TIFTON, Ga., Sept. 26, 2019 – More than 160 people from across the region
gathered on Thursday evening, Sept. 26, at the University of Georgia-Tifton
Campus Conference Center to officially announce the upcoming Tiftarea
Celebration with Will Graham. The multi-day
evangelistic outreach, which will be held March 20-22, 2020, also at the
University of Georgia-Tifton Campus Conference Center, will be free of charge
and will feature music from Christian artists and encouraging messages from
Will Graham. Graham is the grandson of well-known evangelist Billy Graham, and
son of Franklin Graham.
“No matter where I go in the world, people seem to be searching
for the same things in life,” said Graham, who has preached in the Philippines,
Albania, Hawaii and Montana so far this year, with two outreaches in Canada on
the horizon. “They want hope and purpose, peace and security. I believe that
all of these elusive elements can be found in Jesus, and I’m looking forward to
sharing that message in Georgia next year.”
Tift County Commissioner Melissa Hughes, who is helping to
organize the 2020 outreach, said, “As a leader in the community, I see and hear
the need for a spiritual intervention. I have faith that this Celebration will
spark a flame toward the movement of God far after the Celebration has ended.
I’m excited about what God is about to do in our community.”
Tom Hocutt, associational missionary of the Mell Baptist Association, first
asked the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to consider an event in the
region. He shared, “Our vision is to see the Tiftarea changed by churches
working better together; Christians praying for and inviting their family,
friends, and acquaintances to the event; lives being changed by the preaching
of God’s Word—marriages saved, addictions being broken, families being made
whole; and churches being revived because of what God does through this
endeavor.”
A nearly continuous stream of activities and
planning will take place across the region between now and the Celebration in
March, including prayer rallies, workshops and community gatherings.
Visit www.TiftareaCelebration.com for details and
information.
About the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA):
From its headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association directs a wide
range of domestic and international ministries. For more information, please
visit www.billygraham.org. Get BGEA news
updates on Twitter at www.twitter.com/BGEANews.
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