It was announced that Passion 2020 will be held in only one venue, Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, December 31, 2019 – January 2, 2020.
(meta data) TITLE: At Passion 2019, students raise $400G to translate Bible for deaf people across world | Fox News (meta data) PUBLISHER: Fox News Fox NewsExpand / Collapse searchLoginWatch TVHot Topics ###### U.S. ###### World ###### Opinion ###### Politics ###### Entertainment Celebrity NewsMoviesTV NewsMusic NewsStyle NewsEntertainment Video ###### Business ###### Lifestyle Food + DrinkCars + TrucksTravel + OutdoorsHouse + HomeFitness + Well-beingStyle + BeautyFamily ###### Science ArchaeologyAir & SpacePlanet EarthWild NatureNatural ScienceDinosaurs ###### Tech ###### Health Healthy LivingMedical ResearchMental HealthCancerHeart HealthChildren's Health ###### TV ###### About Contact UsCareersFox Around the WorldAdvertise With UsAd ChoicesMedia RelationsCompliance ###### Other This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2019 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. All market data delayed 20 minutes. # At Passion 2019, students raise $400G to translate Bible for deaf people across world Caleb Parke | Fox News Thousands of college students gather at Passion 2019 to help raise money to reach nations and people that have never heard the gospel before. (Roxy Moure/Passion 2019) Almost 40,000 college students banded together at the Passion 2019 conference this year to help spread the gospel to those who don't currently have access to it. Brad Jones, global ambassador for Passion conferences, told Fox News that thousands of young people, ages 18 to 25, gathered for three days in four different locations for teaching and worship. "In the last week, people have gathered for football games and holiday celebrations," Jones said. "During Passion 2019, 40,000 college students and leaders gathered under one name—the name of Jesus. Passion is more than an event; we exist to see this generation live for what matters most—for us, that's the fame of Jesus." Brad Jones, global ambassador for Passion conferences, speaking at Passion 2019. (Rob Greene/Passion 2019) In past years, Passion students have raised $8.3 million to fight modern-day slavery through Passion and the END IT Movement. This year, they wanted to add a new initiative. The students raised $448,370 for the Deaf Bible Society, DBS, as part of Hope in Every Language, a campaign that helps fund and distributes translations of the stories of Jesus into the unique sign language to areas that haven't been reached. Through the funds, partner organizations will translate the stories of Jesus from the New Testament into the unique sign languages in the following countries: Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, Moldova, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan and Russia. Thousands of students gathered at Passion 2019 to raise money to help spread the gospel to people who've never heard it before. (Austin Bell/Passion 2019) For 70 million people worldwide, sign language is the first or only language they know and use daily, according to DBS. COMMUNITY RAISES $35G FOR WALMART CASHIER WHO PAID FOR WOMAN'S BILL: 'LORD TOLD ME I HAD TO HELP HER' Next year, for Passion 2020, they're expecting to double their size at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta to ring in the New Year together with worship, teaching and helping others. Caleb Parke is an associate editor for FoxNews.com. You can follow him on Twitter @calebparke #### Trending in US ##### Man falls to his death at Atlanta hotel after flashing housekeeper, police say ##### Kentucky woman allegedly broke into bar, hung out before employees arrived ##### San Francisco homeless stats soar: city blames big business, residents blame officials ##### Tlaib, Omar attempted trip to Israel called a 'political stunt'; Trump tightens immigrant work permit rules
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Passion Conferences
History.:2008–present: Passion City Church and world tours.
Passion has continued to launch world tours and regular tours throughout the years, including Passion NYC Subway Series, Regionals '07–'08, Passion 2010 University Tour, Passion 2012 University Tour, A Night of Worship with Passion Tour, Passion: Let the Future Begin Tour, and Passion: Take It All Tour. Passion's regular conferences have also become annually held. The Passion conference in 2016 was simultaneously held in three arenas in two cities: Toyota Center in Houston, Texas; Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth, Georgia; and Philips Arena (now State Farm Arena)  in Atlanta, Georgia. Through live streaming capabilities, students were able to see the various speakers and musicians from each of the three venues throughout the three-day event. 
 In 2017, Passion held their annual collegiate event in Atlanta, Georgia's Georgia Dome, former home of the Atlanta Falcons before renovations. That year, Passion encouraged participants to sponsor more than 7,000 a children from Compassion International. The conference also saw the debut of sixsteprecords latest artist Jimi Cravity and the guest appearance of country music singer Carrie Underwood, which incited considerable Christian backlash. 
 Passion 2019 was held in four sold-out arenas and churches across the United States, including Atlanta's State Farm Arena, Duluth's (Georgia) Infinite Energy Center, and in the cities of Dallas, Texas and Washington, D.C.