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VOL. 11, No. 1 JANUARY 15, 2010BATON ROUGE, LA NON-PROFIT U. S. POSTAGE PAID BATON ROUGE,LA PERMIT#575 527NorthBlvd. BatonRouge,LA 70802-5700 Congress on Evangelism Habitat project / 6 Scholarships / 3-5 Congress photos / 7 William Paul Young, author of... More

VOL. 11, No. 1 JANUARY 15, 2010BATON ROUGE, LA NON-PROFIT U. S. POSTAGE PAID BATON ROUGE,LA PERMIT#575 527NorthBlvd. BatonRouge,LA 70802-5700 Congress on Evangelism Habitat project / 6 Scholarships / 3-5 Congress photos / 7 William Paul Young, author of the best selling novel The Shack, described himself as an ‘accidental’ author at the Congress on Evangelism 2010, held Jan. 5-8 in New Orleans at the Roosevelt Hotel. As a matter of fact, the former manufacturer’s rep actually wrote the book as a gift for his six children aged 16-29 at the request of his wife, Kim. When Young was encouraged to mass produce the book, he was initially turned down by 26 publishers. “They said it (The Shack) was too edgy, had too much ‘Jesus’ in it,” explained the author, drawing a laugh from the crowd. Young’s Thursday night address was just one of several enjoyed by the more than 630 people that attended the annual national evangelism conference for the United Methodist denomination. The theme fo Less