Bakersfield has announced the guest speaker for the 43rd annual Bakersfield Prayer Breakfast next week…

Mayor Karen Goh says Lawrence has local ties. He grew up in Bakersfield, went to Bakersfield High School, and then Cal State Bakersfield before starting a ministry. Lawrence was named Bishop in South Carolina in 2006. The prayer breakfast is considered the second largest in the nation, behind only Washington D-C. About a thousand people are expected. It’s January 24 at 6:40am at the Mechanics Bank Convention Center.

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