Evangelist Nick Hall urged hundreds gathered at the Cotton Bowl in downtown Dallas for the Together ‘22 evangelistic event to truly see those around them and go out there and listen, go out there and love in an increasingly contrasted society.

Together ‘22 saw hundreds of people come out to Fair Park for the revival event aimed at marking 50 years since Billy Graham hosted Explo ‘72 in the very same venue. That event drew more than 150,000 people to the stadium in what later became known as one of the largest religious gatherings ever.

While Together ’22 fell far short of drawing those types of numbers, Hall greeted those in attendance with an acknowledgement of the unpleasant weather. “You think it’s hot in Texas? We’re about to bring the fire back home, are you with me? We out here in 98-degree heat because we love Jesus!” said the evangelist.

Hall also reminded the crowd to reassess their priorities, especially with so many distractions in today’s culture. “The most important thing to tell people about Jesus is to make a priority to listen, to slow down and see people around you, the greatest thing we can do as evangelists is to go out there and listen, go out there and love,” he said.

Along with a series of evangelistic training sessions, the multi-day event climaxed with musical performances from Jeremy Camp, Chris Tomlin, Lecrae and other Christian music artists.

Dallas Jenkins, the creator of the hit streamer “The Chosen,” called on attendees to stop worrying about figuring it all out and just start with what they have in front of them. “It’s not your job to figure out how to feed the 5,000, your job is to just provide the loaves and fishes,” said Jenkins.

Several guest speakers shared words of encouragement and evangelism with the crowd, including prerecorded messages from David Platt and Francis Chan and a live appearance from apologist Josh McDowell, who shared a message on doubt.

McDowell urged the crowd to “not only know what you believe, know why you believe it. I don’t think I ever had doubts about the deity of Christ, the resurrection and the scriptures, he said. Now, doubt is not saying I don’t understand it, and a lot of times, I don’t get it. But deep down in, I know it was true but I couldn’t understand why it was true but eventually, I did.”

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