A FRESH CALL TO PRAYER

Man Praying

A Call To Prayer

It all began Feb 9, 1958 . . . On February 9th 1958 God laid a burden on the heart of David Wilkerson to focus on prayer and spend less time watching TV. He put an advertisement in the newspaper to sell his TV and told the Lord, that if it sells in the first 30 minutes that the newspapers hit homes, that he would know that it was God truly speaking to him to sell it.

Before 30 minutes had passed, David Wilkerson received a call and sold his TV. This was the beginning of 19 days of prayer that laid the foundation for a trip to New York City that led to the birth of Teen Challenge.

During these days of prayer the February 24th edition of LIFE Magazine came out with a story of 7 boys on trial for the murder of Michael Farmer. As David Wilkerson read this story, the Lord spoke to him, "Go help those boys." He decided to drive to New York City and go to the trial. On February 28, David stood in the courtroom on a mission from the Lord. He would not back down from the call and I believe it was on that day that the Lord confirmed that helping the boys in the gangs was his assignment.

Dr Jerry Nance
Dr Jerry Nance
Life Magazine article
Life Magazine Article

From that day, the Spirit of the Lord began to establish Teen Challenge in the heart of his servant, David Wilkerson. I believe each and every leader of Teen Challenge around the world can have a moment like this, that moment when the Spirit of God speaks clearly to them about God's call to "help those boys." God please refresh, restore and renew our call to help the hurting, the lost and the addicted.

Teen Challenge Southeast Region is hosting a Prayer Summit On February 9- 11,

to remind us of the roots of this ministry. Rev Don Wilkerson will be the keynote speaker on February 9, and will kick off two days of prayer, worship and intercession. Teen Challenge and Prayer ministry teams will provide a worship team to lead us between our times of preaching and prayer proclamations. We want to encourage people to participate in the summit and then follow with 40 days of prayer with intercession prayer focuses and prayers of proclamation for each of those 40 days Some will also be fasting..

We plan to make the events of February 9-11 available via the internet and hope you will join us for this wonderful focus on prayer.We believe that God will continue to visit Teen Challenge as we focus on prayer, focused on getting in the presence of Jesus and allowing Him to speak to us

Don Wilkerson
When I shared this vision with one of my staff, he responded, "Count me in."
I want to know if I can "Count You In" on this special prayer emphasis?
As we turn our hearts to God as our founders did, maybe we too need to consider getting rid of our TV or at least restrict the time we spend before it.

I want to call you to prayer and fasting as the Lord would have you do so. We feel compelled to take this opportunity to highlight our founder's commitment to prayer during the first 50 years of our existence and make prayer a priority for the next 56 years.

You are welcome to come to Columbus, Georgia, for this event, but know that space is limited. Please contact Gary Blank at the Teen Challenge International Conference Center:

If you have questions, please e mail Bernie at bgillott@globaltc.org .

Jerry Nance
President
Global Teen Challenge

We want to hear from you.

Global Teen Challenge
P.O. Box 511
Columbus, Georgia 31902-0511
706-576-6555
email: gtc@globaltc.org
website:globaltc.org
training website:iteenchallenge.org
If you and/or your ministry choose to participate in this time of prayer and fasting, would you please let us know. This will be a great encouragement to me and our leaders. Contact Global TC: gtc@globaltc.org

If you have a special prayer need that you would like us to share with Teen Challenge ministries around the world, please email them to us and we will pass them on to the other centers.  Please email us at gtc@globaltc.org