On the College of Oklahoma (OU), college students consider it’s time for a revival — they usually have commissioned the assistance of GRAMMY award-winning artist Likelihood the Rapper and GRAMMY-nominated Up to date Christian artists Kari Jobe and Chandler Moore for the event. What began off as a “God-sized dream” to a small group of OU college students in a September 7, 2022 gathering, has now grown to a 150-member student-led motion known as “Fill the Stadium” (FTS) — an evangelistic, free and sold-out occasion to happen on Saturday, April twenty ninth on the Gaylord Household-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
Spearheaded by OU college students Josh Robinson and Nathan Wong, the 60,000 particular person occasion will pack out the stadium with prayer, worship, repentance and revival, within the hopes that each believers and non-believers can unify underneath a heart-centered message of hope and revitalization for the subsequent technology.
“There may be true energy within the simplicity of the Gospel,” says OU scholar Josh Robinson. “We need to convey non-believers and believers into this stadium to listen to concerning the love of Jesus. We consider this occasion will function a catalyst for constructive change on our campus, within the metropolis, throughout our state, all through the nation, and world wide.”
For Robinson, Wong and plenty of different college students, FTS is extra than simply the big-name artists they managed to attract in. The FTS motion acknowledges the present state of despair, nervousness and brokenness for the Gen-Z technology, and is fervently in search of solutions by way of a revival for peace, pleasure, and a way of neighborhood.
“We consider that proper now the world is hurting and it’s damaged. Being on a university campus, we…see this lots with mates and friends, and the way in which that they’re affected by the world. We see elevated nervousness, despair, and suicide charges throughout the nation, and people numbers proceed to rise,” stated FTS Co-Director Nathan Wong. “We consider that there’s a solution to the world’s issues, and we consider his title is Jesus, and we’re all about bringing collectively folks for an evening of unity, and for an evening of hope.”
Along with the star-studded line-up, Evangelist Nick Corridor will ship the message for the night and share the Gospel. Ministry leaders throughout Oklahoma Metropolis and past are dedicated to attend, in addition to enterprise and neighborhood leaders who’ve supplied monetary assist.
“We hope that this occasion brings collectively the town and the neighborhood,” Wong added. “We hope that this occasion is a catalyst for extra progress and unity. We hope that [after this event], Norman by no means appears to be like the identical.”