Issue: Spring 2016 | Posted: April 25, 2016

1050 U.U. Drive

West Tennessee Evangelism Rally draws 800

Fred Luter, senior pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said evangelism needs more emphasis in churches and organizations. Luter was the keynote speaker at the West Tennessee Evangelism Rally Feb. 21 at Union University.

“We need to understand how critical, how important it is that we make evangelism a priority in this state,” he said.

More than 800 people attended the rally, which included eight breakout sessions in addition to Luter’s address. Luter shared stories of the church in the book of Acts. He said the believers in the early church were so effective in carrying out the Great Commission that the Bible says they turned the world upside down.