Arkansas Baptists have a lot to look forward for 2025. A few events to mark on the calendar are:
The 2025 Statewide Conference on Evangelism + Church Health will be Jan. 27-28 at Geyer Springs First Baptist Church. It will feature powerful worship, dynamic speakers, and practical workshops.
Special guests Jeff Iorg, Ted Cunningham, JJ Washington, Lee Strobel, Nick Floyd, Tom Richter, and Cross Church Worship.
On Monday morning before the Evangelism Conference begins, there will be a pre-conference apologetics workshop led by Lee Strobel beginning at 10 a.m.
Lead Defend and Foundations
Lead Defend and Lead Defend Foundations are scheduled March 8 at Immanuel Baptist Church and the City Center in Little Rock.
Lead Defend is a leadership and apologetics conference for high school and college students and young adults of Arkansas, while Foundations is aimed at students in grades 6-9. Students experience powerful worship, engaging messages, and practical breakout sessions. There will be several guest speakers including Jamie and Tara Dew, Sean Emory and Lee Strobel.
The Missions Team and Evangelism + Church Health Team are collaborating for the 2025 Spring Outreach Strategy. This strategy begins with an invitation to share the message of John 3:16 on March 16 and culminates with Statewide Baptism Sunday on April 27.
Arkansas Baptist Women Conference
The 2025 Arkansas Baptist Women Conference will be Sept. 20. The conference is designed for women of all ages and stages of life, offers powerful worship, dynamic speakers, and meaningful times of connection.
Additionally, on Sept. 20 at Geyer Springs, will be the Arkansas WMU Annual Meeting and Missions Celebration.
Camps
Arkansas Baptists also have the opportunity to participate in various camps throughout the year.
This year’s PraizFest, a student weekend of worship and equipping, will be Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2025, at First Baptist Church in Benton.
JoyWorks, July 14-18, is a worship arts camp offered for children grades three through six. At this level, the children are given the opportunity to participate in several “tracks” led by experts from across our state. These track leaders give children the opportunity to develop their skills and explore interests which can be immediately implemented into the worship leading of their local churches.
PraiseWorks, a worship arts camp offered for students in grades six through 12, is the next level of discipleship and equipping. This camp is also July 14-18. Registration for PraiseWorks and JoyWorks opens March 1.
In 2024, Engage Missions Camp will be held at Camp Paron from June 16-20. This unique camp combines biblical teaching, worship, evangelism, fun, and fellowship with hands-on ministry opportunities to help equip students to be engaged full-time in God’s mission.
Super Summer Arkansas, scheduled for June, focuses on evangelism and discipleship for students. It is split into two camps: Super Summer JV, serving campers who have completed sixth through eighth grade, and Super Summer, serving campers who have completed ninth through 12th grade.
Super Summer JV will be June 21-24 while Super Summer will be June 24-28. Registration opens February 1.
The next One Day Acts 1:8 Missions Experience is Oct. 4, 2025, in Jonesboro.
One Day Acts 1:8 Missions Experience provides an annual opportunity for Arkansas Baptists to impact lostness in a specific area of our state. Partnering with the churches of a local Association, Arkansas Baptists from across the state spend five hours on the first Saturday in October serving in a variety of ministries, including: prayer walking, evangelism, children’s activities, block parties, construction and home repairs, medical/dental clinics, sports camps, yard work, cowboy ministries, children’s fishing derbies, multi-housing ministries, and several others.
The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention is scheduled for Oct. 21-22 at First Baptist Church in Russellville.
This is only a partial list of the many opportunities to participate in events and ministries provided through your Cooperative Program giving.
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