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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 ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Engle
Lou Engle (born October 9, 1952) is an American Charismatic Christian who led TheCall, which held prayer rallies. He is an apostle in the New Apostolic Reformation movement and the president of Lou Engle Ministries. Engle was a senior leader of the International House of Prayer and has assisted in the establishment of Justice House of Prayer and several other smaller "houses" of prayer. Ministry Engle has been organizing large prayer rallies since 1999, with hundreds of thousands of people in multiple countries participating. In 2018, Engle announced the end of the organization, TheCall, as well as his intentions to launch Lou Engle Ministries. Politics The size of these events, in addition to Engle's political statements, raised his prominence among the Christian right. These ministries are often located near prominent landmarks, such as Harvard University and the United States Supreme Court building. The locations of the ministries are strategically chosen, to specifically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Apostolic Reformation
The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is a Christian supremacist theological belief and controversial movement associated with the far-right that combines elements of Pentecostalism, evangelicalism, and the Seven Mountain Mandate to advocate for spiritual warfare to bring about Christian dominion over all aspects of society, and end or weaken the separation of church and state. NAR leaders often call themselves apostles and prophets. The movement is heavily associated with C. Peter Wagner, who coined the term and founded the movement's characteristic networks. Wagner himself described the NAR as "the most radical change in the way of doing church since the Protestant Reformation." Long a fringe movement of the American Christian right, it has been characterized as "one of the most important shifts in Christianity in modern times". With the 2008 publication of Wagner's ''Dominion!'' ''How Kingdom Action Can Change the World'', the movement began a greater focus on gaining political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ché Ahn
Ché Ahn is an American evangelical pastor. Ahn is pastor of Harvest Rock Church located on the Ambassador Auditorium grounds in Pasadena, California.Bill BroadwayFervent Calls For a New Society ''Washington Post'' (September 3, 2000). He leads Harvest International Ministry and is part of the New Apostolic Reformation movement. In 2000, Ahn was a leader in the evangelical youth movement TheCall. He is also the International Chancellor of Wagner University, an unaccredited institution in Rancho Cucamonga, California. Ahn is involved in supporting Republican politics. At a Stop The Steal rally held shortly before the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, he told an audience, "I believe that this week we're going to throw Jezebel out and Jehu's gonna rise up, and we're gonna rule and reign through President Trump and under the lordship of Jesus Christ." On January 7, 2021 after returning from the January 6 Capitol Attack in Washington, D.C., Ché Ahn said that Trump support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Breakfast Club
''The Breakfast Club'' is a 1985 American independent teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. The ensemble cast includes Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. The narrative follows five high school students from different social cliques who spend a Saturday in detention under the supervision of a strict vice principal, gradually revealing their inner struggles and forming unexpected bonds. Hughes completed the screenplay in 1982 and moved forward with casting following the success of ''Sixteen Candles'' (1984). Principal photography took place from March to May 1984 at the shuttered Maine North High School in Des Plaines, Illinois, which served as the film's primary location. The film premiered in Los Angeles on February 7, 1985, and was released theatrically by Universal Pictures on February 15. It emerged as a commercial success, grossing $51.5 million against a $1 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pro-life Movement
Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in response to the legalization of elective abortions. Europe In Europe, abortion law varies by country, and has been legalized through parliamentary acts in some countries, and constitutionally banned or heavily restricted in others. In Western Europe this has had the effect at once of both more closely regulating the use of abortion, and at the same time mediating and reducing the impact anti-abortion campaigns have had on the law. France The first specifically anti-abortion organization in France, Laissez-les-vivre-SOS futures mères, was created in 1971 during the debate that was to lead to the Veil Law in 1975. Its main spokesman was the geneticist Jérôme Lejeune. Since 2005, the French anti-abortion movement has organized an annual March for Life. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Review Online
''National Review'' is an American conservative editorial magazine, focusing on news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs. The magazine was founded by William F. Buckley Jr. in 1955. Its editor-in-chief is Rich Lowry, and its editor is Ramesh Ponnuru. Since its founding, the magazine has played a significant role in the development of conservatism in the United States, helping to define its boundaries and promoting fusionism while establishing itself as a leading voice on the American right. History Background Before ''National Review''s founding in 1955, the American right was a largely unorganized collection of people who shared intertwining philosophies but had little opportunity for a united public voice. They wanted to marginalize the antiwar, noninterventionistic views of the Old Right. In 1953, moderate Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and many major magazines such as the ''Saturday Evening Post'', ''Time'', and ''R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dobson
James Clayton Dobson Jr. (born April 21, 1936) is an American evangelicalism, evangelical Christian author, psychologist, and founder of Focus on the Family (FotF), which he led from 1977 until 2010. In the 1980s, he was ranked as one of the most influential spokesmen for Social conservatism, conservative social positions in American public life. Although never an ordained minister, he was called "the nation's most influential evangelical leader" by ''The New York Times'' while ''Slate (magazine), Slate'' portrayed him as a successor to evangelical leaders Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. As part of his former role in the organization he produced the daily radio program ''Focus on the Family'', which the organization has said was broadcast in more than a dozen languages and on over 7,000 stations worldwide, and reportedly heard daily by more than 220 million people in 164 countries. ''Focus on the Family'' was also carried by about 60 U.S. television stations daily. In 2010, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Huckabee
Michael Dale Huckabee (, born August 24, 1955) is an American diplomat, political commentator, Baptist minister, and politician serving as the 29th United States Ambassador to Israel, United States ambassador to Israel since 2025. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007, and ran for his party's United States presidential primary, presidential nomination in both Mike Huckabee 2008 presidential campaign, 2008 and Mike Huckabee 2016 presidential campaign, 2016. Huckabee was the host of the talk show ''Huckabee'', which ran on the Fox News Channel from 2008 to 2015, and on Trinity Broadcasting Network, TBN from October 2017 to January 2025. From April 2012 through December 2013, he also hosted a daily radio program, ''The Mike Huckabee Show'', on weekday afternoons for Cumulus Media Networks. Huckabee is an ordained Southern Baptist Minister (Christianity), pastor noted for his Evangelicalism i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Rock
Christian rock is a form of rock music that features lyrics focusing on matters of Christian faith, often with an emphasis on Jesus in Christianity, Jesus. This music is typically performed by Christians, Christian individuals. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between Band (rock and pop), bands. Many bands who perform Christian rock have ties to the contemporary Christian music labels, media outlets, and Music festival, festivals, while other bands are independent. In the 2000s and onwards, Christian rock bands Skillet (band), Skillet, Thousand Foot Krutch, and Red (band), Red were influenced by acts like Linkin Park to develop their own sounds that combined hard rock and nu metal. Skillet received Grammy Award, Grammy nominations for two albums, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Perkins (politician)
Anthony Richard Perkins (born March 20, 1963) is an American politician and Southern Baptist pastor, who has served as president of the Family Research Council since 2003. Previously, he was a police officer and television reporter. From 1996 to 2004, he served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 2002. On May 14, 2018, he was appointed to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom by then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and on June 17, 2019, the Commission elected him Chairman. Early life and career Perkins was born and raised in the northern Oklahoma city of Cleveland and graduated in 1981 from Cleveland High School. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Liberty University. He later earned a Master of Public Administration degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. After college, Perkins entered the United States Marine Corps. Following his tour of duty, he became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
