TheCall DC will take place on August 16, 2008, the National Park Service is allowing the use of the entire Washington National Mall for the event.
FOUNDING EDITOR'S NOTE: I was at the first CALL DC and it was amazing. Please consider attending this year. The times are even more urgent than they seemed in 2000. And please DO forward this to every BELIEVER, young and old that you know. Let's fill the Capitol Mall! -Steve Shultz, BCN.
Following God's direction, Lou Engle spearheaded a gathering on the Washington National Mall back in 2000, naming it TheCall. Since then, solemn assemblies of prayer and fasting, involving thousands of people have been held in cities all throughout America.
Now, eight years later, TheCall returns to the National Mall for perhaps the most vital gathering of prayer and intercession ever, for the USA. In addition, the Lord seems to have granted favor over the event, evidenced by the immense amount of space allocated by authorities. Lou Engle explains…
"There have been other gatherings on the Washington Mall this year that the National Park Service would only give 3rd through 7th Street to, to hold their events. That portion was given to TheCall as well. But amazingly, a few weeks ago, the new director of the National Park Service called us and said for some reason they have decided to give us the whole mall.
"…If we gather 50,000 people that are fully consecrated to God, it could affect the heart of heaven. Maybe God wants to gather a half a million. I don't know. But, on this 40th year anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, I have a dream that the whole nation could be stirred to fast and pray so that God may grant us a great window of mercy, rule over the elections, and fight for us in this battle for the foundations of righteousness and family in the land. I believe that the Lord has given us favor for a reason."
In the following alert, Lou urges prayer warriors of all ages to make plans now to be a part of the upcoming gathering in DC, held in August.
A brief glance at the headlines of our daily newspapers exposes the frailty of the moral fabric of our nation as the corruption of sin digs its claws deeper and deeper into the hearts and minds of our young people. The serpentine stranglehold of abortion continues to squeeze the life out of over 1.6 million wombs every year in our nation, wiping out nearly one-third of an entire generation born since 1973.
The growing slave trade of pornography, homosexuality, human trafficking, and sexual perversion—not only accepted by the culture, but now shamelessly promoted by it—has claimed countless young men and women, pilfering the Kingdom of the Lord's inheritance. 2008 is an incredibly important year in the history of our nation—politically, culturally and economically. We are truly in an hour of crisis. In the midst of it all, God is calling His people back to Himself. Now is the time to sound the alarm! Who will hear His cry?
In 2000, 400,000 people, both young and old, gathered on the National Mall in Washington, DC to fast and pray believing the dream that a nation can change. That gathering and many others have marked tens of thousands of young people, inciting a prayer revolution and inspiring a dream in their hearts that they could be a voice for change. Now, the nation is in crisis again and we feel it is time for TheCall to go to a national scale in another historic gathering in our nation's capital.
TheCall isn't a conference or a festival; it is a solemn assembly—a gathering of all ages, races and denominations. The 12 hours of TheCall are spent primarily before the Lord in the place of prayer and worship. We believe the hour is late and the time's urgent. Our nation is in desperate need of revival. We're seeing the signs of God moving, but we do not have what we want. We have to have a full-scale revival break loose, and it will be only through the collective body of Christ uniting together in the place of prayer that we will find any hope in this hour. We must strike, strike and strike again until we have widespread revival!
When there is no remedy, when there is no hope for a nation, God still has a holy prescription… "Blow the trumpet in Zion, gather the people, call a fast." (Joel 2:12-18)
Will you join us for TheCall DC, August 16th on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to cry out with fasting and prayer that the dream of God could yet be fulfilled for this nation?
For more information, visit TheCall.com and watch TheCall's 3-minute Promo Video.
See you at the National Mall on August 16th!
Source: Lou Engle - TheCall.com
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