Location: First Baptist Lafayette
Address: 1100 Lee Ave, Lafayette, LA 70501
No overall registration is required for ECON, but if you’d like to register for Equipping Sessions (Breakout Meals), click the button below.
Designed to empower, encourage, and equip believers, the annual Evangelism Conference (ECON) offers challenging messages and insightful training for Christians to share the Gospel effectively in today’s culture.
Nearly 3 million people do not have a personal relationship with Christ and need to hear the good news, and this event will prepare you to share it with them. Everyone is invited including pastors, ministry leaders, and laypeople. Come join us as we reach Louisiana for Christ!
Equipping Sessions at ECON
Go deep into Revival Planning, Pace-Setting Pastors, Intergenerational Discipling Relationships and Intentional Ministry throughout the Seasons. Plan your emphasis now.
All Equipping Sessions have been paired with meals and are free, however, registration is required for the Equipping Session. CHOOSE ONE SESSION PER DAY
Monday, Jan. 26, 4:15pm
The Impact of Intergenerational Discipling Relationships on Gen Z
Revival Micro-conference
Preparing Your Congregation for Revival
James Pritchard, Pastor, First, Lafayette
This session equips leaders to guide a season of spiritual preparation —corporate prayer, targeted teaching, and group mobilization —so the church is ready to receive revival. You’ll walk away with practical steps and timelines rooted in proven revival-preparation practices. This will be a plenary session with the following sessions serving as breakouts within the micro-conference.
Developing a Church-wide Follow-up Strategy
Scott English, First, Lafayette
Learn how to turn revival momentum into lasting relationships through a simple, scalable follow-up system with timely contacts, clear next steps, and an intentional assimilation pathway. Discover research-backed principles that show how prompt, personal, process-driven follow-up increases long-term engagement.
Getting Ready for Company
Chris Poirrier, First, Lafayette
This session explores the hospitality practices and simple operational steps —greeter training, host teams, guest info access, and more —that help visitors feel truly welcomed.
Connecting with the Community
Nick Watts, First, Lafayette
Focused on NextGen outreach, this session highlights age-appropriate strategies — mentoring, service projects, student-led opportunities, and family events —that build bridges to young families and teens. Learn practical ways to equip volunteers and turn community connections into pathways for long-term discipleship.
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 12:00pm
*Formerly the “Senior Adult Luncheon”
Kyle Walker, Cartersville First Baptist Church, GA
Pursuing the Presence of God
There’s one thing and one thing only we need most! It’s the presence of God! Everything flows from the presence of God! Yet, it’s been said that if God decided not to show up at most churches across our nation this Sunday—most people would never know! How tragic! So how do we pursue the one thing we need most? God tells us! We’ll explore what He says in this session.
Reclaim the Reach: Pastors Leading Churches to Reclaim the Evangelistic Mission
In a time when many churches are busy but not always fruitful, this workshop calls pastors back to the heart of the Great Commission. Together we’ll rediscover how to restore evangelism as the lifeblood of the local church, not as a program, but as a culture that flows from the pulpit to the pew.
Promo Materials
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