West Monroe area. This area has long been a major player in the tech industry with Century Link, one of Louisiana’s top private sector employers. Now IBM is creating 400 jobs in the region as well. 65% of SBC churches are in North Louisiana, where 30% of our population lives, so it’s not a huge priority in terms of church planting, but new churches are always needed in every community to reach new generations of people & saturate regions with the Gospel. Check out my post Does My Community Need a New Church: The Right Questions & Key Indicators to ask the right questions about your community in terms of the need for new churches.
5. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
Finished an incredible book, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero this week. I actually started reading The Emotionally Healthy Leader & decided I needed to go back & reach the first one before going further with EHL. Love Hate relationship with this book right now. Tended to meddle. LOL. In a good way. I’ll be processing this book for awhile. Already working on my church going through EHS this summer.
6. Northshore Church Planting
Met with Northshore Baptist Association leaders this week about ongoing work in their region. Five churches being planted this year with four more in development. If all these come to fruition that will mean 25 churches planted since 2000. Great strategy development over the years with Directors of Missions Reggie Ogea & Lonnie Wascom. I’ve been on the ground floor with the strategy development as a Church Planter in this region. Summarized the strategy they’ve used in the post Starting an Associational Church Planting Movement.
7. Vince Smith on Ideas Out Loud
Vince is one of our Central Louisiana Church Planters. He’s planting The Circle Church which just launched in January at Alexandria Senior High School (ASH) & is doing great. He recorded a podcast this week with Justin Bufkin & Matt Tullos with some great insights on the church planting journey, transitioning from church staff to lead pastor, & the importance of a church planting network. Check it out HERE.
8. My community has been rocked this week by two young men committing suicide. It’s led to some soul searching & good conversations in our home about life & death & evangelism. My son Jack will be a freshman at Mandeville High next year. St. Tammany is known as an affluent area, but leads our state in suicides most years. Pray for these families & our community.
9. Another Successful New Orleans Vision Tour
My colleague George Ross, North American Mission Board Send City Strategist for New Orleans, hosted another great group of potential church planting partners for a vision tour in New Orleans this week. These happens about three times each year. Next one is scheduled for September. George has done an incredible job connecting partners to plants in New Orleans. 21% of the population of Louisiana lives in New Orleans. 17 churches have been planted since 2010. History making work going on by our planters there. Keep up with happening with Send New Orleans HERE. Check out profiles of New Orleans Church Planters HERE.
10. Bridge Church this Weekend!
Looking forward to Bridge Church‘s Annual Outdoor Worship & Crawfish Boil on the beautiful Tchefuncte River in Madisonville this Sunday!
Best Articles I captured in Feedly this week:
- Five Ideas to Prepare Your Small Group Ministry For Summer | SmallGroups.com
- 10 Deadly Church Planting Mistakes | Malphurs Group
- 10 Things You Get When People Follow You Out of Obligation or Admiration | Leadership Freak
- Church Outreach: What Has Worked and What Hasn’t | Rainer on Leadership
- 5 Best Apps for Ministry Productivity | Louisiana Baptists
Engage Acadiana
Spent some time this week with Lafayette area Church Planters. Great need for new churches in Southwest Louisiana, affectionately known as Acadiana:
>> Population of ACADIANA (Acadia, Evangeline, Gulf Coast, Bayou Associations): 675,207
>> Only 1.8% attend a SBC church
>> Evangelical population only 9%
>> 229,049 unaffiliated with any church
>> Population of EVANGELINE ASSOCIATION (Lafayette area) – 404,977
>> Only .9% of the population or 3,806 attend Bible Study in a SBC church.
>> Only 1.6% or 6,649 attend Worship in a SBC church.
>> 46 SBC churches – 1 church to every 8,803 persons. Our goal is 1 to 2800. NAMB suggests 1 to 2,000.
Planters, Partners needed.
How to Plant a Church in a MICROpolitan Area: Christ Church Opelousas
Louisiana has 9 METROpolitan areas and 9 MICROpolitan areas. The only difference, according to the Census Bureau is proximity to a large city.
“Micropolitan cities do not have the economic or political importance of large cities, but are nevertheless significant centers of population and production, drawing workers and shoppers from a wide local area.”
These are some of my favorite places in Louisiana – Natchitoches, Ruston, Bogalusa, Morgan City, DeRidder, Fort Polk, Bastrop, Jennings (actually not a favorite place b/c they knocked my team out of the High School baseball playoffs my Sr. year. Yea, I’m bitter. Lol!) And the largest of these is the Opelousas-Eunice Micropolitan Area. It’s also the least churched of these nine as well, with Morgan City close behind.
How do you plant a church in a Micropolitan area? Well, Christ Church Opelousas is doing great job at showing us the way. Stuart Amidon is the church planter and in their 30th month of existence they have over 80 in worship attendance and are looking at expanding their capacity and making other things happen to prepare for the next wave of growth. What’s the story? What lessons can we learn from Christ Church Opelousas?
1. Keep a Positive Outlook
Stuart has a very positive, hopeful attitude. Slow growth can be discouraging and frustrating at times for church planters in small towns. Managing expectations with faith and a smile is essential for leading a church at this level, because the people see how everything effects you personally. Positive attitude inspired by a close relationship with a sovereign God is a must for church planting wherever you are.
2. Reach out to the Downcast
Christ Church Opelousas meets in the chapel of a rehab center in Opelousas, so much of their core group were people at the bottom working their way up. Church Planting works best in the well cultivated soil of people that know they need Christ and other people. Christ Church has developed out of that soil, so life change along with grace and mercy are front and center.
3. Plan on a Bivocational Approach
Stuart serves a local school. Planting in small towns such as Opelousas may require a bivocational approach. Don’t resist it. Much good comes from being in the community and one of the community, in the workforce. Bivocational ministry also forces multiplication of leaders as the pastor is not there everyday to take care of all the work of the church. And the sooner multiplication takes place the faster the church plants capacity for growth can expand.
4. Get Involved in a Good Network
Christ Church Opelousas is part of a network of Christ Churches that work in small communities across Acadiana. Stuart also participates in our Multiply Louisiana network meetings as able. Research has shown the validity of church planting networks. In the Church Plant Survivability and Health Study realeased in 2007, by the North American Mission Board, a survey found that church plant survivability increased by 135% when a planter met with a group of church planting peers regularly. Another survey of 600 church planters revealed that first year attendance was over 50 percent greater in the churches planted by those participating in a peer network. (see my post on The Importance of a Church Planting Peer Network). I like to say, one of the best things that planting a church has done for me is drive away my independence. To plant in a small town you will need others!
I’m excited about Christ Church Opelousas. Pray for them as they continue to reach out to their community. Keep up with Christ Church Opelousas on Facebook.
The Importance of a Church Planting Peer Network
Planting a new church is one of the loneliest and most vulnerable tasks one can undertake. Momentum can be allusive. Area churches can be at worst territorial, at best uncaring. The needs in the community greatly outweigh the capacity of the team. The loneliness can be stifling.
One solution: The Church Planter Peer Network. Getting together with other planters for prayer, encouragement, and collaboration can broaden the perspective of planters to decrease the role loneliness plays in the church planting process.
Research has shown the validity of church planting networks. In the Church Plant Survivability and Health Study realeased in 2007, by the North American Mission Board, a survey found that church plant survivability increased by 135% when a planter met with a group of church planting peers regularly.
Another survey of 600 church planters revealed that first year attendance was over 50 percent greater in the churches planted by those participating in a peer network.
As I speak with those that supervise and work with church planters, the difficulty of getting network participation often comes up. Why? Let me speak for myself:
- Pride. To be a planter you’ve got to have a bit of an independent streak and that can lead to an arrogance that says “I don’t need others” or “I don’t have time for others” or “I don’t care what others are doing.”
- Insecurity. Church planters are usually forced by circumstances to perform outside of all the boxes and decisions are made with little positive or negative input and uncertain consequences before or after. Insecurity about ideas can make a planter fearful of negative peer criticism, so we stay away.
- Competition. Probably one of the most disgusting things among ministry peers is territorialism and competition. As if one person or one ministry or one approach could possibly reach an entire area with the Gospel.
Acadiana Church Planters got together for fellowship in the Spring at Christ Church, Lafayette.
One of the best things that planting a church has done for me is drive away my independence. I am more certain than ever of my need for God (remember, we’re never alone as we go into the world – Matt hew 28:19-20), my need for others, and my desire to invest and add value to those working to expand God’s kingdom through church planting. I’ve planted a church without a peer network and now, planting my second church, I’m excited to be leaning on peers in church planting for prayer, encouragement, and collaboration.
Summer Network Luncheons
This Summer, we’ll be putting on Church Planting Network Luncheons all over Louisiana. Connect with one of them if you’re planting, considering planting, a fan of planters, a partner of planters. We’ll tell stories, encourage one another, & talk about the places of need in your area. RSVP to one of the below luncheons HERE:
- Baton Rouge – June 21st – Baptist Associaton of Greater Baton Rouge Office – 11am-1pm.
- Bayou – June 23rd – Revival Life Church in Houma – 11am-1pm.
- CenLa – June 28th – Baptist Building in Alexandria – 11am-1pm.
- New Orleans – July 19th – New Orleans Baptist Association – 11am-1pm.
- Acadiana – July 21st – Evangeline Baptist Associaton Office – 11am-1pm.
- Northshore – July 25th – Maritime Museum in Madisonville – 10:30am-1pm.
- West Monroe – July 28th – First West – 11am-1pm.
And let me know of other networking opportunities in Louisiana.
Top 6 Places to Plant a Church in Louisiana
I like to call south Louisiana the back pocket of the Bible Belt. Still many cities & communities in need of new churches in one of North America’s most unique cultures. Here’s the top places to plant a church in Louisiana:
(I use data on SBC, southern baptist churches, because that attendance data is readily available to me as a SBC strategist. Data on evangelicals comes from the.arda.com).
1. New Orleans
Population: 956,000. Only 2.1% attend a SBC Church. Only 11% Evangelical. 432,270 unaffiliated with any church.
Includes the Parishes of Orleans, Jefferson (Louisiana’s 2nd largest Parish), St. Bernard, Plaquemine, & St. Charles. New Orleans is strategic for a lot of reasons: one of North America’s most influential ports, a cultural icon for the world. For Louisiana, it makes up 20% of our population. For Southern Baptists, its one of only three Send Cities in the South.
Contacts: The New Orleans Baptist Associaton, DOM Jack Hunter. George Ross, North American Mission Board Send City Coordinator for New Orleans.
2. Acadiana
Population: 675,000. Only 1.8% attend a SBC church. Evangelical population only 9%. 229,049 unaffiliated with any church.
Includes the cities of Lafayette, Youngsville (one of Louisiana’s fastest growing), Abbeville, Carencro, Opelousas, Breaux Bridge. This is true Louisiana. Cajun Country. The images most shared about Louisiana come from these areas. Amazing food. Gators. Live Oaks. It’s also home to Louisiana’s second largest University, University of Louisiana – Lafayette.
Contacts: The Evangeline Baptist Association, DOM Bert Langley.
3. Baton Rouge
Population: 630,000. Only 2.0% attend a SBC Church. 23% evangelical. 242,000 unaffiliated with any church.
Includes the cities of Baton Rouge, Prairieville, Gonzalez, Port Allen, Plaquemine & others. Louisiana’s state capital & the center of political life & becoming more influential in the Business life of the entire I-10 corridor. Growing refugee populations have been noted & this year will begin receiving Syrian refugees. Also, home to one of America’s most influential universities, Louisiana State University.
Contacts: The Baptist Association of Greater Baton Rouge, DOM Tommy Middleton.
4. Bayou
Population: 208,000. Only 1.8% attend a SBC Church. Only 6% Evangelical. 70,672 unaffiliated with any church.
Includes the cities of Houma, Thibodaux, Grand Isle, Galliano, Cutoff, & others. One of the best places for fresh shrimp & salt water fishing in North America! Beautiful people & incredible culture. Also, very influential because of the thousands that work out of these communities in the drilling & oil production industry across the Gulf of Mexico. Home to Nicholls State University.
Contacts: The Bayou Baptist Association, DOM Joe Arnold.
5. I-12 Corridor
Population: 541,234. Only 4.8% attend a SBC Church. 25% Evangelical. 270,687 unaffiliated with any church.
Includes the cities of Denham Springs, Walker, Hammond, Ponchatoula, Covington, Mandeville, Slidell & others. Fast growing for years due to suburban life. Now robust corporate life developing. Home to Louisiana’s third largest University – South Eastern Louisiana State University in Hammond.
Contacts: Eastern Louisiana Baptist Association, DOM David Brown. And Northshore Baptist Association, DOM Lonnie Wascom.
6. Lake Charles
Population: 235,000. Only 3.7% attend a SBC Church.
Aw man! If I were 28 again & ready to start a church, I’d plant myself here! Includes the cities of Lake Charles, Sulphur, & Jennings. May be one of the fastest growing areas in the south right now with 17% growth over the last 18 months. Expected to add 40,000 jobs over the next decade. Home to McNeese State University.
Contacts: Carey Baptist Association, DOM Bruce Baker.
Planters & partners needed. Message me for info about these and other communities that need new churches in Louisiana if God may be leading you to the Bayou.
Find other info on Church Planting in Louisiana at https://louisianabaptists.org/churchplanting.
And connect with other church planters in Louisiana by joining our Facebook Group – Louisiana Church Multiplication Network.
Build Retreat and Rest Into Your Church Planting Journey
“Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while” Mark 6:31 ESV
Be intentional about building in retreat & rest into your church planting journey. A bunch of good partners for ministers on a tight budget in this regard. Here’s a few around Louisiana & vicinity:
- Shore Ministries –http://www.shorministries.com/ – Free Retreats for Pastors & their wives, all across the south.
- Abbie Lane – http://abbielane.org/ – Free Retreat center in Coushatta, LA.
- Lighthouse Resort Ministry, Grand Isle – http://ow.ly/KQkCu. Contact Fellow Church Planter John Boss.
Also, most of our Associational Camps across Louisiana offer free stays for Pastors in need of retreat & rest:
- Acadiana Baptist Center, near Lafayette – http://www.abccamp.com/
- Camp Bethany, near Shreveport – http://www.campbethany.com/
- Camp Harris, near Shreveport – http://www.harrisbaptist.com/
- Camp Living Waters, near Hammond – http://camplivingwaters.net/
- Clara Springs Baptist Camp, near Natchitoches –http://www.clarasprings.com/
- Dry Creek Baptist Camp, near Lake Charles – http://drycreek.net/
- Judson Baptist Retreat Center, St. Francisville, near Baton Rouge –http://www.judsonretreat.org/
- Tall Timbers, near Alexandria – http://www.lbc.org/talltimbers/
Let me know if you know of others!
Top 5 Places to Plant a Church in Louisiana #SendNorthAmerica #churchplanting #send2015
I like to call south Louisiana the back pocket of the Bible Belt. Still many cities & communities in need of new churches in one of North America’s most unique cultures. Here’s the top five places to plant a church in Louisiana:
1. New Orleans
Population: 956,000. Only 2.1% attend a SBC Church. Only 11% Evangelical. 432,270 unaffiliated with any church.
Includes the Parishes of Orleans, Jefferson (Louisiana’s 2nd largest Parish), St. Bernard, Plaquemine, & St. Charles. New Orleans is strategic for a lot of reasons: one of North America’s most influential ports, a cultural icon for the world. For Louisiana, it makes up 20% of our population. For Southern Baptists, its one of only three Send Cities in the South.
Contacts: The New Orleans Baptist Associaton, DOM Jack Hunter. George Ross, North American Mission Board Send City Coordinator for New Orleans.
2. Acadiana
Population: 675,000. Only 1.8% attend a SBC church. Evangelical population only 9%. 229,049 unaffiliated with any church.
Includes the cities of Lafayette, Youngsville (one of Louisiana’s fastest growing), Abbeville, Carencro, Opelousas, Breaux Bridge. This is true Louisiana. Cajun Country. The images most shared about Louisiana come from these areas. Amazing food. Gators. Live Oaks. It’s also home to Louisiana’s second largest University, University of Louisiana – Lafayette.
Contacts: The Evangeline Baptist Association, DOM Bert Langley.
3. Baton Rouge
Population: 630,000. Only 2.0% attend a SBC Church. 23% evangelical. 242,000 unaffiliated with any church.
Includes the cities of Baton Rouge, Prairieville, Gonzalez, Port Allen, Plaquemine & others. Louisiana’s state capital & the center of political life & becoming more influential in the Business life of the entire I-10 corridor. Growing refugee populations have been noted & this year will begin receiving Syrian refugees. Also, home to one of America’s most influential universities, Louisiana State University.
Contacts: The Baptist Association of Greater Baton Rouge, DOM Tommy Middleton.
4. Bayou
Population: 208,000. Only 1.8% attend a SBC Church. Only 6% Evangelical. 70,672 unaffiliated with any church.
Includes the cities of Houma, Thibodaux, Grand Isle, Galliano, Cutoff, & others. One of the best places for fresh shrimp in North America! Beautiful people & incredible culture. Also, very influential because of the thousands that work out of these communities in the drilling & oil production industry across the Gulf of Mexico. Home to Nicholls State University.
Contacts: The Bayou Baptist Association, DOM Joe Arnold.
5. I-12 Corridor
Population: 541,234. Only 4.8% attend a SBC Church. 25% Evangelical. 270,687 unaffiliated with any church.
Includes the cities of Denham Springs, Walker, Hammond, Ponchatoula, Covington, Mandeville, Slidell & others. Fast growing for years due to suburban life. Now robust corporate life developing. Home to Louisiana’s third largest University – South Eastern Louisiana State University in Hammond.
Contacts: Eastern Louisiana Baptist Association, DOM David Brown. And Northshore Baptist Association, DOM Lonnie Wascom.
And VERY close behind or tied with these FIVE:
- Lake Charles – Center of Louisiana’s Chemical Corridor. Expected to add 20,000 jobs over the next 10 years.
- Avoyelles Parish region – Still several communities that have never had an evangelical church.
Planters & partners needed. Message me for info about these and other communities that need new churches in Louisiana if God may be leading you to the Bayou.
Find other info on Church Planting in Louisiana at https://louisianabaptists.org/churchplanting.
And connect with other church planters in Louisiana by joining our Facebook Group – Louisiana Church Multiplication Network.
#PrayersforLafayette
>> Population of EVANGELINE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION (Lafayette area) – 404,977
>> .9% of the population or 3,806 attend Bible Study in a SBC church.
>> 1.6% or 6,649 attend Worship in a SBC church.
>> 46 SBC churches – 1 church to every 8,803 persons. Our goal is 1 to 2800. NAMB suggests 1 to 2,000.
>> Population of ACADIANA (Acadia, Evangeline, Gulf Coast, Bayou Associations): 675,207
>> 1.8% attend worship in a SBC church
>> Evangelical population only 9%
>> 229,049 unaffiliated with any church
Planters, Partners needed.
“In every apple there is an orchard” #churchplanting
I-10/Acadiana Basic Training for Church Planting Recap
Finished up another Basic Training for Church Planting yesterday in SW Louisiana. Excited about the teams that made it to this training.
- Bayou Life Church in Cottonport – Life Point in Mansura has targeted the communities with no SBC church & little evangelical influence across Avoyelles Parish, which is the northern fringe of cajun country. Cottonport is one of those comunities & they have tapped Louisiana church planting legend, Louis Cherrier for the task of planting there.
- Broadmoore Hispanic in Shreveport – Planter Daniel Hernandez. Hispanic population has grown to near 300,000 in Louisiana. Grateful for Pastor Daniel & his team.
- Christ Church – Lafayette, Opelousas, & now Abeville. Christ Church has added three locations in around 12 months. Excited about the heart that Pastor Brandon Nealy & Exec Pastor Joe Garner has for multiplication. May their tribe increase.
- Crosspoint Church in Galiano – Planter John Boss, & Associate Pastor Noah Blackburn who’s looking to plant in the future. Great work going on in the hard to reach bayou communities in southern Jefferson, Lafourche, & Terrebone Parishes.
- Redeemer City Church in Lafayette – Planter Aaron Schamp. Meeting in downtown Lafayette & reaching out to millenials & young professionals. They’ve done a great job in year one. Looking forward to seeing what the future holds for the team at Redeemer City.
- St. James Baptist Church in Bunkie – Planter Reginald Arvie. One of Louisiana’s oldest evangelical congregations (St. James Baptist in Chicot – started by Joseph Willis in the early 1800’s) & one of Louisiana’s newest congregations Life Point Mansura are teaming up to start a new work in Bunkie. Actually cranking up ministry tomorrow night! This is going to be good!
- The Cross Church in Lafayette – Planter Emmanuel Kuada . Brand new project. Looking fwd to what shapes up in fast growing Acadiana.
Several yet to be determined projects as well as several Revitalization projects were also represented. Our next Basic Training will be in north Louisiana at Camp Harris in Minden. Register & get more info here: http://louisianabaptists.org/basictraining2015.
Lane Corley 