“Somebody who’s willing to do what God calls him to do regardless of the price… I think that’s very inspirational.”Ĭameron says he was an atheist when “Growing Pains” went on the air in 1985. That’s empowering to fellow Christians, Bricker says. “I’m sure he could have had quite the career, had he continued.” “In a lot of ways, Kirk gave up what could have been a very successful Hollywood career by being very vocal about his faith,” Bricker says. The actor shot to fame as mullet-haired, wise-cracking Mike Seaver on the '80s TV sitcom “Growing Pains". But since then, he’s mostly left mainstream Hollywood to star in Christian movies such as “Fireproof” and the “Left Behind” series. Although he’s quick to point out that Cameron isn’t really the star of the event - it’s marriage.Ībout 1,100 tickets have already been sold, Bricker says, and he expects all 1,800 will be gone by Friday.Ĭameron is a source of inspiration to many Christians, he says. Mark Bricker, education pastor at McGregor Baptist Church, says people are excited to see Cameron in person. “You learn how to strengthen your marriage.” “It’s essentially a ‘Fireproof’ date night,” Cameron says. It’s visited about 160 cities since then. The tour started seven years ago as a spin-off of “Fireproof’s” storyline about a firefighter trying to save his crumbling marriage. The three-hour Christian event brings couples together to talk about their faith, sing, read the Bible and learn how to improve their relationships and marriages. And now he’s bringing it to McGregor Baptist Church in Fort Myers.Ĭameron and singer/songwriter Warren Barfield (who wrote the theme song for Cameron’s blockbuster 2008 movie “Fireproof”) will lead the marriage-focused “Love Worth Fighting For” tour on Friday. It’s a message Cameron, 45, had been delivering for years. “If I don’t have it right at home,” he says, “I don’t have it right at all.” And his first job is to be a father and a husband - not to pose for the cameras and get applause on Facebook. But actor Kirk Cameron says he doesn’t let that celebrity go to his head. He’s probably the biggest, best-known star in the world of faith-based movies.
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