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Oct. 28 Pisgah Baptist Church
Oct. 31 First Baptist Church, Dubach


As many of you know, in 1970, I was a member of an evangelistic team led by Sammy Tippit that walked 1400 miles from Monroe, Louisiana to Washington, DC. Recently Sammy came to speak at my home church, Cook Baptist Church, in Ruston, Louisiana. Before taking Sammy to the airport we stopped by the Baptist Collegiate Ministry building on the campus of the University of Louisiana in Monroe. In 1970 this was a brand new facility and one of the greatest movings of God's Holy Spirit in our area was centered here. We were the first to use the building and it was here that we held 3 nights of meetings that was a spillover from meetings at a local church.  What started out with a crowd of about 75 was to eventually grow to well over 2000 with over 300 public decisions for Christ. Much of what God was doing centered in the prayer that was held here and in the old building which at that time had been converted into a coffeehouse. This eventually led to the 4 month 1400 milecross country walk  that included revivals, a tent crusade , television, college campus rallies, the presentation of the gospel at political rallies, and many wonderful times together in Christ. Around 1000 souls gave their hearts to Jesus during this time. (One man came to share with Sammy at our church how he was saved during that crusade.)  Sammy and I had the joy of going once again and praying together in this building as we did 37 years ago. We wanted to give thanks for those wonderful times and God's faithfulness.We recommitted ourselves to the emptying of self so that God could continue to do through us as He did in those days.  What a wonderful blessing to hear Sammy and spend time with Him once again. Let me encourage you to take the time to visit Sammy's website at www.sammytippit.org. God has mightily used this man of God.
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Ray Mears and Sammy Tippit
1970 Crusade Team