Life Surge Marks 2025 With Record Impact
2025 Highlights Include 25,541 Decisions for Christ and 117,196 One-Day Event Attendees—An All-Time High for the Company
TAMPA, December 19, 2025 – Life Surge, a for-profit live events and education company designed to equip Christians for Kingdom impact, reveals extraordinary results from 2025 demonstrating how God can use business as a powerful vehicle for eternal transformation.
Over the course of the year, 117,196 people attended Life Surge one-day events, resulting in an extraordinary 25,541 decisions for Christ.
The impact continued long after the arenas emptied. Life Surge supported 14,000 active students in ongoing leadership development, funded 1.25 million YouVersion Bible downloads, and gave $3.2 million to Kingdom causes in 2025.
“Five years ago, we were just an idea… and now here we are, with a for-profit education company that is also a high-impact evangelistic ministry where we see literally thousands of people give their lives to Christ every month,” said Joe Johnson, Founder of Life Surge. “We made the decision to do it God’s way all the way—and God has helped us ignite a revival in the marketplace.”
Those numbers matter not for applause, but because behind every number is an eternal story,” said Shawn Marcell, President of Life Surge. “Every person who responded represents a life changed, a family impacted, and an eternal destiny redirected toward Christ.”
Life Surge’s model, operating as a profitable business while advancing Gospel outcomes, has drawn affirmation from respected Christian leaders. “You may be the single most evangelistic business in the history of the world,” said Craig Groeschel, Founding Pastor of Life.Church at a recent Life Surge gathering. “You’re proving that a business can be profitable, God-honoring, and unapologetically centered on the Gospel.”
In 2026, plans include continuing to invest in its educational offerings and significant ministry partnerships.