Love Worth Fighting For, a national marriage event tour featuring television and film actor Kirk Cameron, will make a stop in Columbus Friday, Oct. 14. The three-hour event is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at Fairview Baptist Church at 127 Airline Road. Through comedic stories, life experiences, music and prayer, Cameron and musical guest Warren Barfield travel around the country teaching singles, engaged, newly married and veteran couples about ways to encourage and strengthen a marriage.
The heart of the event emanates from the storyline of “Fireproof,” a movie that features Cameron playing the role of a firefighter who seeks to save his crumbling marriage.
“We’ve taken ‘Fireproof’ and transformed it into a live event,” Cameron says in a Sept. 27 press release. “Along with wonderful music and our personal stories and experiences, we’ll provide insight and teaching from the Bible on the subject of the most important relationship on the planet.”
Throughout the past seven years, the Love Worth Fighting For tour has reached hundreds of thousands of people across the country, many exclaiming the lasting positive affects the tour had on their marriage. Cameron and Barfield want to continue to tear down more barriers, come together around the gospel, and build up more marriages and families.
“Marriage is one of the few things we can’t afford to lose. We can lose our jobs, our savings, our friends, but we can bounce back from that. I don’t want to come to the end of life and find that I’ve lost the love of my wife and the respect of my kids. Those are the important things … the things worth fighting for,” says Cameron.
“We would be honored for anyone in our community to come and join us for this event,” Fairview Senior Pastor Dr. Breck Ladd told The Dispatch Wednesday. “Our hope is that it will be an opportunity for folks to strengthen or enrich their marriages.”
About Cameron
Cameron is a television and film actor and producer noted most recently for his work in the documentary film “Monumental: In Search of America’s National Treasure.” He is also known for his memorable performance in the film “Fireproof” (the highest-grossing independent film of 2008), his roles on ABC’s “Growing Pains,” the “Left Behind” movies, and as co-host of “The Way of the Master.”
Kirk and his bride, Chelsea, are the founders of Camp Firefly, an all-expenses paid retreat for seriously ill children and their families. Together, they live in California with their six children, three dogs and two dozen chickens.
How to go
Tickets are $22.50 each or $45 per couple at the church office at 127 Airline Road. Tickets are also available online at itickets.com or loveworthfightingfor.com. VIP tickets are available online only. VIP includes early admission, reserved seating at front and a Q&A session with Cameron.
For more information, visit loveworthfightingfor.com or contact the church office, 662-328-2924.
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