A powerful faith movement is coming to the D.C. area this weekend as Life Surge brings thousands of Christians together at City of Praise in Landover, Maryland on October 4, 2025. Organizers are promising a full day of worship, teaching, and practical training aimed at equipping believers to live out their faith in the marketplace and the pew. This is not a small church meeting; it is a mass gathering of Christians who refuse to hide their convictions in a culture that increasingly punishes public faith.
Life Surge bills itself as a one-day experience that unites worship, wisdom, work, and wealth to empower people to use their resources for Kingdom impact, and the lineup reads like a who’s who of faith-driven influencers and conservative voices. Speakers and artists scheduled include Tim Tebow, Priscilla Shirer, John C. Maxwell, Kayleigh McEnany, and Jeremy Camp, among others—voices who lift Scripture, personal responsibility, and enterprise instead of taxpayer dependence. Events like this remind hardworking Americans that faith and free enterprise are not enemies but partners in rebuilding communities.
Shawn Marcell, who now serves as president of Life Surge, has been candid about the organization’s mission to steward both souls and resources, and he’s taken recent interviews to press the point that the marketplace is a mission field. Marcell told Christian media that Life Surge has seen extraordinary responses to the Gospel at recent stops and that the organization will not shy away from presenting Christ to every crowd. It’s encouraging to see leaders in the faith world unapologetically connecting spiritual renewal with practical toolsets to prosper families and strengthen neighborhoods.
Don’t let the left-wing pundits gaslight you: Life Surge is drawing real crowds and converting hearts, not just selling slick self-help lines. Recent Life Surge events have recorded thousands in attendance and hundreds of decisions for Christ, proof that America’s spiritual hunger hasn’t been quelled by woke elites or declining church attendance statistics. This is the kind of grassroots revival that rebuilds civic virtue from the ground up—strong families, entrepreneurial opportunity, and a commitment to charity driven by conviction, not coercion.
For patriots in the capital region, the timing could not be better. We live in a moment when culture-makers in Washington are busy eroding religious liberty and promoting dependency, so thousands gathering to celebrate faith, work, and stewardship should be welcomed, not mocked. Events like Life Surge put power back into the hands of citizens who believe in self-reliance, local community, and the moral foundations that made this country great.
If you care about preserving the America our parents and grandparents handed us—where faith informs public life and free markets lift people out of poverty—support gatherings that build those values instead of tearing them down. Pray for the leaders, cheer for the volunteers, and if you can, get involved in local ministries that translate that surge of inspiration into lasting, real-world impact. The left will scowl and spin, but the faithful will keep meeting, building, and loving their neighbors the old-fashioned American way.
