Life Surge Events Spark National Revival and Financial Growth
Thousands of people are coming to Christ at Life Surge events across the nation.
The events help people “learn why and how to create and multiply financial resources for kingdom impact,” according to the organization’s website. Priscilla Shirer, Tim Tebow and Chris Tomlin are among the prominent speakers and entertainers who have been featured.
Founder Joe Johnson told “Startup Magazine” he started Life Surge to help integrate faith with career.
“Another guiding philosophy I would say is we talk about this as an organization, but as individuals, that there’s the biblical commandment to be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth, but we use that in a business setting that we want to be fruitful as individuals, and we’re always multiplying,” he said.
More than 5,000 people at a recent event in Grand Rapids, Mich, heard dynamic teaching and gained practical tools to bring to the marketplace. The event’s lineup included motivational speaker Nick Vujicic, Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson and Hall of Fame football player Calvin Johnson. The most impactful part of the weekend was the 1,033 people who made decisions for Christ.
“Seeing thousands of people worship together and over a thousand respond to the gospel in one city is nothing short of a move of God,” Life Surge President Shawn Marcell said. “Our prayer is that this is just the beginning of revival in Grand Rapids and beyond.”
Over the course of the summer, Life Surge has seen a momentous shift during its events. Marcell recently told CBN News Digital that when they first began these events in 2021, he didn’t think to present the gospel, because it was an event that had been designed for Christians. The turnout at these events has grown substantially since then, when it held events in just cities. By 2024, it had grown to include more than 30 cities.
“We have begun to see really a revival, an awakening,” Marcell said. “To be honest, the responses) kind of caught us by surprise. But now, we will not do an event without giving people an opportunity to express their faith in Christ, and it’s truly been remarkable.”
Marcell believes Life Surge will have a ripple effect on communities around the country.
“The Great Commission is not just for pastors and when we’re serving in a church context,” he said. “But the Great Commission can be best expressed in the marketplace. That is the mission field God has given most of us to go and bring his love.”
–Alan Goforth
