PROMISE KEEPERS RETURNS AFTER 20 YEARS: HERE’S WHY
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PROMISE KEEPERS RETURNS AFTER 20 YEARS: HERE’S WHY
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After years of fading and stagnation, the once popular evangelical men’s ministry Promise Keepers is ushering in a “new era” with plans to host its . . . first global conference simulcast. Whereas, they had originally planned to hold their conference in the AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas for the official relaunch, they have been forced to move their conference online. . . .
“Promise Keepers struggled. It really needed a new board and fusion of energy, a new vision,” Promise Keepers Chairman Ken Harrison told The Christian Post. “It has all those things now. Promise Keepers had to get back to the basics of what it was. … For Promise Keepers, we had to realize what is its brand and identity.” . . .
Over the last few years, the organization has undergone a restructuring. The ministry’s founder, Bill McCartney, passed the mantle of the ministry over to Harrison in April 2018.
“The one thing I’ve heard so many times from literally hundreds of men is there’s nothing like the sound of 70,000 men singing ‘Amazing Grace’ together,” said Harrison. “Guys are just completely raw and real for two days. . .
Along with the reigniting of the Promise Keeper’s brand, the ministry will incorporate advancements in technology to modernize the ministry and help it sustain impact in the lives and families of men who attend the rallies.
According to Harrison, “it’s the difference between analog and digital.” He said Promise Keepers looks to get men “digitally integrated” — a reality that was not possible during Promise Keepers’ peak in the 1990s. . . .
“So we’re actually right now building an app and a computer platform.”
Harrison said that the platform could be used on any device. It will allow users to find “promise keepers” in their local area. The platform aims to be a resource to allow community members to plan Bible studies, fellowship gatherings, mentorships and other relationships.
“The friendless American male is a major problem in America today,” Harrison explained. “Very few men have friends that are really true friends.”
Promise Keepers promotes a complementarian view of marriage and the family, a view that is often criticized because it holds that the Bible calls for wives to “submit” to their husbands while the husbands are called to lead the family and put his wife before himself in Christ-like sacrificial love.
Promise Keepers furthers the idea that men should be servants of God who act with a sense of biblical “masculinity” — whether by laying down their lives for their wife and kids or by offering help to distressed strangers in need.
At a time when some health experts argue that traditional masculinity can be “psychologically harmful,” Harrison believes that men today are confused about what masculinity even means and how they are supposed to act. He believes that the “generations are at war with each other.”
“When I was younger, masculinity was sort of depicted by James Bond — a promiscuous man who drank a lot, didn’t have any feelings. He would just kill somebody and make a witty comment and walk away,” Harrison said.
“I think the world saw the disgustingness of that depiction of masculinity. And so now its way to the other side. It’s really feminism. It’s taken away all the attributes that make a man a man. Satan doesn’t care. He’s gonna push this whichever way he can as long as you don’t know what true masculinity is.”
Harrison authored the recent book The Rise of the Servant Kings: What the Bible Says About Being a Man.
“We [Promise Keepers] tell guys that it is our responsibility to take care of those who are within our sphere of influence. So a promise keeper’s job is to be loyal to his wife and to care for her needs,” Harrison told CP, pointing to the call in Ephesians 5 for husbands to love their wives like Christ loved the church.
“Christ loved the church. He laid down his life for the church. He was tortured to death for her.” . . .
This powerful online event, available to all men everywhere completely free of charge, is possible because of our move to a virtual event. It’s a tangible demonstration of our commitment to MORE ministry to MORE men in MORE places.” -Vance Day, President, Promise Keepers
On July 31 and August 1, men all across the globe will gather via livestream in their homes, with their men’s groups, and at simulcast locations hosted by churches, to experience the Promise Keepers 2020 Global Digital Experience.
This 2-day event will feature everything that men have come to know and expect from a Promise Keepers event – an authentic, Christ-centered experience with amazing keynote speakers, worship artists, and special guests – all selected to offer a timely message of hope, unity, and transformation directly to the heart of men. You won’t want to miss this virtual experience and the opportunity to be refreshed, to be inspired, and to re-ignite your passion for God!
Register for the Promise Keepers
2020 Global Digital Experience
There are 2 ways to join us for the PK 2020 Men’s Conference.
Host a Simulcast of the conference at your church or gather a group of guys to watch at your home and tune into the livestream. Both options are free of charge.
Register for livestream access from home
Register your church to host a simulcast
Please share this with your local churches! Forward this link to your pastor or men’s ministry leader – www.promisekeepersevent.com/simulcast
On Facebook: Special Guest Interviews
June 29th, 4pm ET
Christian leader and author, Os Guinness with Ken Harrison
“The Long March: How do God’s people respond to Chinese Aggression from a former Chinese missionary and one of the prominent writers on American Liberty”
Will air 6/29 on the PK Facebook Page
Check out recent interviews and discussions on our YouTube Channel
(Excerpt from The Christian Post. By Samuel Smith.Photo from DreamsTime.)
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I am wanting more information on the Promise Keepers. I need this for my life right now.
Father God bless the promise keepers pour out Your Spirit upon them and make them stronger than ever In The Mighty Name Of Your Son Jesus Amen
I am so grateful that the time has come to empower men to their full potential.
I recall my husband going to a “full gospel” church with me. I was so excited. I knew he was searching for the More of life. Only, not a single person greeted him or spoke to him even during coffee hour. He never went back and my weeping didn’t change things.
Karen, I’m so sorry you and your husband experienced that. Unfortunately, you are not the first, and you won’t be the last. I went through it when I was single and first got saved, almost leaving the church! I persisted, thanks to God’s interceding! Then, my wife and I went through it when we moved to new cities. The church is doing and terrible job with bringing new members in, because of cliques in the church. Furthermore, the church is not creating disciples! I will pray for you and your husband. Don’t give up, keep looking! Blessings.Andrew
My opinion of reviving PK is great–however what I see different is only window dressing. What the church fails to see is our world has changed but the church leadership has not in order to address the new reality. WE are in a WAR-(Eph. 6:12). To battle an enemy and expect to win, you have to have strategic intelligence on the enemy–his weapons, strategy,and intentions. I have watched over the years as our Godly culture has slipped inch by inch. God taken out of our schools, abortion, LGBT, sex education, Post Modern brainwashing. Since we haven’t fought for godly education of children,–train up a child in the way he should go–is why we are losing the spiritual war and our nation.
Begin on youtube-(211-the secret behind secret societies) gives a good overview of the enemy.
I was a volunteer at the sold-out Promise Keepers in Irving, TX at the old Cowboy Stadium back in the early ’90s. I was assigned to the ticket booth. I had to be there several hours before the event to collect tickets. Busloads and van-loads of men arrived from all over TX and surrounding states. I watched God’s faithful provision again and again as a group would arrive and leave several extra tickets “just in case someone comes without a ticket” and they would barely step away from the ticket booth and the next group would say, “We brought “x” number of guys without a ticket in hopes they could get in” and I would always have the exact number of tickets they needed. That was such a faith builder for me! I watched the large screen set up outside the stadium for the volunteers as Gary Rosberg spoke of what it means to be a Christ-like, servant leader. He called his wife, Barb, on the podium and proceeded to wash her feet in front of the 10,000 men in the stadium. He asked the men to ask God for forgiveness if they had failed to be that kind of leader and to ask God to help them become that kind of leader in the future. I watched as hundreds of men fell to their knees and prayed. There was not a dry eye in the place. I will never forget it!!!
Hallelujah! Praise God for this re-birth of Promise Keepers! As a 73-year old, female, retired attorney who has been an evangelical Christian for more than 65 years, I fine this a very exciting, full of hope development – God speed to you!
Heavenly Father, Give men the strength, courage, and boldness to stand up and lead during this crisis in our nation and around the world. In Jesus’ name. Amen
Glad to see a comeback. Very appreciative to the vision and hard work of Coach McCartney and Rev. Raleigh Washington. These two men readily recognized something that the overall church world gave no mind…the presence and growth of Messianic Judaism; Jewish people who’ve come to believe in Yeshua (Jesus) and have formed their own synagogues.
I’ve for one learned so much from Rev. Washington, truly a man of prophetic vision.