The Rock & Worship Roadshow 2009
MercyMe, Jeremy Camp, Hawk Nelson
JQH Arena - Springfield, MO
April 11^th, 2009

We all arrived at the JQH arena for the MercyMe / Jeremy Camp concert at 3:00 p.m. The tickets were only $10, and with a radio station campout the night before, the result was a pretty good size crowd to meet us. The crowd soon grew and would wrap around both sides of the building and more. The team that was able to go out and share the true gospel of Jesus Christ included Greg, Kim, Bruce, Cindy, and Steve. We started out by handing tracts to the growing crowd, which seemed to go real well. Gods hand seemed to be over the place.

Greg and Steve next started with round one of open air, while Bruce and Cindy continued to hand out tracts and talk to the numbers of people that kept coming as the lines grew. Greg preached from the Sermon on the Mount. Some of Jesus most shocking words came at the end of this sermon when He said, "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." Matthew 7:13-14 Greg told the crowd that you may wonder why we chose a crowd of people going to a contemporary Christian concert to preach to. Greg told them Jesus words are saying that there are more religious people going to hell than heaven. This is very shocking. These are the people who claim to know God, know the Bible, prophesy in his name, perform miracles, but on the last day the Lord will say to them to depart from me I never knew you. A lot of these people could be the very people in the very crowd that were preached to today.

This was Steve's first time to preach. He did a great job of conveying the true gospel and getting out the truth to the crowd. He read the Easter story from the scriptures. I think this may be just the beginning of his open air preaching. Steve did get to go to the concert with his family. He told Greg that the message presented inside was very shallow and weak. It did not include any sin, righteousness, or judgment. So if they did not get it on the inside they sure heard the true gospel on the outside. Greg and Steve then went around to the other side for open air number two while Bruce and Cindy continued to hand out tracks. During open air the second time we had a lady come up and hand us a letter she had written. It was very genuine and full of grace. It stated, "May the Lord surround all of you with his strength, power, and glory. May you all be embraced by his love, hope, peace, and rest. The Lord will never fail you. He has Chosen all of you for a hard race but he knows that you all will endure." This was the first time anything like this has happened before. She was definitely moved by the preaching and what was being said.

After the preaching we all blanketed the crowd with tracts. People were everywhere. They were even coming off busses in masses. Greg was even able to talk to a police officer and give her a tract. The Lord was truly working for all of this to be possible. In all we were able to hand out over 3,000 tracts. May Gods will be done in the seeds that were sown.

Greg - Open Air Preaching Part 2

Steve First Time Open Air Preaching - Part 3