An April 11 Upstate evangelistic event featuring popular Christian speaker and movie actor Kirk Cameron drew 3,000 people to Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium and resulted in more than 70 faith decisions.
Kirk CameronCameron starred in the box-office hit “Fireproof” as well as the “Left Behind” series of motion pictures. A praise team from Crossroads Baptist Church in Spartanburg led worship.
The event, called Challenge 2010, was sponsored by several churches of the Spartanburg County Baptist Network and by the Carolina Pregnancy Center of Spartanburg.
Church groups from both Carolinas and Georgia attended. Rob Gouge, pastor of Stone Station Baptist Church in Roebuck, said that of the 72 young people who met with counselors, 34 made first-time professions of faith.
Gouge said the event started eight years ago as a ministry of Zion Hill Baptist Church in Spartanburg under the leadership of pastor Keith Davis. It quickly became a multi-night event featuring speakers like evangelist Ken Freeman and, last year, a “strength team” that resulted in 185 faith decisions over three nights at Byrnes High School.
The event has resulted in more than 600 faith professions since its inception.
More than 3,000 young people and adults attended Challenge 2010, an evangelistic event featuring actor and Christian speaker Kirk Cameron.