Evangelist Steve Pettit to preach Oct. 16-21 at First Baptist Church

Evangelist Steve Pettit, one of America’s outstanding evangelists, will be in Lewes Sunday to Friday, Oct. 16 to 21, to conduct special evangelistic services at First Baptist Church of Lewes. Service times are 8:30 and 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 16 and 7 p.m., Monday to Friday, Oct. 17 to 21.

Evangelist Pettit is widely known as a strong Bible preacher, emphasizing revival and evangelism. He has conducted nearly 1,000 campaigns, crusades and camps throughout the United States and has preached in 14 foreign countries over the past 26 years. Having worked with teenagers for 34 years, he has a special burden for young people and their problems. He spent his summers for 29 years serving as the camp evangelist and director at Northland Camp & Conference Center in Dunbar, Wis.

Pettit is the national director of Cross Impact, a ministry to secular colleges through local churches. A native of Columbia, S.C., he was converted to Christ at the age of 19 while a freshman at The Citadel, the military college of South Carolina. He surrendered to the call to preach, and upon his graduation in 1978, he enrolled at Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C. He received a master's degree in pastoral studies in 1980.

After serving as the youth pastor at First Baptist Church in Bridgeport, Miss., for five years, he began traveling as an evangelist. In 1997, Steve received three honorary doctor of divinity degrees from Bob Jones University, Northland International University and Ambassador Baptist Bible College. He and his wife, Terry, have four children and a son-in-law.

The meetings are geared for the entire family. Beautiful music is provided each evening by his evangelistic team, who has moe than 16 professional recordings. Ben Lamphere will conduct a special teen program called the Cola Wars, and Mark Egerdahl will conduct a nightly children’s program called Spy Games 2010. The public is welcome to share in the excitement of these services each evening. The church is located at 1001 Kings Highway in Lewes. Rev. David Munro is the pastor.

The meetings conclude with a Sacred Irish Concert at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 21.