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IMPACTING THE NEXT GENERATION
Falls Creek
Forever Changed at Falls Creek
During the summer of 2005, visitors to Falls Creek were
greeted with a new 6,000-seat covered amphitheater. The
original tabernacle was taken down in late spring to make way
for the new 7,056-seat, enclosed tabernacle scheduled to open
the summer of 2007.
The new amphitheater
will serve as the
temporary home for
worship services until
the new tabernacle is
completed.
Nothing demonstrates the heart of Oklahoma Baptists more
than the world’s largest Christian youth campground – Falls
Creek Baptist Conference Center. Never has the spirit of
outreach been more
evident than during the
2005 summer youth
encampment where record
crowds reached 45,523.
Falls Creek’s record
attendance resulted in
3,682 decisions for Christ,
including 1,414 for
salvation. For the first
time in Falls Creek
history, over 1,000
students led fellow
campers to Christ.
Upon making a decision to follow Christ, new believers at
Falls Creek received a copy of
Te Pursuit
, a CD-ROM based
discipleship program containing a video on baptism, a copy of
scripture, a mentoring guide and other material to help new
Christians form a strong foundation in Christ.
Students making decisions to follow God’s calling into
vocational ministry received copies of
Te Discovery
, which is
also CD-ROM based material designed to help young people
understand their new calling.
Te Pursuit
and
Te Discovery
were made possible by Cooperative Program donations.
In addition to an incredible week of summer camp, students
were challenged to take miniature copies of the New
Testament and distribute the Bibles to other students at their
schools during the year. By late summer 2005, over 30,000
Bibles had been utilized for evangelism by students.
I was saved and entered a personal relationship with the Lord on
Tuesday, July 27, 2004, during the evening worship service at
Falls Creek. It is incredible to be part of a youth group that is
willing to help you along your new Christian walk. However, it is
even more joyous when you are able to share that joy and the
love of Jesus Christ with your friends. This summer at Falls
Creek, I was blessed to have led and prayed with four of my
friends who made decisions for the Lord. I was being witnessed
to and then turned around and witnessed to others just a year
later. Now, being in college, it is great to share my wonderful
experience with my college friends. God is awesome!
— Bobby Arnold
Beaver, First Baptist Church
Because of your Cooperative Program
support, 1,414 students accepted Christ
at Falls Creek.
Cooperative Program giving
supports the programming
budget at Falls Creek.