Busting down the doors for YEC 2004

Television stars, football players and award-winning bands headlined the annual Youth Evangelism Conference at the Macon Coliseum the week after Christmas.

To the delight of fans who have only seen them on reruns, Kirk Cameron, an actor who played Mike Seaver on the television series, Growing Pains, and his sister, Candace Cameron Bure, who played D.J. Tanner on Full House, both spoke to the sold-out crowd. Students also heard Third Day, Casting Crowns and Big Daddy Weave in concert.

The Youth Evangelism Conference is an annual event sponsored by Georgia Baptist Youth Ministries. The three day event includes two back-to-back sessions featuring the same speakers and musicians, with a joint event in between. This year separate girls and boys events were held between the sessions.

While YEC is funded through registration fees, gifts to the Cooperative Program allow the GBC youth ministries staff to provide year-round events and training for youth and youth workers. You and your church may send Cooperative Program gifts to: Dr. J. Robert White, Executive Director, GBC 2930 Flowers Road South, Atlanta, GA 30341-5562

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A sold-out crowd of 16,000 students attended the Youth Evangelism Conference at the Macon Coliseum. They rushed through the doors, which were opened an hour early for concerts by several award-winning bands, including Casting Crowns.

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Kirk Cameron, an actor who is most known for his stint as Mike Seaver on the television show, Growing Pains, shares his Christian testimony. His sister, Candace Cameron Bure, who played D.J. Tanner on the television show Full House, also spoke at the conference.

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Former New York Giants linebacker Keith Davis talks to students during one of the sessions. Davis is holding a skillet that he bent in half before he talked about faith and overcoming obstacles.

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Debbie Long, center, from Marshall Church in Thomson, counsels with students after an invitation. More than 300 decisions were made during the three-day event.

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Mac Powell, lead singer for Third Day, shakes hands with audience members during the band's concert.