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| Kentucky Baptists Set to Pray ‘With One Voice’ |
| Release Date: 06/16/2008 |
LOUISVILLE – Kentucky Baptists all across the state are being called to prayer on Sept. 10 to ask God to bring spiritual awakening and renewal to the commonwealth.
Using the theme “With One Voice,” the prayer services will be held at Baptist churches all across Kentucky. Hundreds of churches are expected to participate.
The prayer gatherings are open to the public with everyone invited to attend.
At each location, Baptists and other Christians will gather for approximately one hour of concerted prayer. In most cases, the prayer time will be introduced with a brief service of welcome and worship, but the vast majority of the time will be dedicated to praying, both corporately and in small groups.
“We will pray for people we know who do not yet know Jesus, for spiritual awakening in our community, for a movement of God in each church and for Kentucky Baptist ministries across the commonwealth,” said Dr. Bill Mackey, executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention.
The Sept. 10 prayer services will mark the fourth consecutive year that the KBC has promoted a special time of united prayer. Last year, Kentucky Baptists gathered as local groups of churches for simultaneous prayer events.
The two previous years, a team of KBC leaders traveled the state to lead prayer gatherings. In 2005, the team traveled the perimeter of the state, making more than 30 stops for prayer gatherings of Kentucky Baptists. In 2006, the leaders’ travels focused on the interior of the state.
It is hoped that the prayer emphasis will spark large numbers of Christians to participate.
“Baptists are a people of prayer so it is certainly not something out of the ordinary for us to come together to pray,” Mackey said. “But I do believe it helps us all to focus in on the importance of prayer and on the importance of the issues we are praying about when we come together with a special emphasis like this. It is significant when we pray knowing that other churches are also gathering on the same day to pray about the same things.”
Visit www.kybaptist.org/onevoice for more information about the prayer services and to download materials that can be used in promoting a particular prayer gathering.
Release prepared by Kristie Randolph, KBC Communications. |
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