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San Antonio Men Gather 6000 Strong for Promise Keepers

Adventure, brotherhood, community impact on the agenda
 

San Antonio, July 14, 2007 – The River City opened its banks to thousands of men from around Texas and the Southwest this weekend.  Promise Keepers’ third visit to San Antonio was met by more than 6000 men at the AT&T Center.  The San Antonio men’s conference was a global event via the world wide web.  Viewers logged on to the web cast in more than 20 states and the Middle East. (Webcast archive available here)

Jim Weidmann, senior vice president of Promise Keepers, described the next phase of the ministry operation.  “The focus now shifts to integrity in action.  We want you to show Christ so that you can share Christ.  It’s about engagement, not about retirement.”

Integrity Music’s PK7 provided the live soundtrack for the weekend.  Throughout the event, men and boys gathered at the front of the stage for an up-tempo celebration of their faith.

Community Impact

On Saturday morning, San Antonio men brought an estimated 2,500 pounds of non-perishable food supplies to benefit Daily Bread Ministries (www.dailybreadministries.org), a local food bank network serving 100 churches in San Antonio and six depots around Texas.

Local San Antonio men will work on a community improvement project next weekend (July 20-21).  The fence and baseball field at 2659 Eisenhauer Rd. San Antonio, TX 78209 will be renovated.  The project is being organized by Northridge Park Baptist Church.  (Media contact: Dr. David Miracle, david@northridgepark.org)

Good news for men

Motivational speaker Rick Rigsby (www.rickrigsby.com) turned his message to helping men encourage one another.  “We can’t go through this life on our own.  Authentic brotherhood is God’s idea.”

Brad Stine (www.bradstine.com) crusaded against the “wussification of America” with comedic criticism of both secular humanism and hypocritical forms of Christianity.  “The modern mindset is ‘Don’t need you, God.  Don’t want you, God.  Go away, God.  (Katrina hits.)  God where are you?’”

Bishop Wellington Boone (www.wellingtonboone.com) closed the meeting with a message on “Engaging the Heart of a Woman.”  “Our value as men is shared with the women in our life.  They take our name in marriage because our name has value.  Women will be blessed by my life.”

The guys

“I need this twice a year,” said John Black, a 15-time Promise Keepers veteran from San Antonio.  He was one of 120 men from Community Bible Church.  Their custom black T-shirts read “Real Men.  Real Life.”  Half of the men in their group do not attend church regularly.  Their follow-up event is a cookout on Monday evening.

Another group of black shirts came from Cornerstone Church in Cleveland, Texas, a four-hour drive.  Their shirts read “Mission Possible,” referring to Christ’s “Great Commission” to reach the world.  Tommy Luckey, 39, came with his teenage son Bradley.  Twenty non-church men were in their group of 95.  

Friday at AT&T Center

Bible adventurer Bob Cornuke (www.baseinstitute.org) was leadoff speaker, with stories of international adventure in pursuit of facts that reflect the truth of biblical texts.  “Men responded to this news like rain in the desert,” said Cornuke after his session.  “The Bible has historic authority and that engages men’s minds.”

Evangelist Mike Silva (www.mikesilva.org), the victim of a bad car buying experience, said, “I know what it’s like to be sincere, and sincerely wrong.  The people of the Bible never said ‘no.’ They said, ‘not yet.’”  At Silva’s invitation to make a real-time decision for the Christian faith, more than 660 men declared Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of their life.

Next week - Nashville

Next week, Promise Keepers moves on to the Sommet Center in Nashville (July 20-21).  The entire 2007 men’s conference schedule is posted at www.promisekeepers.org. 

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