Man Trouble: Broken Promises?

The same weekend that Women of Faith members were cheering in Oregon, their male counterparts in Promise Keepers were trying to stage a comeback at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan. The originator of the single-sex Christian rally, Promise Keepers created a sensation with its enormous get-together in Washington last October. But that spectacle belied the organization's bleak finances, and P.K. soon announced it was shredding a projected $117 million budget. At the end of March, it laid off its paid staff of 345. At the Washington rally, the head Promise Keeper, Bill McCartney, boldly announced that P.K. would drop the $60...

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