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1985–1997: Early years

In 1985, Louie and Shelley Giglio founded Choice Ministries at Baylor University in Waco, TX. Choice Ministries began as a campus-based student ministry and after 10 years of ministry at Baylor, Louie and Shelley moved to Atlanta, GA. In 1997, Giglio founded Passion Conferences in Atlanta under the banner of Choice Ministries to see a spiritual awakening among college students all across the United States and the world.

1997–2007: National success

The first conference took place in Austin, TX where thousands of college aged students came together during January 1–4, 1997. Passion have hosted five more national gatherings in the next decade (1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007), which involved more than 70,000 college students in total. During this decade, thousands of additional college students connected with Passion through one of several other gatherings, including the OneDay Gatherings in 2000 and 2003 and the Passion Experience Tour. Passion also became known for its worship albums over this decade, which featured many prominent contemporary Christian artists like Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin, and David Crowder.

2008–present: Passion City Church and world tours

In June 2008, while speaking for pastor Andy Stanley, Giglio announced the planting of Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia with Chris Tomlin. Along with Tomlin, Matt and Beth Redman, and a small core team, Passion City Church officially gathered in fall of 2008. Passion City Church held its first service on February 15, 2009, in Atlanta, Georgia at The Tabernacle. In 2017, Passion City Church announced plans to expand to two new locations - Passion City Church, Cumberland and Passion City Church, D.C.

Also in 2008, Passion Conferences embarked on their first world tour, reaching out to 17 different cities in all 6 continents.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 Atlanta, Georgia; and Philips 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 3-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 sponsored more than 7,000 a children from Compassion International.The conference also saw the debut of sixsteprecords latest artist Jimi Cravityand the guest appearance of country music singer Carrie Underwood, which incited considerable Christian backlash.

At Passion 2019, it was announced that Passion 2020 will be held at one venue, Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, December 31, 2019 – January 2, 2020.[citation needed] It will be the largest Christian conference event in the United States since Passion 2017 in the Georgia Dome.