Jesus Is Coming!

Editorial by Andre Hastick

She came to the well alone, at noon, avoiding the crowds. Then she met Jesus. And after her encounter with Him, the very same crowds she had been hiding from were the ones she ran toward. In a single encoun-ter with Jesus, the woman at the well in John 4 experienced a natural progression: from meeting Jesus here, to go telling them there. Jesus meets you where you are, then sends you to meet others where they are. That is what a meeting with Jesus does—it turns private encounters into public testimony.

The Good News was never meant to stay where it landed. Jeremiah confessed, “Then I said, ‘I will not make mention of Him, nor speak anymore in His name.’ But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, and I could not” (Jer. 20:9, NKJV). When joy overflows, it finds a way out. You call someone. You send a message. You tell a stranger. The encounter with Jesus is not complete until it is shared with others in need of hope.

This was the heartbeat of our 2026 Camp Meeting theme: “Jesus Is Coming! Tell the World!”

We are living in a time in earth’s history that demands more than quiet faith. The return of Jesus is not to be relegated to the background. It is the headline, and the Chesapeake family has been called to carry it. With intentionality. With urgency. With one voice.

If there was ever a time the world needed to hear this message, it is now.

Andre Hastick is the president of the Chesapeake Conference.