Lev Bure, the son of “Full House” actress Candace Cameron Bure, has been on a powerful and unexpected journey toward preaching the Gospel.
In a recent interview with CBN News, Bure shared how God called him to share Scripture, and why he believes revival is happening among young people today.
Bure, 26, said the roots of his interest in preaching came from the church where he grew up attending.
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“I grew up with going to church in Shepherd of the Hills Church in Los Angeles … [with] Pastor Dudley Rutherford,” he said. “And they kind of curated this really cool weekend where he had the idea on a Sunday service to gather three, four, five young preachers, young individuals and kind of split up this Sunday sermon.”
At the time, he was 19 and ended up throwing his hat in the ring. While Bure said he’s not one to take “crazy chances” on his own, he said he has no problem jumping into the mix if he’s invited.
“So that was my first opportunity to kind of be in the pulpit with four other young communicators and … preach at a church and for a few services,” he said. “And that was kind of the start of it.”
Bure said he has since been fortunate to have other opportunities to preach and share the Gospel. He believes it’s a “great privilege” to share God’s Word and always seeks to do so with diligence and truth.
“We all … get to be part of God’s mission to glorify Him and make Him known to the world,” he said. “And we all get to do that, and millions of different ways, and I’m thankful that … this is a way that God’s allowed me to kind of be part of His mission, and I really enjoy it.”
Bure said he’s not trying to forecast a vision for the future, but that he has enjoyed the opportunity to preach the Gospel from the pulpit — and he’s excited for what’s next.
“If it’s something that He would grace me with and continue to in the future, absolutely,” Bure said of preaching. “It’s something I would love to pursue, I love to do, and I have a heart for it.”
Like many preachers, Bure relies on prayer and fasting before preparing and delivering a message. Ultimately, through many tools, he seeks God’s heart for each sermon.
“I kind of put myself in a place to be intimate with Him and really just try and receive what He would have,” he said. “And … He speaks to me in a lot of different ways through the timing of things, through just the conviction that’s put on my heart, through what I hear the congregation is learning about or interested in.”
In addition to Bure’s home church, his faith was deeply shaped by his parents, Candace Cameron Bure and her husband, Valeri Bure — two figures whose love for Jesus shone brightly in his life.
“I always think about … if I didn’t grow up in a home where my parents loved Jesus, like what would my life look like?” Bure said. “How would I be introduced to Christ? And it’s something I contemplate, but at the same time, something I sit in just so much gratitude that, again, I’ve been blessed enough to be born into a family where two parents love Jesus.”
Bure said his parents’ faith allowed him to be introduced to Christ at an early age, learning powerful lessons along the way.
“I think the biggest lessons that I learned from my parents personally growing up were really, I would say, just an intimacy for Christ is the biggest thing,” he said. “I’ve been so blessed to learn from them in a lot of different ways, but when you break it down, it comes to an abiding and intimate relationship with Jesus, and as long as that foundation is there, all else fails flows from it, and so to see that modeled from a young age is probably the most influential thing that my parents gave to myself and my siblings.”
Bure’s interest in preaching comes as his generation shows increased curiosity about Christianity and the Bible. Reflecting on the many headlines about young people flocking to baptism and faith, Bure called the developments “absolutely remarkable.”
“First of all, praise God for it all,” he said, noting that the younger generation is realizing that instant gratification simply won’t satisfy the human heart and mind. “I think, slowly … the younger generation is starting to feel the reality of this God-sized hole that’s in their lives, where everything that we think will gratify our desires, our greatest wishes, whether that’s through… you know social media, or money, or career, whatever you want to call it —I think slowly you’re finding that, at the end of the day, we still feel empty inside.”
He believes the truth of Christ then becomes increasingly evident to many people facing this scenario. And Bure wants to be a conduit to helping people discover that eternal truth.
“I’m passionate about people knowing Jesus, and I’m passionate about being part of that mission,” he said. “I think it’s why we as believers, we’re here … to glorify God and make Him known,” Bure said. “And so, realistically, I think I’ve gotten to be part of that a little bit and through communicating His word, and so I’d love to see that grow.”
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