1,900-plus professions of faith recorded during Crossover Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) — A year of planning and praying by Indiana Southern Baptists combined with volunteer support from across the country resulted in 1,932 professions of faith during Crossover Indiana, an evangelistic blitz accompanying the mid-June Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting held this year in Indianapolis.

John Rogers, director of evangelism and prayer with the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana, said the professions of faith were recorded through revival crusades, evangelistic block parties, prayerwalking, street evangelism, door-to-door spiritual opinion surveys and other initiatives.

More than 120 of Indiana’s 430 Southern Baptist churches and missions participated in the Crossover effort, which included 70 evangelistic block parties and 97 weekend revivals statewide. And nearly 1,000 volunteers – about half from out of state – joined the Crossover outreach conducted largely on June 12.

Rogers said 80 professions of faith were recorded during the weekend revivals held across the state before and following the SBC annual meeting. About 50 Florida pastors and evangelists led the revivals as part of the Florida Baptist Convention’s ongoing partnership with Indiana Baptists.

Nashville, Tenn., is the host city for the 2005 SBC meeting scheduled for June 21-22, with Crossover slated from June 17-19.