What a week! With VBS every morning, and the Cola-Clash every night, our team kept very busy. It was a fruitful week. Our Cola-Clash started off slow with only 25 attending on the first night. But by the second evening, we had more than doubled our crowd at 51. There were 18 who put their faith in Christ over the … Read More
The War Week #3 – Clarksville, TN
Cross & Crown Baptist Church is located in Clarksville, TN just outside the Fort Campbell military base. Many of the people in the church work at the base and are a part of the military. Pastor Caldwell and Pastor Weidmann have been looking forward to bringing The War into their military town for months, expecting a heated competition and a … Read More
Cola-Clash Week #4 – Downer’s Grove, IL
Well, we might have gotten rained on, but let me say that the spiritual downpour of God’s blessing far surpassed the downpour of rain we received on Thursday night. In fact, the rain ended up being quite a blessing. On a day that saw 105 degrees and horrible humidity, the rain was a refreshing blessing during our outdoor competitions. God … Read More
Cola Clash Week #3 – Palos Hills, IL
We had a wonderful week just outside Chicago in Palos Hills, IL. This was the first time that this church has had an event like this, and they took it very seriously. God blessed us with 97 teenagers over the three nights with a high night of 66 and a total of 25 salvation decisions! Praise the Lord! There are … Read More
The War Week #2 – Ocala, FL
The Lord opened up this opportunity for our team to work with Central Baptist Church in Ocala, FL, home of Ocala Christian Academy. We worked with Chase Basinger, the church’s Music Pastor, who is a very sweet and godly man. While we adjusted the schedule a bit to accommodate their VBS schedule, but it seems now that God was behind … Read More
The War Week #1 – Land O’ Lakes, FL
What an intense week to start a tour! The Youth Pastor of First Baptist Church, Joey Quilty, had been trying to get one of our teams to do a teen evangelistic outreach in conjunction with their Vacation Bible School for years. Finally, this summer God opened up the opportunity for us to go down to Florida in the summertime. Our … Read More
Cola Clash Week #2 – Grand Island, NE
Spoke Tackle over a cactus patch, anyone? No worries, Jeff and Trevor now have plenty of experience digging out those pesky little fella’s! The field ended up being perfect! We didn’t know what to expect here in Grand Island, Nebraska. Solid Rock Baptist Church was just planted this year, so there are not many people in the building. But, they’ve … Read More
Cola Clash Week #1 – Central City, NE
This was our second straight summer in Central City, Nebraska. God gave us beautiful weather all week long. There was no rain this year, and best of all…no tornadoes! Last year, our Thursday night event was brought to an abrupt ending right in the middle of the message when tornado sirens went off. It made for an unforgettable night. God did … Read More
The War Week #10 – Manitowoc, WI
Manitowoc Baptist Church is a church plant started by Ron and Helen O’Bryon in Manitowoc, WI. We took on the week knowing that we did not have a large base of teenagers with which to start, but we were anticipating God reaching virgin soil with the power of the gospel. Indeed, that is exactly what God did. Though God was … Read More
The War Week #9 – Burlington, NC
The War was last at Baptist Temple of Alamance County back in 1994. Pastor Carter gladly welcomed the team back when he heard we would be in the area. He and his son David, the assistant Pastor, did much work in preparation and were anticipating God doing a great work in Burlington. The first night, we were up against high … Read More