Welch Rejoice! Ministry Team Announces Summer Tour

Jun 4, 2022

GALLATIN, TN—The Welch College Rejoice! Ministry Team announces that their summer tour will begin Sunday, June 5, according to David Williford, Welch’s Vice President for Advancement.

The team will hold services in eighteen churches in ten states during their eight-week tour. The team will also attend Free Will Baptist State Meetings in North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, and Ohio and the Annual Session of the National Association of Free Will Baptists in Birmingham, Alabama.

The summer tour’s program will feature hymns, gospel songs, and modern worship arrangements designed to evangelize and encourage. The members of the 2022 Rejoice! Ministry Team are Benjamin Barcroft, Nicolas Cruz, Emily Edgmon, Erin Goucher, Sarah Lovett, Mason McClure Matthew Pinson, Samuel Rodriguez, and Stephen Yerby.

“What a blessing it is to share the power of the gospel through songs, hymns, and spiritual songs,” Williford said. “It is our prayer that this team will lead our Free Will Baptist people to worship the Lord and that God will give them grace as they minister around our denomination.”

The tour schedule is as follows:

June 5 AM – First Free Will Baptist Church, Bristol, VA

June 6–7 – North Carolina Free Will Baptist State Meeting, Greensboro, NC  

June 8 PM – Garner Free Will Baptist Church, Garner, NC

June 10 – 11 – West Virginia Free Will Baptist State Meeting, Inwood, WV

June 12 AM – Parkway Free Will Baptist Church, Woodbridge, VA

June 14 PM – Harrisonburg Free Will Baptist Church, Harrisonburg, VA

June 15 PM – Free Will Baptist Church of Roanoke, Roanoke, VA

June 16–17 – Virginia Free Will Baptist State Meeting, Forest, VA 

June 19 AM – Canaan Free Will Baptist Church, Creston, OH

June 22 PM – Sandhill Free Will Baptist Church, Sandusky, OH

June 24–25 – Ohio Free Will Baptist State Meeting, Columbus, OH

June 26 AM – Flagship Free Will Baptist Church, Erie, PA

June 26 PM – Northpoint Free Will Baptist Church, Buffalo, NY

June 30 PM – Beacon Free Will Baptist Church, Exeter, RI

July 1 PM – Iglesia Christiana Bautista Youth Service, Yonkers, NY

July 3 AM/PM – Iglesia Christiana Bautista, Yonkers, NY

July 6 PM – White Oak Hill Free Will Baptist Church, Bailey, NC

July 7 PM – Temple Free Will Baptist Church, Greenville, NC

July 10 AM – Horse Branch Free Will Baptist Church, Turbeville, SC

July 10 PM – Peace Free Will Baptist Church, Florence, SC

July 12 PM – Madison Heights FWB, Lexington, NC

July 13 PM – Peace Free Will Baptist Church, Morristown, TN

July 17 AM – Liberty Free Will Baptist Church, Millington, TN

July 19 PM – New Pleasant Grove Free Will Baptist Church, Savannah, TN

July 21 PM – Heads FWB, Cedar Hill, TN

July 23–27 – Annual Session, NAFWB, Birmingham, AL

July 24 AM – Cultivate FWB, Athens, AL 

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