Something unexpected happened at a roofing convention in early January. Scores of men and women passionate about their trade gathered together to forge business connections, gain industry insights, and sharpen their skills. Yet, ministry leaders tell CBN News that in the last moments of the conference, more than 200 responded to a Gospel presentation and dozens were baptized.
RoofCon is known as the “#1 roof conference” in the nation and headlines speakers such as Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson, according to its website. However, founder Hunter Ballew wanted to offer the men and women attending the event in Oklahoma City, OK, more than a new set of skills to add to their tool bag.
“[Hunter] contacted me in the fall and said, ‘I’d love to meet you. I have really been impressed by the Holy Spirit that I [need] to use my roofing convention as a platform to reach people with the Gospel,'” Evangelist Clayton King told CBN News.
King is the pastor and founder of Crossroads Camp in Anderson, South Carolina. For nearly 40 years, King has traveled the country presenting the Gospel in a clear way to the young and the old. When Ballew invited him to speak before the group of roofers, he jumped at the invitation.
King said God put it on his heart to baptize those who responded to the Gospel message directly after the conference.
“I said, what would you think about having a baptism there. And he said, ‘Man I was thinking the same exact thing. So they went to Tractor Supply and bought some horse troughs, filled them up with water in the convention on the convention floor.”
And God did the rest.
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According to King, the session was not mandatory, but many showed up. He felt that the Holy Spirit had a specific message to share with this group of roofers.
“What I really sensed the Holy Spirit directing me [was] to share the simplicity of the Gospel and how a person can actually know that they are born again,” he told CBN News.
“They came, and it was just a really special move [of] the Holy Spirit,” King added.
More than 200 men and women responded to the Gospel, and dozens were immediately baptized.
“I’m always amazed when I see one person or 1,000 people respond to the Gospel,” Clayton shared, “but at the same time I’m never really surprised at the power of the Gospel to draw people to salvation.
He added, “I knew the kind of faith that Hunter and his team had going into the event [and] I was just really praying and believing that God would honor their faith and that they would see a harvest, and they did.”
Video footage and photos posted to social media show the powerful transformation that took place.
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