Saying it “feels like coming home,” evangelist Clayton King has announced that Crossroads Worldwide, his organization partnering with churches and ministers throughout the U.S., will move from North Carolina to the Anderson University campus later this year.

King is no stranger to the South Carolina private university. He has been speaking and teaching on the campus for 20 years.

“Moving Crossroads Camps and our ministry to Anderson feels like coming home for me,” said King. “I grew up in the Upstate. Some of my closest friends and my church are in Anderson. And, most importantly, we are thrilled to be a part of the Anderson University family — a family I have belonged to now for almost two decades. Our best days are ahead of us, and this partnership will only help us serve more churches and reach more people with the gospel of Jesus Christ.”

“We are very excited that Clayton King and the Crossroads staff have Anderson University as home base for their ministry,” said Evans Whitaker, president of Anderson University.

“Clayton King and Crossroads are a perfect fit for us. We see this move as a wonderful partnership that we pray God will bless and multiply. We look forward to having Crossroads on our campus and working with them for years to come as we pursue the common goal of sharing the truth and grace of Jesus Christ,” he added.

The popular Crossroads Summer Camps, which attract thousands of young people each summer, will also move to Anderson University’s campus from Gardner-Webb University in time for the 20th anniversary in the summer of 2015.

Clayton King began preaching in 1987 at age 14. He incorporated his ministry in 1995 and began Crossroads Summer Camps and Crossroads Missions in 1996. The ministry now serves churches of all sizes from all over the Southeast and the entire United States through camps, conferences, leadership training, missions, women’s ministry, itinerant speaking, radio, and evangelism.

Crossroads has served over 60,000 students at its camps and conferences, and has served over 4 million people at events and churches.  The mission of Crossroads is “to preach the gospel and make disciples.” The organization’s heart is to serve pastors, youth pastors, leaders and churches in any capacity.

Clayton has written 10 books, and along with his wife, Sharie, has just completed the re-launch of True Love Waits through LifeWay Publishing. The new resource is called “True Love Project” and is being used by thousands of churches to teach their students and leaders about sexual purity and the lordship of Christ.

Anderson has hosted Crossroads Summer Camps on two previous occasions. King received an honorary doctor of humanities from Anderson in 2012 and holds the faculty position of distinguished professor of evangelism.

For more information on Crossroads Summer Camps and Missions, visit www.crossroadsworldwide.com or www.claytonking.com.