Mega Collegiate Conference Passion 07 Concludes

Passion 07 recently concluded the four day conference at the Atlanta's Phillips Arena and the Georgia World Congress Centre in downtown Atlanta, with over 23,000 in attendance.

College students representing 49 states in the US, 32 countries and 1,165 campuses gathered from 1 t o 4 January 2007.

"Part of the equation here at Passion 07 is to move to the place in our journey where we are living a life that is pleasing to the Lord," said Louie Giglio, Passion Conference founder/director. "The Kingdom of God is ever growing and we are here to celebrate that Kingdom. God has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us to the Kingdom of his Son. This story is our story of rescue by Jesus. It's all about Jesus, the rescuing one. He's the one we're celebrating."

In addition to Giglio, renowned speakers, John Piper, Beth Moore and Francis Chan graced the stage, as well as acclaimed worship leaders Chris Tomlin, David Crowder Band, Charlie Hall, Matt Redman, amongst many others.
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