6,000 Promise Keepers converged on SA recently

San Antonio men gather 6000 strong for Promise Keepers Adventure, brotherhood, community impact on the agenda

San Antonio– The River City opened its banks to thousands of men from around Texas and the Southwest this past weekend. Promise Keepers’ third visit to San Antonio was met by more than 6,000 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 .

Integrity Music’s PK7 provided the live soundtrack for the weekend. Community Impact on Saturday morning, San Antonio men brought an estimated 2,500 pounds of non-perishable food supplies to benefit Daily Bread Ministries (http://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)

Motivational speaker Rick Rigsby (http://www.rickrigsby.com/) turned his message to helping men encourage one another.

Brad Stine (http://www.bradstine.com/) crusaded against the “wussification of America ” with comedic criticism of both secular humanism and hypocritical forms of Christianity.

Bishop Wellington Boone (http://www.wellingtonboone.com/) closed the meeting with a message on “Engaging the Heart of a Woman.”

“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.

Friday at AT & T Center Bible adventurer Bob Cornuke (http://www.baseinstitute.org/) was leadoff speaker, with stories of international adventure in pursuit of facts that reflect the truth of biblical texts.

Evangelist Mike Silva (http://www.mikesilva.org/), was the victim of a bad car buying experience. 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 Nashville Arena (July 20-21). The entire 2007 men’s conference schedule is posted at http://www.promisekeepers.org/
Media Contact: Steve Chavis, Media Relations, 303-964-7790 stevechavis@pknet.org