Missouri | Bikers and prayers took to Route 66 on the 100th anniversary of the famous Chicago to Santa Monica, California highway. The first event of its kind to be organized by the Missouri Baptist Convention in recent years drew more than 250 people from 40 churches. They took to the road and prayed over various locations in their stretch of the legendary thoroughfare.
Rob Pochek, Prayer and Evangelism team leader, shared his excitement at “hearing Missouri Baptists crying out to God to bring revival to our churches and spiritual awakening to our cities, colleges, and state as a whole.
“Our host churches all demonstrated tremendous hospitality,” Pochek said. “Some provided extensive refreshments, with one transforming their family life center into a 50s diner!”
Missouri Baptist bikers cross the historic Devil’s Elbow bridge along Route 66 in Pulaski County, Mo., during the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Route 66 Prayer Tour, Aug. 30-Sept. 2. (Pathway photo by Bob Greenlee)
Excitement for the Route 66 Prayer Tour extended even beyond Missouri, Pochek said. “One of the leaders of the FAITH Rider ministry in Oklahoma heard about the Prayer Tour and shared it with Prophet Bailey, the men’s ministry leader for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO). So, the BGCO planned an additional two nights for the Prayer Tour…. Then, our Oklahoma Baptist friends ended the tour on Saturday morning at the cross in Groom, Texas.”
Future prayer tours are planned yearly on eight state highways.
–Reporting by The Missouri Pathway, photos by Bob Greenlee