Brandon Conservative to Headline Prayer Breakfast

News Report

Brandon resident Terry Kemple, president of the Community Issues Council, will be the keynote speaker at the Brandon Prayer Breakfast, hosted by the Brandon, FishHawk and Valrico chapters of Christian Business Connections.

The breakfast will take place Monday, Feb. 20, from 8 to 10 a.m. at Bell Shoals Baptist Church, 2102 Bell Shoals Rd., Brandon.

The former owner of a computer consulting business, Kemple is an active member of Bell Shoals Baptist Church. He has served as executive director of the Christian Coalition of Florida and Florida Right to Life. He also led an evangelistic sexual abstinence ministry in which more than 6,500 students made the decision to remain abstinent until marriage.

In 2008, he led the Tampa Bay area portion of the statewide campaign to have marriage defined in the state constitution as being between one man and one woman.

Kemple also was successful in leading the effort to get the Good Friday holiday returned to the Hillsborough County school calendar.

He recently has been active with the Community Issues Council, a local Christian ministry he founded to help churches understand what effect issues will have on Christians.

In addition, Kemple serves on the board of LifeCare of Brandon, the Faith Tampa Bay, Brandon '86 Rotary and is a member of the Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce.

Christian Business Connections is composed of a group of business people who base business decisions on Christian values and help one another's businesses prosper through networking and sharing Christian business practices. The Brandon chapter meets at Mimi's Cafe, 804 Providence Rd., Brandon, every Monday from 7:45 to 9 a.m.

The chapter hosts the Brandon Prayer Breakfast three times a year to let Christian business people hear an inspirational message from a speaker, pray for the community and network.

Tickets to the breakfast are $15 in advance through Wednesday, Feb. 15, or $20 at the door.

Sponsors of the breakfast include 3 Strand Business Solutions, Christian Voice, Surv Tech Solutions and Renea Coker with Keller Williams.

For more information, visit www.ChristianBusinessConnections.com or call Donna Rayburn at 813-404-6991.