Bill McCartney, president and founder...
Bill McCartney, president and founder of Promise Keepers, planned to call together men, women, and children in state capitals and major cities across America to give public witness to their faith in Jesus Christ on January 1, 2000. He noted that Denver Bronco fans celebrated the Super Bowl victory in January 1998 with hundreds of thousands of fans lining Denver streets screaming, "We earned this; we deserve this; we've waited 38 years and this is ours!" McCartney envisioned a once-in-a-lifetime gathering of people in 50 states saying, "Jesus Christ, you earned this! You deserve this!