Let God Arise!

In America’s Inner Cities

The entire Let God Arise! idea began with a deep conviction that the American inner city cannot be won without the direct intervention and provision of the Lord. The hardness of this field makes plain and clear the truth of the psalmist’s argument in Psalm 127.1, “Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.” This movement believes that all efforts at winning the unreached millions in America’s inner cities will be futile unless God visits the city. We further hold that this visitation will only occur if godly men and women lay hold of God in intercession on the city’s behalf. Only a break- through of God’s power will transform our cities.

While the city is arguably the greatest single creation of humankind in civilization, it has nothing to glory of,

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