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By Kevin Pollard
MORE than 7,000 young adults converged on downtown
Vancouver October 6, as the Passion World Tour made its thirteenth stop.
Based out of Atlanta, Georgia, the Passion movement
conferences (www.268generation.com) are drawing thousands together in
selected cities around the world.
Thanks to hundreds of volunteers, and donations from
the tour’s last stop in Mexico City, the GM Place event was offered
free of charge, for all 18 – 25 year olds.
Rich Carruthers, a Baptist chaplain at UBC, told BCCN: “Around 18 months ago,
[Passion organizers] contacted key leaders in Metro Vancouver – those
on campuses and others. They want to [inspire] this generation to
passionately worship Jesus Christ – leading to them taking the gospel
to the ends of the earth.”
The Passion website says the tour’s purpose is
“to gather college and university students . . . to seek the
face of God, asking him to ignite in our souls a passionate pursuit of
Jesus Christ. God longs to bring awakening to every campus.”
Chris Tomlin led off the Vancouver evening with
favourites like ‘Mighty to Save,’ ‘How Great is Our
God’ – and songs from his latest album, Hello Love, such as ‘Sing, Sing,
Sing’ and ‘Jesus Messiah.’
Louie Giglio, who founded the Passion movement
13 years ago, then delivered a challenge to the
crowd: to make Christ’s name famous to everyone on earth. He further
exhorted the audience to reject lukewarm faith.
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David Crowder Band then took the stage. The arena
erupted with shouting, dancing and praise on songs like ‘Everything
Glorious,’ ‘He is Our King,’ ‘You are My Joy’
and a Canadian hoedown version of ‘I Saw the Light.’
As the night came to a close, a sense of community and
connection to young people in cities worldwide was evidenced. Prayers, and
an offering, focused on the next collegiate worship event – in Seoul,
South Korea.
November 2008
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