Passion Conferences
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| Founded | 1997 |
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| Location | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Website | 268generation.com |
Passion Conferences is a Christian organization (also referred to as the 268 Generation, originally named Choice Ministries), founded by Louie Giglio and Jeff Lewis in 1997, known for their annual spiritual awakening gatherings of young adults, more specifically 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.[1] The organization lists its purpose as "...uniting students in worship and prayer for spiritual awakening in this generation," using 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."[citation needed]
Passion Conferences planned to go international in 2008, as reported in 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." The conferences actually took place in 17 cities worldwide on all six inhabited continents, kicking off in Kiev and finishing in Sydney.
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[edit] Conferences
The following conferences have taken place:
- Passion '97 - Austin, TX
- Passion '98 - held 01/01/1998-01/04/1998 at Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, USA
- Passion '99 - held 01/01/1999-01/04/1999 at Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- OneDay 2000 - held 05/20/2000 at Shelby Farms Park, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Passion Experience Tour - held 09/2001-10/2001
- Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Bren Events Center, Irvine, California, USA
- OneDayLink - Atlanta, GA (October 2002)
- Passion on the Hill - Atlanta, GA (June–July 2002)
- Passion Thirsty - held 04/2003 at North Point Church, Alpharetta, Georgia and Attic, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- OneDay 2003 - held 05/23/2003-05/27/2003 at Willowood Ranch, Sherman, Texas, USA
- Passion '05 - held 01/02/2005-01/05/2005 at Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Passion '06 - held 01/02/2006-01/05/2006 at Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Passion '07 - Atlanta, GA
- Passion Regionals
- Boston, MA (October 2007)
- Chicago, IL (October 2007)
- Los Angeles, CA (January 2008)
- Dallas, TX
- Washington, DC
- Atlanta, GA
- Passion World Tour (2008)
- Kiev - 16 May
- Stockholm - 18 May
- São Paulo - 23–24 May
- Kampala - 30–31 May
- Paris - 3 June
- London - 5 June
- Manila - 1 August
- Kuala Lumpur - 3 August
- Jakarta - 5 August
- Johannesburg - 9 August
- Cape Town - 13 August
- Mexico City - 3–4 October
- Vancouver - 6 October
- Seoul - 10–11 October
- Tokyo - 13 October
- Hong Kong - 16 October
- Sydney - 21 October
- Passion 2010 - Atlanta, GA (Philips Arena/GWCC) January 2-5, 2010
- Passion World Tour (2010)
- Kyiv (Kiev)- 10 May
- London - 14–15 May
- Tokyo - 22 May
- Manila - 25 May
- Hong Kong - 5 June
- São Paulo - 3–4 September
- Vancouver - 5 November
- Passion 2011 - Atlanta, GA (Philips Arena/GWCC) January 1-4, 2011
- Passion 2011 - Fort Worth, TX
- Passion 2012 - Atlanta, GA (Georgia Dome) January 2–5, 2012[2]
The following conferences are planned to take place in the future:
- Passion World Tour (2012)
- Vancouver, BC - 23 March
- Rwanda - Date TBA
- South Africa - Date TBA
- Uganda - Date TBA
- Passion 2013 - Atlanta, GA (Georgia Dome) Dates TBA
[edit] People
[edit] Worship leaders
Many current worship artists got their start in the Passion conferences and many have joined the conferences since. Some of these include:
- Sam Perry
- David Crowder
- Steve Fee
- Charlie Hall
- Nathan and Christy Nockels of Watermark
- Matt Redman
- Jami Smith
- Chris Tomlin
- Kristian Stanfill
- Tim Hughes
- Shane & Shane
- Kairos Band Huepil
- Gungor
- Lecrae
- Tenth Avenue North
- Hillsong United
[edit] Speakers
The conferences also feature many speakers at their events, including:
[edit] 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)
- Passion: Better is One Day (1999)
- Passion: The Road to One Day (2000)
- Passion: One Day Live (2000)
- Our Love is Loud (2002)
- Sacred Revolution (2003)
- Hymns Ancient and Modern (2004)
- How Great Is Our God (2005)
- Passion 05: (Live) (one iTunes bundles, two songs each) (2005)
- Everything Glorious (2006)
- Passion: The Early Session (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)
- A Generation United for His Renown (2008)
- Passion: Awakening (2010)
- Passion: Here For You (2011)
- Passion: White Flag (2012)
