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Sammy Tippit has just concluded a week full of ministry and research in
Louisiana, the state where he grew up. The San Antonio, Texas
evangelist spent most of the week preaching an evangelistic meeting at
the Kingsville Baptist Church in Pineville, Louisiana. The large church
in central Louisiana was filled nightly with people hungering for God
to work in their lives.
Not only were the Sunday morning and evening services filled with
people who came to hear Tippit, but many made commitments to Christ in
both services. Monday evening was a special move of God as Tippit
preached on the Second Coming of Christ. The altar was filled with
people making commitments to Christ.
The Texas based evangelist
then traveled to Angleton, Texas where he preached at meetings and
called for revival among God’s people. He spoke to Christians about the
necessity of praying for their families. Sammy Tippit Ministries plans
to launch an initiative at the end of this year that will teach and
challenge Christians to pray for their families.
Sammy and Tex
Tippit then traveled back to Louisiana to continue the meetings in
Louisiana. Ray Jones, minister of worship at the large Community Bible
Church in San Antonio, led the services while the Tippits were in
Angleton, Texas. The two then joined again for the final service on
Wednesday evening in Pineville. Many people made commitments to Christ
on the final evening. It was the largest response to Tippit’s message.
Tippit
didn’t just minister at the church, however. He also spoke to pastors
on two different occasions. He shared his vision to launch a campaign
to challenge people to pray for their families. He told those in
attendance about the book, workbook, and DVD that will be released in
November of this year.
He then concluded his time of ministry
by speaking at Louisiana College, where he studied nearly forty years
earlier. He said, “It was a tremendous blessing to speak to students
and try to give them a vision for how God can use their lives.”
The
Tippits concluded their time in Louisiana by attending a conference of
the Redbone Heritage Foundation. The organization consists of
researchers who are attempting to do scientific research and educate
the public to the people who first settled in Central Louisiana and
were called by the dominant culture “Redbones.” The name was a
derogatory term designated for those people because they came from a
mixed race.
Tippit’s grandmother, Eliza Bass Tippit, descended
from this mixed racial group. He spoke to the group about his discovery
of his heritage and the tremendous impact that his grandmother had made
on his life, even though she died before he was born.
He said, “I am so excited to learn about my heritage. I want to give back a little of what was given me.”
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