Urbana 06 Kicks Off with Record Numbers
By Elizabeth Kwon
Christian Post Correspondent
Thu, Dec. 28 2006

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The idealism of the millennial generation is that they are optimistic, mission-focused, and global, said InterVarsity Christian Fellowship President Alec Hill on the first day of one of the world’s largest student missions conferences.

“This generation is more connected. It is a smaller world for them,” Hill told The Christian Post on Wednesday, shortly before a press conference for Urbana 06. The student ministry head noted how student registrants of the triennial convention are the “going” and “doing” generation.

As expected, a record number of over 22,200 delegates from all across North America came under one roof on Wednesday for the beginning of the five-day conference in St. Louis, Mo. Sponsored by InterVarsity, the Urbana conference is one of the largest gathering of missions organizations in the world. About 275 exhibitors — seminaries and missions organizations — are expected to make themselves available to conference attendants. This year’s Urbana is the first to be held in St. Louis in gathering’s 60-year history. the rest