Venues were considered in major cities around the world, including Atlanta, Paris, and Lausanne, but ultimately the RAI was one of the only venues that could accommodate the event. Jaarbeurs Congress Centre, Utrecht. Plenary sessions will be interpreted into at least 25 languages. Participants will use headsets to hear simultaneous interpretation of each plenary session. Some 700 volunteer stewards from 44 countries will be on-hand to do everything from washing linens to serving communion to all 10,000 participants.
All stewards pay their own travel expenses and volunteer their time.
Franklin Graham's international relief organization, Samaritan's Purse, will be running onsite medical clinics during the event. The organization will provide a backpack, two new shirts and a tie or scarf for all 10,000 participants. Samaritan's Purse will also meet with evangelists at Amsterdam 2000 to determine needs in their countries and how Samaritan's Purse might work to meet those needs. Currently working in more than 100 countries, Samaritan's Purse works through local churches to help victims of war, famine, and natural disasters. Since 1998, more than 120 people have worked together to organize Amsterdam 2000.