The Power Team, a nationally known motivational group of body builders, will have a crusade tent set up on Kitty Bennett Road by Wal-Mart in Wadesboro, with services at 7 p.m. nightly Wednesday, May 13, through Sunday, May 17.
They will also be making appearances at Anson High School and Middle School, as well as East Union and Forest Hills schools in Union County, and Lanesboro Correctional Institution during their weeklong stay in Anson County, said James Parks, director of missions for the Anson Baptist Association. "At the schools, they'll come in and do assemblies, where they'll talk about character development, drug prevention, sex education... all the issues that kids that age are dealing with," Parks explained. "At the prison, they'll be given more leeway to talk to [inmates] about their spiritual life."
The team will also have some friendly competition between themselves and Lanesboro inmates, tearing apart 2-inch thick phone books.
Members of the Power Team that will be present for the Anson County crusade include:
• Jamie Morrison, a 6'4", 250-pound young man from Dallas, Texas. He played college baseball and football, and can bench press 400 pounds.
• Jonathan Caldwell, 6'2", 250 pounds, a professional bodyguard and former police officer who's also a member of the Power Team's board of directors. Also from Dallas, Texas, he can bench press 400 pounds and holds degrees in sports medicine and Christian education.
• Michael Collins, 6'6" and 320 pounds, was an All-American college football player at Wake Forest University, and was ranked the fifth strongest collegiate athlete in the U.S. He can bench press over 500 pounds and squat over 700 pounds, which enabled him to play for two years with the Baltimore Ravens. He is from Dallas, as well.
Parks said part of the motivation for bringing the Power Team to Anson County is that he feels the county is "lost." "On any given Sunday, probably only 15-18 percent of the population of this county is in church," he said. "And 95-98 percent of the people at revivals are already saved members of the church."
He added that he hopes the Power Team's visit to the county will be more of a spiritual awakening than a revival. "The difference between a revival and a spiritual awakening is that with a spiritual awakening, people come under the spiritual influence of God and are saved. We are wanting to reach out to the unchurched."
For more information about the Power Team and its visit to Anson County, call 704-694-2790 or visit www.thepowerteam.com.
There will be a suggested $2 donation at the door for each of the nightly crusades.
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