Tens of Thousands of College Students Spend First Days of 2024 Giving Jesus Center Stage
By Alex Murashko
A call for today’s younger generation to live for God did not fall upon deaf ears at the Passion 2024 Conference in Atlanta where 55,000 college students from 1,600 campuses attended the event recognized by leaders as a movement that gives Jesus Christ center stage.
UPDATE: 100,000 Young People 'Ring in 2024 with Revival'
CBN reports: A genuine spiritual outpouring that began in 2023 continues at the start of the new year as tens of thousands of young people display an unwavering devotion to Jesus, packing out churches, auditoriums, and stadiums across the country to worship His Name.
Evangelist Matt Brown, founder of Think Eternity, recently shared on X that thousands of young people are "ringing in 2024" by passionately seeking God.
RING IN 2024 WITH REVIVAL
— Matt Brown (@evangelistmatt) January 9, 2024
Well over 100,000 young people gathered to seek God over New Years and to ring in 2024 with revival 🔔😮👏🏼
55,000 at Passion in Atlanta
10,000 at Cross Con in Kentucky
7,000 at Cru national gathering
5,000 at Salt Conference in Iowa
13,500 at… pic.twitter.com/aRSshqNXXM
PHOTO: Passion Conferences/Facebook
At the end of the 3-day conference on Friday (1/5/24), Pastor Louie Giglio of Passion City Church and the founder of the Passion movement shared on social media:
“Passion is more than music. More than events. Passion is a generation living for His Name. Thank You God for these days. Join me in praying for the students returning to their cities, campuses, and countries today, that they would live for God and His glory.”
Pastor Zach Meerkreebs, whose sermon from inside the chapel at Asbury University was the beginning of a 16-day outpouring from God that many have described as revival, was asked at Passion 2024 to give his takeaway from what happened at the campus in Wilmore, Kentucky.
“On February 8, God’s generosity poured out on a small little college,” Meerkreebs said. “It wasn’t good preaching. That’s for sure. I texted my wife after I preached that ‘I laid a stinker’ and I would be home soon for a nap. I did not get home for a nap. For 16 days, it was God’s pouring out of His Spirit. It was unbelievable.”
Watch and listen to Meerkreebs’ interview with Brad Jones from the stage at Passion below.
ASBURY SPREADING
— Matt Brown (@evangelistmatt) January 6, 2024
55,000 college students from 1,600 campuses gathering the past few days in Atlanta, Georgia for #Passion
My dear friends @zmeerkreebs and Brad Jones share stories of God’s outpouring at #AsburyRevival.
Who is praying for more amazing moves of God in 2024?! pic.twitter.com/a1UQYXF09g
Passion is more than music. More than events. Passion is a generation living for His Name. Thank You God for these days.
— Louie Giglio (@louiegiglio) January 5, 2024
Join me in praying for the students returning to their cities, campuses, and countries today, that they would live for God and His glory. #Passion2024
Also, at the beginning of the new year, 10,000 young people gathered at CROSS Con in Louisville, Kentucky.
One of the eight bullet points on the conference’s website lists “We sing loudly together” on CROSS Con’s “About” page.
Grasping God’s rich mercy and grace from the Scriptures, we respond with heartfelt praise, singing with one voice both new and old theologically rich songs.
Pastor John Pendleton posted a video clip of the thousands of students singing the hymn, “It is Well.” Pendleton’s video and post from his Facebook page is below.
Alex Murashko is a journalist and writing team leader for Think Eternity, a site for powerful faith content to help you live the fulfilled life in Jesus. Murashko is also founder of Media on Mission. Connect: @AlexMurashko.
