Promise Keepers to charge fees for conference

Promise Keepers to charge fees for conference

DENVER — Promise Keepers has decided to once again charge fees at its evangelical men’s conferences.

The men’s ministry announced the change of plans March 2, saying it will charge $69 for adults and $49 for youths 18 and younger.

Promise Keepers President Bill McCartney had told supporters in a Jan. 28 fund-raising letter that mentioned the upcoming conferences that the ministry was “committed to keep them admission-free.”

“The return to charging a fee for conferences comes from earnest prayer and evaluation,” McCartney said in a statement. “Also our attendees have been asking us to return to a fee-based conference.”

In January, the ministry announced personnel reductions and regional office closings, which have resulted in a current staff of about 170.