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Tent revival kicks off in Port Lavaca

Ministers encourage believers to walk boldly with God, believe in ability to give followers strength

Evangelist Rod Vincent anoints a small group of worshipers ages 5 to 21 during the first service of a seven-day tent revival hosted by the Fellowship of Churches of Port Lavaca.
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  • Originally published July 10, 2011 at 10:03 p.m., updated July 10, 2011 at 11:10 p.m.

  • FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES TENT REVIVALWHERE: 1104 W. Austin St., Port Lavaca

    WHEN: 7-9 p.m. Sunday-Saturday

    COST: Free, open to the public

    GUEST SPEAKER: The Rev. Rod Vincent will speak through Friday. Bishop David Sanders, of Temple of Faith, will speak ...

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    • FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES TENT REVIVALWHERE: 1104 W. Austin St., Port Lavaca

    WHEN: 7-9 p.m. Sunday-Saturday

    COST: Free, open to the public

    GUEST SPEAKER: The Rev. Rod Vincent will speak through Friday. Bishop David Sanders, of Temple of Faith, will speak Saturday night.

    PARTICIPATING CHURCHES: Temple of Faith, Mt. Sinai Baptist, First Baptist Port Lavaca, Six Mile Assembly of God, St. Joseph Baptist, Fisherman Chapel Port O'Connor, Pilgrim Christian Church and Alamo Heights.

PORT LAVACA - For the next week, a yellow and white striped tent will be the most colorful church on West Austin Street.

The Fellowship of Churches kicked off its 19th Annual City-wide Tent Revival on Sunday night to an excited crowd of dedicated and new followers of Christ.

A cool evening breeze blew through the outdoor church as national evangelist, the Rev. Rod Vincent, gave a motivational sermon about revitalizing and renewing followers of God.

"How many of you can say tonight, 'I am not ashamed of the Gospel,'" Vincent, 57, shouted with powerful ministerial cadence.

Vincent encouraged the group to walk boldly with God and believe in His abilities to strengthen weak followers.

"The Christian Church has gone from being a battle ship to a cruise ship," he said.

During the service, Vincent asked the youth in the crowd to come to front of the tent, where they were joined by their parents who laid hands on them to pray.

"This is not the church of the tomorrow, this is the church of today," Vincent said, pointing at the children and young adults.

'Praise you Jesus," and "Thank you Jesus" could be heard from the audience as Vincent prayed over the group.

D.J. Williams, a Mt. Sinai Baptist Church deacon, and Tent Revival Committee chairman, said the revival will have a different focus every night - Sunday and Monday will focus on youth - and feature an eclectic fusion of worship leaders and guest speakers until Saturday.

"This event is really about bringing unity among the churches and having them work together to spread the Gospel," Williams said.

When asked why the weeklong revival is held under a tent, Williams said, "Because there are people that come out here under the tent that won't go in a church. And there's a thing about going back to the old way of evangelizing. Tent revivals aren't as popular as they used to be. But we've been here about 16 years in this location."

The tent revival is open to the community, Williams said. Vincent will be the lead speaker until Friday.




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