First, it used to be that we had the same night speaker for the entire campmeeting. Where'd that go? Is it an attempt to spread the wealth--allow more men to get some face-time with an audience and develop name recognition?Second, I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty sure that Cleveland has a way of telegraphing just who they really want on the campmeeting circuit. They might not care who an overseer has otherhwise...so long as Bro. X is prominently placed on the program.Third, as much as I would like to choose unknowns for every night of the week, overseers have to also weigh drawing power. There are some folks that would come to campmeeting if the devil was on the program--or even worse, Tom Sterbens or NBF. And some would NOT come even if the Apostle Peter was was going to be there.But when you triage the Church of God members in the state, there are some who WILL come if you have someone they know or what have you. So you bring in some ministers that are among the better known in the Church of God. Tim Hill, Mark Williams, Loran Livingston, Raymond Culpepper, etc. And besides this, there's a good reason for well knowns: they usually have a proven track record of being able to preach effectively at campmeeting. Some of the best preachers in the Church of God are incredible in a church of 200 or less...but would be out of their depth at a campmeeting. And, on the other hand, Mark Williams shines in front of large audiences...and he would probably shine in front of 40 folks too...but he might also not make quite the same impact, who knows?I do recall the (or one of the) first time Jentzen Franklin preached at the Florida Campmeeting. He preached a day service, if I recall correctly. But his sax playing in the evening service had been so anointed that it drew people...and he did not disappoint. You can sprinkle lesser knowns through the program, so long as you have enough of the big guns to carry the thing.
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