The Call: Get Involved

The Call: Get Involved > HERE TheCall is a divinely initiated, multi-racial, multi-generational, and cross-denominational gathering to corporate prayer and fasting. We believe that our nation is in desperate need of the mercy of God and a great Spiritual Awakening. TheCall is committed to mobilizing people from all across America to gather together to petition God for His undeserved mercy for our nation in 12-hour solemn assemblies. Just as in the days of Joel, we believe that now is the time to blow the trumpet across our land, to fast, to pray, and return to the Lord with all our hearts. In the midst of an �??entertainment�?� driven society, TheCall does not seek to entertain, but to encounter God. Unlike other mass gatherings which attract people through the rhythms of loud music, the glamour of flashing lights, or through the appeal of charismatic personalities, TheCall is a gathering centered around the affections of a loving God. There will be no advertised bands and no promoted speakers, as our purpose is not to promote any man or ministry. TheCall is a FAST not a festival. TheCall is a SOLEMN ASSEMBLY not a conference. Whereas conferences focus primarily on training and discipleship, 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 times are urgent. Our nation is in desperate need of revival and it will be only through the corporate body of Christ uniting in the place of prayer that we will find any hope in this hour. We believe we can see our nation changed as the Lord pours out His Spirit and brings refreshing to the broken, destitute, and the weary across our land.

Response

TheCall Business Office 3535 E Red Bridge Rd Kansas City, MO 64137 Phone: 816.285.9356

Response@TheCall.com

In 1997 our nation witnessed one of the largest Christian gatherings in American history. The Promise Keepers, a ministry specifically focused on igniting men with a passion for Jesus, gathered a million men on the National Mall in Washington DC to call men across our nation to a lifestyle of purity and godliness. A man named Lou Engle was deeply impacted by this highly profound event and burdened with a God-given dream. The vision was to raise up a corresponding youth movement to cry out to God for a revival to sweep across America. . Two years after the inception of this dream, a woman approached Lou Engle and asked if he had ever considered putting young people on the Mall like the Promise Keepers did in 1997. Taken back and amazed, Lou replied that two years prior he had been burdened with a dream to see the youth of our nation gathering at the National Mall. He confessed he actually prophesied this coming gathering would be a sign from God that there was still hope for our nation. The woman promptly wrote a check for $100,000, setting into action a whole chain of supernatural events that would eventually result in the TheCall DC on September 2nd, 2000. God’s blessing was clearly manifest throughout the day as the presence of the Holy Spirit infused the prayer, worship and intermittent words of encouragement from our nations spiritual leaders. The result of one man's obedience to the God-given dream was an attendance of over 400,000 young people. After this TheCall DC in September 2000, TheCall was exported across the nation to twelve different locations, each one gathering thousands of people hungry for a movement of God. Rather than promoting man’s good ideas, these massive gatherings were spent in corporate fasting, prayer, and worshiping before God. Specific regional issues were confronted in each gathering in the place of prayer. In each Call, issues such as racism, sexual immorality and abortion were brought into light and repented for corporately by the body of Christ. In New York, Dallas, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Nashville, and Kansas City, a movement of prayer and fasting has filled stadiums with the sounds of worship and the incense of prayer. This divinely-initiated movement of repentance has extended beyond the narrow borders of America as TheCall has traveled to Australia, Germany, the Philippines, Norway, England and Israel. Today TheCall is marching across our land to Washington D.C. to come together for a historic gathering on August 16, 2008. We believe that our nation is in a critical hour and in desperate need of revival. While our society's moral compass continues to erode the faith of our nation is becoming increasingly secularized. The world in its rebellion violently pursues the fulfillment of all fleshly desires, yet the church has fallen prey to many of the same sins that plague our society. Even within the church truth has been substituted for spiritual relativism and religious tolerance. Sexual immorality, racism, and abortion are just as prevalent from our pews and pulpits as they are in our secular universities. We are in an hour of crisis, an hour when we have to confront our own spiritual barrenness as the church and in the place of prayer cry out to God for mercy on our nation and revival in our land. Our hope in this hour is in God and God alone. On August 16, 2008 we are calling for 1,000,000 people to again gather together in the National Mall to fast and to pray for God to pour out His undeserved mercy on our land.

THECALL WILL BE NAMELESS AND FACELESS God clearly directed TheCall Board not to advertise the names and faces of those speaking, praying, or leading worship at TheCall gatherings. Although national leaders and musicians will be involved, the focus is not on personalities but on Jesus and His purposes. THE PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS WILL BE YOUNG PEOPLE Although some parents and pastors will be involved, TheCall believes that the youth should be responsible for most of the praying, leading of worship, and speaking. THE MUSICIANS ARE TO BE WORSHIPPERS, NOT ENTERTAINERS TheCall adamantly believes that participating musicians be invited as worshippers, not entertainers. TheCall is not against Christian entertainment and concerts, but it recognizes that the sole purpose of these gatherings is to be a solemn assembly for worship, prayer, and fasting for revival. Musicians capable of both worship and entertaining will be asked to exclusively lead the people into worship at TheCall. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL NOT RECEIVE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION Although TheCall requires a paid staff to handle the enormous logistics in organizing the gatherings, the Board of Directors, or the Executive Working Board, will not receive any compensation. We desire to be totally above reproach in the eyes of society. SPEAKERS AND LEADERS ARE TO COME AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE So many people are involved in TheCall gatherings that it would be cost prohibitive to underwrite every person who speaks, prays, or worships there. TheCall also believes that we are to “Gather those who made covenant with God by sacrifice” (Ps. 50:5), which includes the speakers and worship bands. We understand the financial hardship this creates for some, but we are asking others to “sponsor” those who cannot afford to participate without the help of the Body of Christ. PEOPLE SHOULD PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER FASTING ON THE DAY OF THECALL Those who fast should do so under the supervision of parents and doctors and by the leading of the Holy Spirit. A person could fast just one meal or drink only juice for the day. Water will be provided by TheCall organization; however, food will not be available because this is a solemn assembly to pray and fast for revival. THECALL IS A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT TheCall does not oppose godly advertising and marketing (we do have state and city coordinators for national gatherings); however, the primary vehicle for mobilizing people to gather for TheCall gatherings is word of mouth. THECALL IS CROSSCULTURAL TheCall embraces all denominations, ethnic groups, and various expressions of the Body of Christ, whether Pentecostal or Evangelical in persuasion. THECALL HAS DEFINITIVE VALUES The Call supports and endorses all Christian organizations that espouse its values: · Worship · Unity · Prayer · Fasting · Follow Up · Transformation · Repentance · Reconciliation · Impartation · Equipping · Revival · Revolution Involvement You can be involved in the following ways: prayer, volunteering, providing financial support, getting the Word out and becoming a revolutionary for Jesus. Financial Support TheCall is financed primarily through individual donations. All of TheCall gatherings will be free to attend, but they may require registration (free) due to the facilities involved. Donate Online - Click Here You may also send donations to our postal address: TheCall Business Office 3535 E Red Bridge Rd Kansas City, MO 64137 Phone: 816.285.9356