History

In 1990, two men in a car on a Colorado highway had a conversation about how to help men lead biblical, fulfilled lives. This conversation soon turned into men’s conferences occurring throughout America, with millions of men being challenged to live with a Christ-centered view of being a man under the brand Promise Keepers.

A group of Canadian men attended these events and had a desire to launch the same ministry in Canada. After a season of prayer, research, and planning, Promise Keepers Canada was founded in 1995 as the first international expansion of the ministry. The ministry was established as uniquely Canadian with a separate Board of Directors, Advisory Board, Management Team, Staff, and ministry plan.

Since its inception, Promise Keepers Canada has been known for hosting major men’s conferences across the country. These events have allowed us the privilege to speak to tens of thousands of men about being the men God has designed us to be.

In the early 2010s, our Board of Directors agreed that we wanted to be an organization that was focused on being a ministry more than a movement. In other words, while major events were still important to us, they are not how we wanted to be defined. The spiritual development of men required a more consistent and focused presence, and we directed our energy to a variety of ministry programs that were designed to ignite and equip men to have a godly impact.

In 2020, recognizing the growth in the digital world, Promise Keepers Canada re-branded as Impactus, becoming an online-centered, global ministry with the goal of reaching the next generation of men.