AVIS, Okla. (BP) -- While this summer has seen record temperatures
across the country, records of eternal significance have been recorded
in Oklahoma.
A record 2,469 professions of faith were made by
students attending camp at the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center,
along with 1,277 students who recorded decisions involving a special
call to Christian service. In the last week of camp alone (July 23-27),
331 professions of faith were recorded. Overall, 6,595 decisions of
various types were recorded this summer.
"Those aren't just
numbers, that's Kingdom impact," said Andy Harrison, Falls Creek program
director and Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma student ministry
specialist.
Other decisions made during this summer's eight weeks
of camp included assurances of salvation (287), restorations (2,014)
and special needs (548), although full-time campers totaled 41,191, down
from last year's 42,961, while total attendance slipped to 52,978 from
57,541.
"We have seen students deal honestly with what God has
been telling them," said Todd Sanders, Oklahoma Baptist student
leadership strategist.
"It is always exciting to see students
respond to Christ in all areas of camp, whether through the short film
'Lone Pass' in our morning teaching times, in our missions areas, in the
evening services, in their cabins, in small groups, in one-on-one
conversations, at night or during the day," Sanders said.
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