Ben Fuller proposes to Peyton onstage at FaithFest Easter event

The most memorable part of Ben Fuller’s proposal was not a ring close-up but the stage itself. Under the lights at FaithFest’s Easter at the Cross gathering in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Fuller asked Peyton to marry him in front of a crowd gathered for worship, reflection and a Good Friday message.

The moment unfolded on Friday, April 3, 2026, at the FaithFest Events Complex, 1600 Runway Industrial Dr. FaithFest listed the evening as a free 6:30 p.m. service centered on the cross, with Fuller serving as the worship leader and Craig included in the program. The setting gave the engagement a public, faith-centered scale that fit the night’s purpose: not a private reveal, but a declaration made in the middle of a communal celebration.

Fuller’s proposal landed with extra force because he framed it as part of his testimony. He told the crowd he had struggled with commitment, drugs, alcohol and running away before saying, “it’s time to stop running.” Then he invited Peyton onstage and got down on one knee as the audience erupted. Peyton said yes in front of the packed Good Friday crowd, and the moment quickly spread across social media after Fuller and FaithFest posted it online.

The story resonated because the relationship itself was tied to the same venue. Fuller said he first saw Peyton from the stage at FaithFest two years earlier, prayed that God would make it obvious if she was meant to be his wife, and later met her backstage. Another account says the two had been talking and laughing, mostly long distance, ever since. In an age when many couples are choosing proposals that double as public statements, this one stood out for its clarity of purpose: faith, testimony and commitment were all part of the same scene.

The engagement also came while Fuller was on The Black Sheep Tour with Band Reeves, adding a busy road schedule to a night already loaded with meaning. FaithFest describes itself as a year-round ministry supported by hundreds of volunteers and an army of supporters, and it operates as a ministry of Craig Church Ministries, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Its annual festival is scheduled for September 11-12, 2026, in Wilkesboro, but for one Good Friday evening, the spotlight belonged to Fuller and Peyton, whose engagement turned a worship service into a shared public witness.