JFH News: 90,000 Gathered in Texas Motor Speedway for Faith Event, Together 2018

90,000 GATHERED IN TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOR FAITH EVENT

Hillsong, Bethel Music, Francis Chan and more joined alongside millennial-led PULSE at massive two-day event in Fort Worth on Oct. 20-21

Together 2018 performance by Bethel Music

NEWS SOURCE: Icon Media Group
October 24, 2018

DALLAS, Oct. 23, 2018—More than 90,000 attendees gathered in Fort Worth at Texas Motor Speedway to hear from a diverse set of 45+ Christian music artists and speakers last weekend at Together 2018. PULSE, a Minneapolis-based millennial-led organization, joined forces with more than 1,000 churches nationwide to bring thousands together with a focus and call to overcome the divisiveness that marks our country by moving closer to Jesus and the world He loves.

An additional 13,000 people from 89 different countries joined Together 2018 via livestream, and attendees committed to sponsor 1,200 children through the nonprofit Compassion. More than 100,000 experienced the free, two-day event.

“This was not an event—this was the start of a movement," said Nick Hall, founder of Pulse. "Together is about equipping a generation to live a different way. The Together lifestyle is rooted in prayer, discipleship, evangelism, Scripture reading, and loving others. The unity we saw this weekend gives me hope—hope that this generation is going to change the world—and the work starts once they leave the Speedway.”

On Saturday morning, attendees began streaming into the venue that normally hosts high-speed NASCAR races to hear from their favorite music artists including Jesus Culture, Bethel Music, Lecrae, and Jonathan Traylor, and speakers including Matt and Lauren Chandler, Nona Jones, Rich Wilkerson, Jr., Priscilla Shirer and PULSE founder Nick Hall. Tens of thousands continued to fill the stadium throughout the day as Fort Worth experienced the first day of sunny weather in more than a 7-day stretch. The Saturday lineup also included Lindy Conant, Banning Liebscher, KB. Sammy Rodriguez, Tedashii, Andy Mineo, Tony Evans, Francis Chan, Tye Tribbett, Lacey Sturm, Tercer Cielo, and a surprise appearance from local pastor Robert Morris.

Sunday morning featured a worship experience with The Walls Group, Ravi Zacharias, Hillsong Worship and Hillsong’s Brian Houston.

The complete lineup for Together 2018 featured:

Alena Pitts
Andy Byrd
Andy Mineo
Banning Liebscher
Ben Pirtle
Brian Houston
Christine D’Clario
Dave Lubben
Delvin Atchison
Dr. Tony Evans
Ebony Small
Francis Chan
Grant Skeldon
Hillsong Worship
Jesus Culture
Joe White
John M. Perkins
Jonathan Pokluda
Jonathan Traylor
Justin Giboney
KB
Lacey Sturm
Laurel Bunker
Lauren Chandler
Lecrae
Lindy Conant
Loren Cunningham
Matt Chandler
Mercy Lin
Mike Lindell
Natalie Lauren
Nick Hall
Nona Jones
Priscilla Shirer
Ravi Zacharias
Rich Stearns
Rich Wilkerson, Jr.
Richmond Wandera
Sammy Rodriguez
Shelene Bryan
ShySpeaks
Steve Green
Tedashii
Tercer Cielo
The Walls Group
Todd White
Together Collective
Trevor McNevan
Tye Tribbett
York Moore

TBN will air portions of the event as a two-part special. Air dates to be announced.

PULSE also announced Together 2020—another gathering designed to point to Jesus in the midst of an election year. Together 2016 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., gathered hundreds of thousands the summer prior to the presidential election to seek unity and to pray for the country. The event was shut down early by city officials due to the sheer size of the event overwhelming the city’s infrastructure.

About PULSE
Founded in 2006, PULSE is a millennial-led prayer and evangelism movement on mission to empower the local church and awaken culture to the reality of Jesus. For more than a decade, PULSE has been hosting some of the largest events for the next generation. They’ve impacted nearly four million students and young adults through live events and will be in front of one million in 2018 alone. They have linked arms with hundreds of ministries and churches around the world to fuel evangelistic movements through a strategic process of prayer, training, and events. Learn more at pulsemovement.com.

About Nick Hall
Nick Hall is the visionary of Together, author of the book Reset, and the Founder and Chief Communicator for PULSE, a ministry at the center of some of the largest student-led prayer and outreach efforts in the world. As an evangelistic voice to the next generation, Nick Hall has shared the Gospel at hundreds of events to nearly four million students and is regularly featured as a speaker for pastors’ gatherings, student conferences, training events, and festivals around the world. Nick is the President and CEO of the Mission America Coalition, sits on the board of the National Association of Evangelicals, and was formerly part of the student advisory team for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). Nick, his wife, Tiffany, and their two children live in Minneapolis, MN.