HILLCREST — Calvary Lighthouse Church in Hillcrest will be hosting a seven-day Cornfield Tent Revival Aug. 7-14 every night at 7 p.m. The signs and wonders conference will take place at 14409 E. Hemstock Road. and events will also be held at 10 a.m. Aug. 11-14.

The free gathering will include a number of well-known religious speakers including Brian Gibson, Billy & Cynthia Thompson, Bob Rodgers, Keith Taylor, Jay Peters, Charles Walters, Carl Duff, Tommy Combs, Chuck Brewster, Michael Livengood, Stephen Strader, Tom Arnold, Kedrick Tembo, and Robert & Rochelle Lockhart. The event will be hosted by Calvary Lighthouse Church Pastor Dr. James Horvath. Worship will be led by Michele Horvath and Eddie James.

The revival will be held in a tent that has a capacity of 2,000 people, Pastor Horvath said. The seven-day event will include events for youth, attendance by local officials, prayer and other activities.

Johnson is a three-time champion in basketball that spent time in the NBA. Peters is a youth evangelist that travels all over the United States. Brewster worked for the Secret Service and served five U.S. presidents.

"We have speakers coming in from all over the United States," Horvath said. "We couldn't even get everyone listed on the flier. There will be about 20 more speakers. We feel like God wants us to bring all of the denominations together. Our staff has been on the phone with all the area churches to invite them to come out."

The tent revival will be Calvary Lighthouse Church's first. It typically hosts conferences, and one will coincide with the tent revival.

Horvath said due to the unrest in the country with the attempted assassination of Former President Donald Trump and changes to the presidential election ticket, gatherings and prayer are needed.

"We need God right now more than we ever have in our country," Horvath said. "We really feel like we're right in the middle of everything with prayer right now. We want to call our nation to pray. We really feel like God wants to unite the nation right now. That's what I think people will find here.

Horvath expects to see 5,000-10,000 attendees or more at the tent revival over its seven days, which he said will benefit the local economy. Planning for the event has required "an incredible amount" of work for Calvary Lighthouse Church and its staff.

The youth event at the tent revival will feature a basketball floor and a dunk contest. Baptisms will take place at the event. Meals will be served.

"It's an undertaking to do something like this," Horvath said. "This is maybe the biggest thing we've done here in the area. And we've done some pretty big things over the years. People can expect a lot of energy. The worship will be lively. There will be a full band. There will be multiple worship teams involved. There will be a lot of excitement inside the tent. It will be electric."

Each night will feature prayer for attendees and the hardships they're going through in their lives, Horvath said. A town of Rochelle's size having a tent revival to the scale of next month's is "very uncommon."

"This is a very rare event here," Horvath said. "We probably do about four major events a year, but nothing like this. This is rare for Rochelle."