Ridgecrest named top facility by conference planners

Marty King

Ridgecrest Conference Center, near Asheville, N.C., has been awarded the first-ever 2012 Praise Award by Religious Conference Manager magazine.

As the nation’s largest Christian conference facility, Ridgecrest is owned and operated by LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention and has ministered to millions of guests during its more than a century of service.

Ridgecrest’s 1,300-acre complex is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina, and offers options for individual sabbaticals, small group meetings and large conferences with outdoor recreation facilities, diverse lodging accommodations, and meeting rooms and large group spaces, including Spillman Auditorium, which seats more than 2,000. – LifeWay