Passion 2012 Conference

We just returned from a Conference in Atlanta Georgia called Passion. The conference had 44,000 students ages 18-25 and featured speakers like Beth Moore, Francis Chan, John Piper, and Louie Giglio. Imagine a packed Georgia Dome full of young people lifting up the name of Jesus in worship at the top of their lungs. It was indescribable and powerful!

One aspect of the conference was focused on the issue of modern day slavery. Each day featured different stories that brought to light the realities of human trafficking, child exploitation, and forced labor.

FACT: There are 27 million slaves living in the world today which out numbers the entire African slave trade! It is hard to imagine... By challenging these college to "Do Something NOW!" Passion hoped to raise $1 million dollars for Various charities that work to educate, prevent, rescue or rehab people exposed to this modern day atrocity. Some of the charities include: International Justice Mission, Tiny Hands, A21, and The Atlanta Project among others.
For more info check out Passion 2012: DO SOMETHING NOW

THE RESULT: College students stood in line for hours to give and when it was all said and done a total of $2.6 million was given. That's right, the same group of people who live off of Ramen noodles and scrounge in the cracks of the couch for pocket change gave almost triple the goal set before them to END SLAVERY. If that doesn't scream FREEDOM, I don't know what does.

The following is the story covered by CNN