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After Promise Keepers' huge rally in Washington, D.C., participants vow they'll strive to close the gap between words and actions. | Edward E. Plowman

(In Washington)--Saturday's "Sacred Assembly" on the Washington Mall was over, and the Promise Keepers were headed home. An hour east of Indianapolis, Charles Paxton, 54, pastor of Camby (Ind.) Community Church, stepped to the front of the bus and took the microphone. "If we go back and don't do anything, this will have been just a trip. We need to close the gap between our words and actions," he said.

Many of the 43 men, mostly his but several from other churches as well, nodded agreement. "If we do that, God will change us, our family, our churches, and our community. This weekend will have been the beginning of true revival."

A little behind schedule, the bus went straight to the Camby church, arriving after the sermon by Mr. Paxton's associate had begun. The men were unwashed, unshaved, and still in their grubby clothes, but it didn't matter.

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