Potential
CELEBRATE JESUS! Crusades:
2008
Waldorf, MD -Celebrate
Jesus! Charles County Cruasade III Minor
League Baseball stadium -seats 7,100
Mansfield, TX - Celebrate
Jesus! TEXAS Crusade II -
Mansfield Football Stadium (seats
13,000)
Tampa, FL
Danbury, CT
Chicago, IL
2009
Waldorf, MD - Celebrate
Jesus! Charles County Crusade IV
Dallas, TX - Celebrate
Jesus! TEXAS Crusade III -TEXAS
Stadium/Home
of Dallas Cowboys
-seats 68,000
Charlotte, North Carolina
Las Vegas, Nevada
2010
Los Angeles, CA (TBA)
Waldorf, MD - Celebrate
Jesus! Charles County Crusade V
"I am just a Western Union messenger
boy delivering a telegram of God's love to the door of
Humanity."
Dr. Billy
Graham
"Celebrate
Jesus! Crusades was founded in
January 2006 and was a concept God gave Frank
Shelton, Jr years earlier as a student in
grade school. Constantly hearing of various
venues promoting "Celebrate Freedom!"
"Celebrate Recovery" "Celebrate Main
Street USA, etc." Frank noted: "Sadly, it
seemed no one was willing to boldly declare: "Celebrate
Jesus!"
Christians even noted early on to him in
the planning stages that mentioning Jesus may offend
some folks. Some suggested: "Perhaps use
a different name to get them to the crusade/event."
Jesus said: "If
I be LIFTED up, I will draw ALL men unto me."
Five years prior to Celebrate Jesus!
Frank's hometown of Waldorf, MD attempted "SAY
YES! Southern Maryland." It
consisted of 32 senior pastors and had one year to
put it together and the resounding remarks by fellow
Christians' commented after the event that it lacked
the "impact" it may have or could have
had. Some noted: "What were we saying
"yes" too?
As a Christian, it was obvious their
intentions were sincere with hopes of bringing in a
crowd and then proclaim the Gospel with a desire to
see them make a commitment to Jesus Christ as their
Lord & Savior. However, their promotional
material didn't reiterate nor expound on the
powerful Name above all Names, JESUS
CHRIST. Frank has always been
an exhorter and encourager of both clergy and the
local church. He noted: "Anytime, someone
tries to set out and do an evangelism event it is
nor will it ever be a failure.
Without a doubt it is certainly a challenging;
difficult yet rewarding work. However, the
MAIN THING (Jesus) always needs to be the "main
thing" and we should never use a
"side" door approach to get folks into the Front
door of Heaven."
Frank took a stand where others thought he
took a "chance." Celebrate
Jesus! promotional literature mentioned Jesus
Christ boldly 13 times! Frank has
always said: "If you put God first, He will
put you first." The rest is history.
Where many concepts came to a halt, God is raising
Celebrate Jesus! Crusades not only locally
but nationally - hopefully one day soon to a city
near YOU!
Celebrate Jesus! Crusades,
logo and concepts
are registered trade marks
TM and
cannot be reproduced without the written consent of
Frank Shelton Ministries. We have select
"host" pastors who will assist at certain
cities but are not neccessarily on Celebrate
Jesus! Board of Advisors. Truly, it
is a team effort and together we can make a ETERNAL
difference! The Celebrate Jesus! Team has a
heart for both the local pastor and local church and
following the city-wide crusades they strongly
encourage folks to attend a Bible-based church
locally to grow closer to Christ for the rest of
their lives.
Celebrate Jesus! Artists may vary
from city to city and our core mission is to: Exalt
Christ, Encourage Christians, Evangelize
community and Country and
remind ALL to Expect
Christ's return!