DAVIS—Members of an Oklahoma motorcycle ministry are putting wheels to their faith by sharing their testimonies and the Gospel with campers at Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center throughout the summer. The F.A.I.T.H Riders arrive on their motorcycles each Friday at the youth encampment with the purpose of modeling to students how to share their testimony in three minutes and rewarding students who share their testimonies with a F.A.I.T.H Riders collector's pin.
Bobby Shatto, State F.A.I.T.H. Riders Chaplain and pastor of Maud, First, explained that the evangelistic strategy of the Oklahoma chapters of F.A.I.T.H. Riders is sharing Jesus in three-minute testimonies.
"When I first learned about the riders, I thought, 'Oh, I see evangelism all over this!' Shatto explained. "We didn't want our chapter to be a 'supper run club,' just meeting together then going to supper. My goal was to be evangelistic, so we practice our three-minute testimonies and share them wherever we go. I always tell people, 'You don't have to have a motorcycle to be a F.A.I.T.H. Rider, but you have to have Jesus as your Lord and Savior.' That's our passion, bragging on Jesus, how He's changed lives—and we use motorcycles as 'bait.'"
James Wilder, Pottawatomie-Lincoln director of missions, is a member of F.A.I.T.H Riders. He believes the ministry can be a direct line of connection between Falls Creek and the local church in Oklahoma.
"If I can bring people with me (as a F.A.I.T.H Rider) from the churches I know," Wilder said, "they get to see what happens at Falls Creek on campus with the students and take it back to their communities."
Each Friday at Falls Creek, the riders pitch a canopy tent, park their motorcycles in the plaza near the 1917 Café and talk to the students who come by to look at the bikes. The riders share their three-minute testimonies and encourage the students also to share their testimonies of how they came to know Christ as their Lord.
Students who share their stories are rewarded with a collectable F.A.I.T.H. Riders pin. Pin trading is a popular pastime at Falls Creek.
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