Aug. 2 & 3 Weekend Crusade Feature Nationally Known Christian Music Artists & Athey Creek Church Pastor Brett Meador
More than 45,000 Portland residents have the opportunity to attend PDX Crusade, which includes three events on Aug. 2 and 3.
Hosted by Athey Creek Church, PDX Crusade is the first evangelistic crusade held in Portland in more than 25 years and is focused on bringing the Light of Jesus to the city.
Portland is one of the least churched cities in the nation. The Portland-Vancouver region is the only place in America where non-religious individuals outnumber Christians, according to the Pew Research Center’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study.
“While our city has a history of turning away from the Light, we believe now is the time to bring the Gospel back to the heart of Portland,” said Athey Creek Church, Senior Pastor Brett Meador. “PDX Crusade is about sharing the freedom, hope and love found in Jesus alone. We have already seen God moving in our city and pray that one day Portland will be known not by our lack of faith but rather as people who serve the Lord.”
Meador moved to the city in 1996 with the hope of spreading the Gospel to local residents. He began teaching through the Bible verse-by-verse with just a handful of believers and quickly found that people were hungry for the Word of God. The Lord drew more and more people through Meador’s teaching of God’s Word and Athey Creek Church was born. Today the church has three campuses across the Portland area, five live weekend worship services, a weekly Wednesday night Bible study, watch parties in local communities around the world and a national radio program titled Today’s Word Radio.
PDX Crusade comes out of Athey Creek Church’s mission of reaching people with God’s Word and His love and provide its community an opportunity to invite friends to hear about Jesus. The initial response has been more than expected. Registration filled up within 10 minutes of releasing tickets for two originally planned events on the evenings of Aug. 2 and 3. In response, Athey Creek Church added an additional afternoon crusade on Aug. 2.
The three events throughout the first weekend in August will be at the Moda Center, Portland’s largest indoor arena. The crusade features worship by Chris Tomlin, Zach Williams, CAIN, TAYA, Anne Wilson, Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes and a Gospel message delivered by Meador.
"God has a heart for this city, and it’s an honor to be part of a night that lifts up the name of Jesus right here in Portland,” shared Tomlin. “Something powerful happens when God’s people come together in worship–my prayer for this night is that God will meet each and every person exactly where they are and make a deep and eternal impact on their lives."
For more information about PDX Crusade, visit pdxcrusade.com.
About Athey Creek Church
Athey Creek is a church with a simple focus: to point to Jesus in all it does. The Church aims to keep the main thing the main thing: worship and the Word of God. For more information visit atheycreek.com.