More than 1,500 young adults from 30 states came to Boise for Project Reformation, a daylong rally aimed at bringing their generation closer to God.

“It was a long flight, but it’s been a good way to get on fire about God,” said Joy Catania, 15, who attended the conference with her 17-year-old brother.

Project Reformation opened its doors Saturday at the Boise State University Pavilion to men and women ages 16 to 26. The crowd gathered for more than 12 hours of music, worship and discussions about forgiveness and healing.

Sponsors, including the Family Research Council, the Idaho Family Forum, Focus on the Family and several Idaho Promise Keepers, plan to take the event nationwide next year.

“We want to have eight to 10 of these across America next year,” said Dennis Mansfield, executive director of Idaho Family Forum. “If the Family Research Council agrees to support this, we’ll see a million people touched and 100,000 commissioned into the future with lives that have meaning and hope.”

Mansfield said one of the key points of the conference is to encourage young adults to turn to God when there is conflict and to deal with pain head-on. Guest speaker Brian Lapp emphasized the point from a wheelchair, where he spoke about how he has lived with pain every day since breaking his back in a bicycle accident last year.