LifeSurge bills itself as America’s #1 Christian Business Event where according to the promo material, you can learn “expert business wisdom and secrets, how to turn your passion into a million-dollar online business,” and “how to maximize your business dreams without sacrificing Godly principles.”
Headliners at the event include Priscilla Shirer, Willie Robertson, Tim Tebow and Nick Vujicic and where with their help, attendees will “learn how to SURGE Your Life God’s Way and become an IMPACT HACKER!”
By all indications this is the prosperity gospel wrapped up in slick packaging, with the FAQ for the event explaining that “Jesus said: “I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly” and “In another Scripture, God calls us to be the head and not the tail, to be at the top and not the bottom.” They twist these two scriptures and the lament that when people “are not the head and certainly not at the top…we have little impact on this world…therefore not effectively fulfilling Jesus’ Great Commission.”
According to founder Joe Johnson:
Our mandate is to provide an opportunity for each attendee and believer to experience increase in their personal lives, careers, businesses, wealth, and legacy for the generations to follow. Because of John 10:10, we believe that there are always opportunities to live a better life, and that can happen suddenly and powerfully.
Tickets range from 49$ up to $999. Interestingly, the VIP package includes almost all of the same perks as the Ultimate Experience, with the only difference being slightly better seats (from VIP seats to ‘The Best Seats,) an opportunity to get a picture taken with the headliners, and a signed Tim Tebow football and Willie Robertson Duck Call. Is that worth the extra 800$? The organizers of the event would love for you to believe so, so that their wealth can surge.
This is not the most expensive Christian event we ever heard of, however. That crown goes to T.D. Jakes and Joel Osteen, who held an event with $1000 tickets, beating this one by a buck.
ht to The Dissenter
