Passion Conferences

Passion Conferences is a Christian organization (also referred to as the 268 Generation, originally named Choice Ministries), founded by Louie Giglio in 1997, known for their annual spiritual awakening gatherings of college students. The organization is also responsible for sixstepsrecords, the Passion Worship CDs, and the OneDay gatherings. The first conference was Passion 97 in Austin, Texas, and the headquarters are now in Alpharetta, Georgia. [ [http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=24698 Baptist Press - Passion 07 kicks off with 21,000 students in Atlanta - News with a Christian Perspective ] ] The organization lists its purpose as "...uniting students in worship and prayer for spiritual awakening in this generation," using bverse|isa|26:8|Isaiah 26:8 as their theme verse: "Yes Lord, walking in the way of Your truth we wait eagerly for You, for Your name and renown are the desire of our souls." .

Passion Conferences are planned to go international as of 2008, as reported in [http://www.christiantoday.co.uk/article/passion.conferences.to.go.international.in.2008/9005.htm Christian Today] : "For the first time, the national Passion conference is making a global tour in 2008 after years of drawing tens of thousands of students to one national venue. Next year's plan is to visit 20 cities across 15 nations in an estimated $4 million (£2 million) tour."

Conferences

The following conferences have taken place:
*Passion '97 - Austin, TX
*Passion '98 - Austin, TX
*Passion '99 - Ft. Worth, TX
*OneDay 2000 - Memphis, TN
*OneDayLink - Atlanta, GA
*OneDay 2003 - Sherman, TX
*Passion '05 - Nashville, TN
*Passion '06 - Nashville, TN
*Passion '07 - Atlanta, GA
*Passion '08
**Regional Events
***Boston, MA
***Chicago, IL
***Los Angeles, CA
***Dallas, TX
***Washington D.C., MD
***Atlanta, GA
**World Tour
***Kyiv - 16th May
***Stockholm - 18th May
***Sao Paulo - 23rd-24th May
***Kampala - 30th-31st May
***Paris - 3rd June
***London - 5th June
***Manila - 1st August
***Kuala Lumpur - 3rd August
***Jakarta - 5th August
***Johannesburg - 9th August
***Cape Town - 13th August
***Mexico City - 3rd-4th October
***Vancouver - 6th October
***Seoul - 10th-11th October
***Tokyo - 13th October
***Hong Kong - 16th October
***Sydney - 21st October

Worship leaders

Many current worship artists got their start in the Passion conferences and many have joined the conferences since. Some of these include:
*David Crowder
*Steve Fee
*Charlie Hall
*Nathan and Christy Nockels of Watermark
*Matt Redman
*Jami Smith
*Chris Tomlin

Albums

In the past, worship sessions at the conferences led by Passion Worship Band have been recorded and released as albums:
* Our Souls Desire (1997)
* Live Worship From the 268 Generation (1998)
* (1999)
* (2000)
* (2000)
* Our Love is Loud (2002)
* Sacred Revolution (2003)
* (2004)
* How Great Is Our God (2005)
* Live from Passion05 (one iTunes bundles, two songs each) (2005)
* Everything Glorious (2006)
* Live from Passion06 (two iTunes bundles, two songs each) (2006)
* The Best of Passion (So Far) (2006)
* Live From Passion07 (three iTunes bundles, two songs each) (2007)
* God Of This City (2008)

External links

* [http://www.268generation.com Official Site of Passion Conferences and 268 Generation]

References