c. 1997 Religion News Service

UNDATED _ Promise Keepers officials say they hope to achieve the following mission and goals through their Stand in the Gap event from noon to 6 p.m., Oct. 4 on the National Mall in Washington:

Mission:

To gather a diverse multitude of men in the name of Jesus Christ to confess personal and collective sin so that we may present to the Lord godly men on their knees in humility, then on their feet in unity, reconciled and poised for revival and spiritual awakening.

Objectives:

1. To humbly call the church to repent to God and each other for our sin of corporate disunity and move toward biblically based racial reconciliation.

2. To exhort and assist the church to call Christian men to personal repentance, revival, growth and evangelism.

3. To present to the Lord before this nation a diverse and unified group of Christian men to participate in a sacred assembly.

4. To motivate, educate and equip local churches to significantly influence their world.

5. To encourage and facilitate ongoing relationships among diverse groups of Christian men within the context of the local church.

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