Will Graham Celebration Sees 500 Decisions!
By Dr. Mark Denison
For over a year, believers from North Florida have joined with those from South Alabama and South Georgia, an area known as the Wiregrass region, to prepare for the Will Graham Celebration event of May 5-7, 2017. On January 12, 450 Christian leaders gathered in Dothan, Alabama, the site of the event, to pray for an outpouring of God’s Spirit.
For over a year, believers from North Florida have joined with those from South Alabama and South Georgia, an area known as the Wiregrass region, to prepare for the Will Graham Celebration event of May 5-7, 2017. On January 12, 450 Christian leaders gathered in Dothan, Alabama, the site of the event, to pray for an outpouring of God’s Spirit.
In another pre-crusade gathering on April 23, over 1,000 came together to pray. The 1PRAYER event was focused on seeking God on behalf of the lost in the tri-state area. And on May 5, those prayers were answered.
Over the three nights, 7,700 attended the stadium crusade. Christian music groups led in worship and special guests reached out to the students from area high schools. Then Will preached, the people prayed, and God showed up – in a big way. Nearly 500 children, students, and adults recorded first-time decisions to follow Christ.
In typical Graham fashion, each of those 500 who made decisions for Christ are already receiving concentrated follow-up from the 50 area churches that participated in the Celebration. Already, hundreds have been baptized into local fellowships in obedience to the Great Commission.
Pray for Will as he leads other Celebration events throughout 2017. Mark these dates on your prayer calendar: Fort Wayne, Indiana (October 6-8), Charlottetown, Canada (November 4-5), and Oslo, Norway (November 11-12). For more information on the Will Graham Celebrations and other activities of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, visit their website at billygraham.org.