WASHINGTON - Hollywood actor turned outspoken Christian evangelist Stephen Baldwin is not afraid of a good fight.
"I'm putting some boxing gloves on," he told an adoring crowd of more than 2,000 at the Values Voter Summit on Friday.
But don't expect him in a boxing ring anytime soon. His opponent is none other than Hollywood and what he calls cultural terrorism.
"What I come to understand about Hollywood, and media, and movies, and television, and music, and internet pornography, and video games is that a majority of what it does is evil," Baldwin said.
He quickly added that some people hearing what he said will call him a "Jesus freak", but he doesn't care.
"What are we fighting for?" he asked, repeating the title of his message. "You see, the culture is being terrorised by this evil spirit working and operating through these things (mainstream entertainment)."
"I got to tell you guys something - I'm sick and tired of them," he declared, sparking an outbreak of applause.
Baldwin is the youngest of Hollywood's famous four Baldwin brothers. His breakthrough role was in the highly-acclaimed 1995 crime investigation film "The Usual Suspects".
But his life dramatically changed in 2001 when he came to Christ through the prayers of his wife. Since then, he has surrendered his life to God and preaches the Gospel to the younger generation through his extreme sports outreach, The Breakthrough Ministry.
"Believe you me," Baldwin, a former social liberal, said to the conservative crowd. "I'm the last guy that would ever think I would be standing at this podium today."
Now, he says he believes "the greatest way to ensure a better America in the future is make [it] more Christian".
When he first got saved, Baldwin shared, he had "challenged" the Lord, which he joked was something "really stupid" to do.
"Here's the deal Dude," he had prayed.
