Students from Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Jenkins, and Screven county schools will join thousands of other youths on athletic fields across the nation next week to share their Christian faith with fellow students during the 20th annual national Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ Fields of Faith event.
The Coastal Plains FCA Area Fields of Faith will take place Wednesday, October 9th. Gates will open at 6:45pm, and the event will start at 7:30pm at the Statesboro High School Football Field (Womack Field) off Coach Lee Hill Blvd. in Statesboro, Georgia.
While many Christian rallies are anchored to an entertainer or professional speaker, FCA’s Fields of Faith is structured as a student-to-student ministry. Peers invite
their own classmates and teammates to meet on their school’s athletic field to hear fellow students share their testimonies, challenge them to read the Bible and to come to faith in Jesus Christ.
The national growth of Fields of Faith has been remarkable. Since the beginning of Fields of Faith in 2004, more than a million people have joined the movement. Fields of Faith began with an idea from Jeff Martin, Oklahoma FCA Area Director, who conceived the concept from an Old Testament reference in 2 Chronicles 34, after searching how to help today’s generation of students face spiritual battles and temptations. In the scripture, King Josiah, an influential teenager very similar to Fields of Faith attendees today, gathered his people and challenged them to read the Bible. As a result, they changed their culture.
While Fields of Faith has its roots with FCA leadership, the event is designed to include multiple national Christian organizations, local churches and ministries.
More information about Fields of Faith is available at FieldsofFaith.com, and more information about Coastal Plains FCA is available at coastalplainsfca.org.
To learn more about the event contact Karen Carr at kcarr@fca.org.