Eighties teen heartthrob Kirk Cameron knows what it's like to be in the limelight of Hollywood, but it dims in comparison to knowing and loving the Light of the World -- a permanent role that captures the very essence of his heart.
Affectionately known for his portrayal as the mischievous Mike Seaver on the former hit television series Growing Pains, this two-time Golden Globe nominee is intense about sharing the Gospel and reaching the lost for Christ.
After a successful career on Growing Pains, the release of Left Behind, The Movie (Cloud Ten Pictures, 2000) brought Cameron back to the forefront of Hollywood -- this time as a born-again believer whose onscreen role as Buck was a reflection of his real-life character.
Cameron is so passionate about evangelizing the lost that he partnered with Christian evangelist and author Ray Comfort to create an interdenominational ministry known as The Way of the Master. The ministry's purpose is "to teach Christians how to share the Gospel effectively, Biblically ... the way Jesus did."
A Secret Worth Exposing
The vision for the ministry came after Cameron listened to a sermon given by Comfort titled, "Hell's Best Kept Secret." The sermon presents God's law as the basis for true conversion due to a personal recognition of sin and a sincere understanding of God's grace and mercy. It explains that in order for the Good News to make sense to the lost, they must understand they have violated God's law.
"It [the sermon] rocked the foundation of my Christian faith," Cameron said to a televised audience. "It gave me zeal and passion to share with the lost."
Due to the impact of the sermon on Cameron, he decided to read Comfort's book Revival's Golden Key. "Later we had lunch together, got to be good friends, and then we started partnering in ministry to try to get this message that he had written in this book out to the church," Cameron told the AFA Journal.
"It was the most important thing I had ever heard as a Christian, and so we started doing a television show together to try to teach people," he said.
The Way of the Master is a multi-fold ministry that encompasses a variety of resources for evangelistic training -- the television show being one of those.
"The show is basically a half-hour long," Cameron explained. "Fifteen minutes of it is teaching Christians how to share the Gospel effectively without offending people or shoving it on people. ... [While] the other half of the show is basically us on the streets putting this teaching into practice."
