• Source: TheCall

TheCall was an organization which sponsored prayer rallies led by Lou Engle along with other Christian leader pastors in the United States. The events requested prayer and fasting by Christians in protest against issues such as same-sex marriage and legal access to elective abortion. TheCall drew support from American Evangelical leaders, but was also criticized for intolerance.
In October 2018, Lou Engle announced the end of TheCall organization and stated that he would focus on his newest endeavor, Lou Engle Ministries. TheBriefing, an email newsletter rallying followers around political issues pertaining to TheCall's goals and giving prophetic assignments for intercession, has been continued by Engle's friends, Paul and Cheryl Amabile.




Events


TheCall began in September 2000 after Lou Engle believed he received a prophecy to hold a large youth rally at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. New Apostolic pastor and apostle Ché Ahn led the event, while Engle held a prophetic role. Originally planned as a co-ed youth version of Promise Keepers, the event was intended as a "counter [to] what Engle and Ahn viewed as a creeping cultural tendency towards apostasy, particularly through the liberalizing US courts and the toleration of abortion." Between 300,000 and 500,000 attendees were present at the first rally, with participants fasting throughout the day, worshipping, and blowing shofars. Further TheCall events would then be held in cities around the country. Engle believes that gatherings such as TheCall are necessary to prevent divine judgment from taking place in the United States due to legalized abortion and the acceptance of homosexuality in American culture.
TheCall's 12-hour or 24-hour events combined prayer, sermons, and Christian rock worship and gospel music. The events are also known for their cultural and ethnic diversity, described in National Review as "the Breakfast Club of religious gatherings." Speakers at TheCall events frequently draw parallels between the pro-life movement and the Civil Rights Movement. TheCall is meant to be a gathering of fasting and prayer to confess personal and national sins, to pray for God's blessing on the nation, and for spiritual awakening among youth. Personal and national repentance among Christians and prayer for spiritual awakening has been the core focus of TheCall since its inception. The events have focused on prayer and sermons against abortion and homosexuality. TheCall events have been attended by prominent evangelical leaders such as Mike Huckabee, James Dobson, and Tony Perkins.
Religion scholar Matthew D. Taylor argues that TheCall DC was highly influential – that the event and its New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) leaders "helped create the very mass-gathering, prayer-and-warfare styles that were on display on January 6 [2021]."




Controversy






= Uganda

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On May 2, 2010, Engle traveled to Uganda and organized a TheCall rally at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. Before the trip he condemned the harsh penalties proposed in a bill that called for life imprisonment or the death penalty for Ugandan homosexuals with AIDS who engage in sexual relations, saying his ministry could not support it. Engle later said the church should examine its own sins and oppose violence against homosexuals, but he did not reject the criminalization of homosexuality.




= Detroit, Michigan

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In 2011, a TheCall rally was held in Detroit, Michigan, where there is a significant Muslim population. "[Calls] to 'take back the land' of Muslim Americans" by engaging in spiritual warfare prayer over mosques, described as "like sending our special forces into Afghanistan", drew concern. An apostle stated the event was "not divisive at all" and that they were "praying for God to move in Detroit ... so that we can all be one"; the event's goal was to get African Americans to convert local Muslims, who would then convert others in the Middle East. Baptist, Methodist, and Catholic clergy protested the event.




In American politics


TheCall has multiple supplementary movements and alternative names for their events that are focused on different areas of interest to the group. This includes TheResponse, which was a chain of stadium revivals focused on rallying audiences towards different topics or political candidates. Another event sponsored by TheCall and Lou Engle was RiseUp. The event was held in Washington D.C. on October 9, 2017, and was created for Christian women to become advocates within the political sphere. Speakers at this event led prayers for political figures such as Donald Trump and Barack Obama. Attendees were asked to pray for millions of children to be adopted, for the overturning of Roe v. Wade and for “the reform or the resigning of judges” within the Supreme Court. TheCall focused again on rallying Christian women in 2017 with the Esther Fast. The three-day fast held from March 8–11, 2017, called for women to pray for the support of the President of the United States, the ending of witchcraft, removing anti-semitic beliefs in America, and for the reversal of Roe v. Wade.




= Political endorsements

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Rick Perry

On August 6, 2011 Rick Perry and Lou Engle held TheResponse. This event was an all-day prayer rally held in Houston at the Reliant Stadium in which Engle called for prayer and fasting in support of Perry's presidential campaign. Prior to this, two Texan pastors, Tom Schlueter of Arlington and Bob Long of San Marcos, contacted Perry in hopes to share a new revelation that God had ordained Texas to be the "Prophet State" and that he was anointed by God to lead the state and nation into revival. Perry further promoted the belief that TheResponse was prophesied and anointed through the Book of Joel. At this event, Engle told the audience that the day Perry announced his presidential campaign, it rained heavily for five hours. He then went on to say that some see this as a sign of God's blessing on Perry's presidency.




Associated people






= Christian figures

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Cindy Jacobs
Dutch Sheets
Alice Patterson
Doug Stringer
Jim Garlow
James and Shirley Dobson
Tony Evans
Tony Perkins
Michael W. Smith




= Politicians

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Sam Brownback
Sarah Palin
Newt Gingrich
Michele Bachmann
Ted Cruz
Mike Huckabee




Gatherings


September 2, 2000 (Washington, D.C.) – estimated between 300,000–500,000
October 3, 2002 (Seoul, South Korea) – estimated 30,000
February 22, 2003 (Pasadena, California)
March 1, 2005 (Gunsan, South Korea)
July 7, 2007 (Nashville, Tennessee)
April 5, 2008 (Montgomery, Alabama) – estimated 20,000
August 16, 2008 (Washington, D.C.)
May 2, 2010 (Kampala, Uganda)
November 11, 2011 (Detroit, Michigan)




References






External links


Official website
• Source: The Call

The Call may refer to:




Film and television


The Call, a 1936 French film better known as The Call of Silence or L'Appel du Silence
The Call, a 2002 short film by Matthew Scott Krentz
The Call (2013 film), an American crime thriller film
The Call (2020 American film), an American horror film
The Call (2020 South Korean film), a South Korean thriller film
The Call (American TV program), a 2007–2011 American business news television program that aired on CNBC
The Call (South Korean TV series), a 2018 South Korean music collaboration project-themed music variety game show that aired on Mnet and tvN
The Call, an interactive news program on NY1
"The Call" (The Twilight Zone), an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone
The Call (2019 Nollywood film) is a Nollywood comedic movie by Woli Arole
"The Call" (Star Wars Rebels)




Publications


The Call (Kansas City), a newspaper in Kansas City, Missouri, serving the Black American community
The New York Call, sometimes simply called The Call, a socialist newspaper published by the Socialist Party of America
The San Francisco Call
The Call (Woonsocket), a general-interest daily newspaper in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
The Call (Flanagan novel), a 1998 historical novel by Martin Flanagan
The Call (Hersey novel), a 1985 novel by John Hersey
Der Ruf (newspaper), a World War II era POW newspaper, known in English as The Call
The Call (BSP) an Organ of International Socialism published by the British Socialist Party




Music


Call (band), a Pakistani rock band based in Lahore
The Call (band), a Santa Cruz, California-based rock band




= Albums

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The Call (Charles Lloyd album), 1994
The Call (Heed album), 2006
The Call (Mal Waldron album), 1971
The Call, album by underground Hip Hop artist Random
The Call, EP by metal band Necrophobic
The Call (Henry Grimes album), 1966




= Songs

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"The Call" (Anne Murray song)
"The Call" (Backstreet Boys song)
"The Call", song No. 4 from Five Mystical Songs
"The Call", a song by Killswitch Engage from their 2013 album Disarm the Descent
"The Call" (Regina Spektor song)
"The Call", a song by Little Texas on their 1997 album Little Texas
"The Call", a song by Matt Kennon on his 2010 album Matt Kennon
"The Call", a song by Gotthard on their 2007 album Domino Effect
"The Call", a song by Cirith Ungol from their 2020 album Forever Black
"Die Stem van Suid-Afrika", former national anthem of South Africa, used during the apartheid era
"Ireland's Call", song used to represent Ireland at rugby games




Other


TheCall, an evangelical parachurch organization
The Call (painting), a 1902 painting by Paul Gauguin
The Call (Kansas City Royals), an infamous blown call in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series by Major League Baseball umpire Don Denkinger




See also



All pages with titles beginning with The Call
All pages with titles containing The Call
Call (disambiguation)

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• New Apostolic Reformation
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