Promise Keeper Picture Show

The pictures you'll find here come from the 1997 conference at Soldier Field in Chicago and the "Stand in the Gap" rally in Washingtion D.C.  I attended both of them, taking notes furiously the entire time.  I filled an 80 page notebook with my observations, 10 of them before the event started.
Promise Keeper stage
As usual, pictures fail to really express just how big it felt.  They do, however express certain things quite well.  If you look closely, you'll find that the bleachers behind the stage completely lack people.   Soldier Field did not draw capacity crowds for this event.  They filled maybe half the stadium.

It also fails to capture the excitement of the moment.  Promise Keepers' speakers are very good at moving people.  The music mixes old hymns with praise choruses, backed by a band and singers who clearly know what they're doing.

Despite the fact that I have mixed feelings about the group, I did find the conference moving.
 
 
 
 

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