Cry Out America Meets in over 850 Locations Across the Nation on 9/11
Reports of unity, changed lives, desperate prayer, and spiritual waves of hope are flooding into the offices of the International Center for Spiritual Renewal.
While controversy swirled across the nation regarding one pastor’s threat to burn the Quran and Muslim’s threat to place a mosque near Ground Zero, Cry Out America brought Christian believers together in unified humility, contrition and prayer. Commemorating 9/11 on our knees in prayer for a new awakening was appropriate for this day.
Over 100 people gathered at the somber but very significant Cry Out America ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial. People visiting the Memorial joined the Christian leaders gathered to pray for America’s Armed Forces, families, youth, the Church, clergy, marketplace and for the spiritual condition of our nation. Many who were at the Memorial to honor their loved ones lost on 9/11 when terrorists flew the third plane into The Pentagon were deeply touched by the service.
The Cry Out America county courthouse prayer gatherings, some as large as 1000 people, took place throughout all 50 states in a bold public statement calling Christian believers in every county of America to unite in prayer by humbling themselves before God, repenting, crying out for revival in their region and reclaiming America for God.
Extraordinary reports from the county coordinators are inundating the Awakening America Alliance office. One Cry Out America report comes from Kosciusko County, Indiana, where Monica Boyer, founder of Silent No More has joined hands with the Cry Out America County coordinator, Ken Locke, to hold a three day Tent Meeting on property within one mile of Billy Sunday’s famous 1911 Tent revival. 1400 people have gathered there over the two last nights and the sides of the tent had to be taken down to accommodate the crowd. One more meeting is scheduled for tonight. Monica Boyer and Ken Locke are seeing pastors, across denominational lines, coming together and working together for the first time.
Each night has been a miracle. People are asking how they have done this; they want to take it to their county. They have emails of lives changed. They can’t even keep up with the phone calls. Boyer believes Americas are ready for revival.
Peggy Scarborough, South Carolina Cry Out America Recruiter, reported that all 56 counties in South Carolina had prayer rallies. From Sumter county, coordinator Matthew Jay Wilkie Jr wrote, “God really blessed us with an amazing 8 Days of Prayer Revivals-all at different churches and denominations. It has been beautiful. God is WORKING and BREAKING denominations and racial barriers in Sumter.” Oconee County had approximately 150 people and coordinator Rev. Wayne Morton led them in prayer and US Army Colonel (ret.) Dean Duvall also participated as all veterans were recognized and attendees were encouraged to “Cry Out for America.” Several pastors, church, business, civic, and governmental leaders were present. Dillon County, South Carolina , also reported, “Great day! We had about 200. The Spirit of God was strong.”
“These Cry Out America reports are indicative of what we are hearing from counties across America and we are thankful for the hundreds of county coordinators who dedicated themselves, their time and their energy to and organizing and engaging their counties in united consecrated prayer for our nation on 9/11,” said William Wilson, executive director of the Awakening America Alliance.
While in Washington DC, the Awakening America Alliance (AAA) cabinet members had a strategic meeting to plan the future of The Alliance and Cry Out America. Next year the 10th
anniversary of 9/11 will fall on a Sunday and the AAA will call every church in America to pray specifically for the spiritual condition of our nation in each of their Sunday morning services. Further COA 2011 details will be forthcoming.
The AAA Cabinet also met with the leadership team of The African Strategic Leadership Prayer Network (www.aslpn.org) who are responding to the invitation by the Awakening America Alliance to call all African nations to collaborate in prayer on behalf of America. On Saturday, October 16th, 2010 ASLPN will host a national prayer gathering in Washington DC at the Capitol West Mall from 10 a.m until 6 p.m.. More than 50,000 people are expected at this unique and unprecedented prayer gathering called Africa Prays For America.
“May God grant us a new Christ Awakening in the 21st Century and may 9/11 be used to help sound the alarm,” Wilson continued. “America is overdue for a transformational revival in our generation. This can only come as we humble ourselves and pray… together. God is at work and I believe an Awakening is on the way!”
(Source: International Center for Spiritual Renewal)
