The Northeast Awakening with Dutch Sheets & Chuck Pierce, April 18-19, Syracuse, NY

Dutch Sheets and Chuck Pierce will be at The Northeast Awakening conference being held here in Syracuse on April 18-19 at Nottingham High School. I saw this being promoted on the Transformation Syracuse web site. It would seem that this group who is attempting to pray revival into Syracuse and the Infinity Alliance group that is attempting to reach "every man, woman and child" in Onondaga County would have a lot in common though they may be of differing theological strains in the Kingdom. Just as an FYI: when you see a community's Charismatic/Pentecostal and Bible/Baptist churches loving each other and working in harmony you can expect to see a major work of God. Syracuse has been notoriously divided along those lines. Back to the Transformation Syracuse site for a moment. Here's an interesting description of the spiritual climate of CNY: If you are not familiar with Transformation Syracuse and have not had the opportunity to attend any of Transformation Syracuse's four previous gatherings, Transformation Syracuse's mission is to identify and address through prayer the spiritual issues that are contributing to the upsurge in godlessness in the Syracuse area and are hindering revival. Much research into Syracuse's history (spiritual mapping) has been done and several issues have already been identified and dealt with at prior gatherings. It is Transformation Syracuse's purpose to see the land cleansed and purified through corporate repentance, according to 2 Chronicles 7:14, so that deep and lasting revival may come. Since 2006 is the 100th anniversary of the Azusa Street Revival, our hope is that Syracuse may experience transformation to the extent that Los Angeles did in 1906. God is calling His prayer warriors together to see the Greater Syracuse area transformed and revived! As you are probably aware, Syracuse has never had a major and lasting revival. In fact, the CNY area has long been known as a "dark" area spiritually by the evangelists who have come here. Even Charles Finney, who had great success in Rochester with bars closing down and churches filling to overflowing (an almost unbelievable conversion rate of 90% was achieved), had very little success in Syracuse. Finney even referred to some areas of New York State as Sodom. Billy Graham, when he was here in the 60s said he would never come back because the area was so spiritually hard. There are some who believe the cloudy skies over Syracuse (we surpassed Seattle a few years ago) are symbolic of this area's spiritual condition. There is in fact much depression, crime, and sickness in this area. In 2003 Syracuse's murder rate exceeded that of New York City. There is a high incidence of breast cancer in and around Syracuse and the North East has the highest incidence of M.S. in the country. Syracuse is also known as the Wiccan capital of New York State. To identify what is hindering major revival in the CNY area, a small group of Christians gathered together to scout out the land (mapping) as the beginning of a long process to identify the giants in the land and begin the spiritual transformation of this area. As a result of this initial effort, several specific areas were identified that will require corporate intercessory prayer to achieve break through and ushers in revival. We are seeking pastors, intercessors, ministry leaders and others who are dedicated to seeing CNY transformed spiritually. The purpose in having a company of pastors, intercessors and other spiritual leaders is to corporately seek battle strategies from Jesus -- the Captain of the Host. We want to determine His priorities and His timing, which will only come as a result of intercessory prayer. We understand from the USSPN and others that it could be an extended season of prayer -- lasting as long as 3-5 years. It is only unity among God's people that will ultimately bring total revival to this area. Unity pleases God (Psalm 133). It exists at some level in the Syracuse region, but is limited -- partially because of the particular strongholds that exist here. However, we believe that, as we come together in humility and pray, God will hear and heal our land and His people. As the brothers and sisters of various churches and denominations labor together in prayer, we can move God's heart to sovereignly dislodge powers and principalities in high places. We believe that only when there is corporate unity will the "dome of darkness "over CNY be destroyed so that full and lasting revival can come. Billy Graham may have said he would never come back after the 1960's but he was here again in 1989. I was a counselor at that event. Central New York is desperate for revival. Desperate is an understatement. Back in December I made a post imploring certain pastors/ministries to plant churches here in Syracuse: Church Shopping in CNY. Apparently it got someone's attention as Google Analytics tells me it's one of my most popular posts. I think most Christian people in CNY understand the need is desperate for new churches and revival but there are a host of bad reasons why very little happens. This Sunday will be dent in that darkness over Syracuse: the first preview service of Catalyst Church meeting at 10:00 am at Nottingham High School. Come Holy Spirit come! Breathe on us again. Set us free from our addictions, break us from the bondage of hopelessness, cleanse us with the fire of revival. We are desperate for you.