In essence, it will be a rarity in religion: “No agenda will be raised at all that day; just the undistracted worship of Jesus,” Ross said.

It’s not just lip service. By rule of the event’s constitution, nothing is to echo from the huge speaker boxes except music and scripture. No sales pitches. No sermons, as well-intentioned as they may be. Skilled musicians will be present, including some big names, but those names will not be revealed and they will not be in view.

Perhaps most surprising of all, in this day of bigger, better and best: no attendance figures will be projected or announced.

“We are completely comfortable with whatever number of true worshipers come to stand before the king,” Ross said. “Jesus could be lifted up before 100 young worshipers... or He may be pleased to assemble tens of thousands. We leave that entirely up to Him. We will simply make logistical preparations for the number who register (paradise08.com; and/or paradisethoughts.com).

Paradise is not only a one-day event but a journey that includes interactive curriculum that takes students on a 28-day journey to prepare them for the event itself.

“We don’t believe students can go zero- to-60 in only one day of worship at Paradise,” Ross said of the 28-day online study. “If they arrive thinking Jesus is their little buddy and pal and just a friend who will help them through the hard times then they cannot discover how to worship him as the reigning monarch in only a few hours. We need students to walk onto that field in Kansas having already made the transition from thinking of Christ as their mascot to Him as their monarch.”

So the plan is to awaken students to all that Christ is before they reach the worship site, then invite them to adore Him without distractions at the site, then embrace Him and arise to join Him in His kingdom purposes after the event ends, Ross said.

The event will include broadcasting scripture through speakers, while worshipers respond to the words they hear. Seven worship periods will run from sunrise to sunset. A special time – the sacred assembly – will run from noon to 4 p.m.

“They’re going to be saturated with his supremacy,” said David Bryant, 61, a co-organizer and ministry leader in New York City who helped supply the theological underpinnings for Paradise.

Bryant sees a crisis of sorts among Christians, especially among evangelicals, that limits the scope of who Christ is.