Article: Muscle men demonstrate strength of faith: The traveling Power Team's feats of force carry a message of salvation.

Byline: Terry O. Roen

Apr. 5--DELTONA -- A group of brawny athletes draws crowds to churches through the unorthodox method of breaking cinderblocks with their heads.

The Power Team members bend steel, snap baseball bats like twigs and smash walls of ice with their bare hands to show the power of God. The antics have little boys chanting in the aisles and teenagers lining up for souvenir T-shirts after the show. "People think that if you are a Christian you are a weakling and need a crutch," said Elva Adderley of Deltona. "These guys show the power they possess through Christ." The Power Team conducted a crusade March 29 through Sunday at ...

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