PROMISE KEEPERS - BACKGROUND  

HOW PROMISE KEEPERS STARTED

On March 20, 1990, the head football coach for the University of Colorado, Bill McCartney, and his friend Dave Wardell, Ph. D., were on a three-hour car ride to a Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) meeting, when they first discussed the idea of filling a stadium with Christian men.  Later that year, 72 men began to fast and pray about the concept of thousands of men coming together for the purpose of Christian discipleship.  In July, 1991, 4,200 men gathered fort the first Promise Keepers conference at the University of Colorado basketball arena.  Since then, more then, more than 4.8 million men have attended more than 100 Promise Keepers (PK) stadium conferences in the U.S. and overseas.  In addition, a reported one million men gathered on the National Mall on Oct. 4, 1997, for Stand In The Gap: A Sacred Assembly of Men, the largest religious gathering in U.S. history. The assembly drew men to Washington, D.C., for a time of repentance, prayer, and reconciliation.

MISSION STATEMENT

Men Transformed Worldwide

REACH

GLOBAL MINISTRIES:

Promise Keepers has a growing international ministry with activity in more than 30 countries located on every continent.  Meanwhile, Promise Keepers continues to receive inquiries about developing men's ministries from countries around the globe.  Indicative of the worldwide nature of the Christian men's movement, more than 100,000 men have attended men's events directly related to Promise Keepers in countries outside the United States.

LOCAL SMALL GROUPS:

Across the country and around the world, hundreds of small groups of men have continued to gather on a regular basis for Bible studies and personal accountability.  These local small groups of men are led independently of Promise Keepers, but many use Promise Keepers resources for study and encouragement.

RESOURCE MATERIALS:

Promise Keepers also develops and provides numerous resources for personal study and men's groups.  These resources include audio/video recordings, radio programs, books, study guides, worship tapes, and apparel.

STATEMENT OF FAITH

1. We believe there is one God, eternally existing in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

2. We believe that the Bible is God's written revelation to man, and that it is verbally inspired, authoritative, and without error in the original manuscripts.

3. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, death on the cross to provide for our redemption, bodily resurrection, and ascension into heaven, present ministry of intercession for us, and His return to earth in power and glory.

4. We believe in the personality and deity of the Holy Spirit, that He performs the miracle of the new birth in unbelievers and indwells believers, enabling them to live godly lives.

5. We believe that man was created in the image of God, but because of sin, was alienated from God. Only through faith, trusting in Christ alone for salvation which was made possible by His death and resurrection, can that alienation be removed.