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Chris Tomlin performing at the May 23–24, 2008 Passion Conference in São Paulo, Brazil. The first conference took place in Austin, Texas where thousands of college aged students came together during January 1–4, 1997. [9] The first event had 2,000 students in attendance. The following year grew to 5,000 attendees in Fort Worth. [10]
However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was canceled as an in-person event on March 29, 2021, [37] [36] [38] instead being rescheduled as a special live streamed event on July 30, 2021, promoted using the hashtag #ScatteredToGather. [39]
The event is designed to inform Christian students about global issues and issues around the world and missional living. The conference also encourages students to explore the biblical mandate for cross-cultural missions and encourages them to participate in missions. [1] Each Urbana lasts for 4-5 days at the end of December and on New Year's Eve.
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In October 2014, the First Presidency announced that it "has decided that the General Women's Meeting will be designated as the General Women's Session of general conference." [6] [7] Since April 2018, the conference has consisted of four general sessions, held at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. MT on both Saturday and Sunday. Another general session ...
The International Conference on Missions (ICOM) is a non-denominational, non-profit, Christian organization that organizes an annual conference on missions for the Unaffiliated Christian Church/Church of Christ congregations around the world. It was originally known as the National Missionary Convention (1954-2011).
Then, at the 2007 World Conference, it was decided that World Conferences would be held tri-annually. Switching to a conference every three years, instead of every two, was anticipated to be less taxing on church resources, and to provide for greater participation by members who reside abroad. The most recent World Conference was held April 2023.