Antecedentes de Hecho y Fundamentos Jurídicos de la demanda

A. Jesus taught that the foundation of justice is established in night and day prayer then it overflows in doing works of justice. We must never substitute prayer for works of justice, or vice versa.

7 _{Now shall not God bring about justice for His elect, who cry to Him day and night…?} 8 _{I tell}

you that He will bring about justice for them speedily. (Luke 18:7-8; NAS)

B. The release of justice is most effective in the context of night and day prayer because works of justice are to be confirmed with power, and the workers of justice must stay connected to God. IV. CONVERGENCE OF THE MISSIONS MOVEMENT AND THE PRAYER MOVEMENT

A. The Call2All is led by the two largest missions organizations in history: Campus Crusade for

Christ, started by Bill Bright in 1951, and Youth With A Mission (YWAM), started by Loren

Cunningham in 1960. Together, these two organizations have almost 50,000 full-time staff and 500,000 part-time staff. This represents 12% of the missions work force across the earth. Bill Bright died on July 19, 2003. Steve Douglass now leads Campus Crusade for Christ. The Call2All ministry was initially birthed by Bill Bright and Campus Crusade for Christ. Call2All will host 40 congresses over a three-year period.

B. In January 2008, Mark Anderson, leader of the Call2All, hosted a congress in Orlando at which 170 CEOs of most of the top missions organizations worldwide made a commitment to start 70,000 new houses of prayer by 2020. In the Hong Kong Call2All Congress (June 2009), 3,000 leaders from 900 organizations committed to start 400,000 house of prayer by 2020. In Nairobi, Kenya, (August 2008) leaders committed to start 75,000 new houses of prayer. In the last 21 months in Call2All congresses, leaders committed to start over 500,000 houses of prayer. The Call2All congresses include Orlando, Dayton, Nairobi, Toronto, Hong Kong, Curtiba (Brazil), Kiev (Ukraine). They represent 1,200 different organizations and denominations.

C. Missions leaders define 4,000 geo-political zones on earth using 6,000 languages (20 primary languages are used by 90% of the earth) and 12,000 distinct cultures or ethnic groups (ethnos). Each zone has been studied and targeted by the missions movement to reach with the gospel. D. Starting in 2000, David Hamilton began to develop the “4,000 zone mission strategy” which was

designed to define the unreached people groups on earth. He is one of the primary leaders of YWAM’s University of the Nations (Bible school) which has 500 locations in 140 nations. E. Highlights from the Call2All-Orlando gathering include the missions leaders and prayer leaders

recognizing the Lord's hand in establishing them together in a strategic alliance for God’s end- time purposes in soon completing the task of bringing a witness of the gospel to every nation.

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F. The missions movement began in the context of 24/7 prayer with Count Zinzendorf at Herrnhut, Germany, in 1727. There has been a great acceleration in the global missions movement over the last 50 years (starting about 1960). The global prayer movement began to grow rapidly about 20 years ago (starting about 1990).

G. The leaders of many international prayer movements have plans to come together in increased ways to facilitate a more focused partnership with international missions leaders as they reach out to all 4,000 zones. We want each mission organization and missionary to be covered in prayer.

H. In March 2004, Mark and Karen Anderson each received a prophetic word on the same day, saying: My house is a House of Prayer, if it is not a House of Prayer then it is not my House.

7 _{For My house shall be called a House of Prayer for all nations. (Isa. 56:7)}

I. On Dec. 25, 2006, Mark Anderson had a prophetic dream in which the Lord revealed to him that the missions movement and the prayer movement are the same movement in God’s heart. J. We are asking each prayer ministry and each intercessor across the earth to specifically adopt

one mission organization, three individual missionaries, and one of the 4,000 zones of the earth to cover in prayer on a regular basis. All prayer ministries will be encouraged to pray for God’s salvation to be released in Jerusalem and Israel.

K. In January 2004, the Lord spoke to IHOP-KC leaders about committing to cover YWAM in a strategic relationship. Therefore, YWAM is our missions organization (in addition to GOD TV). On Dec. 5, 2007, the Lord confirmed IHOP-KC’s connection to Egypt as the zone we will cover. V. DISCIPLESHIP IN ACTION

A. The prophet Micah gave one of the best summaries of the kingdom lifestyle. We are called to be workers of justice and lovers of mercy with a spirit of humility. This is what God wants from us. This how God wants us to live and what He will require from us at the judgment seat.

8 _{He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do}

justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? (Mic. 6:8)

B. Works of justice include feeding the poor, caring for the needy, orphans, widows, and homeless. Justice includes helping to alleviate the oppression of abortion, poverty, misogyny, and racism (systemized prejudice) in the marketplace, law enforcement, education, employment, etc. C. Loving people is the visible measurement and reflection of our invisible love for God (1 Jn.

3:17-19; 4:20). It is impossible to love Jesus and not love people more.

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D. We are called to be zealous to do works of justice and mercy that exalt Jesus. The revelation that we are special to our great God, who loves us and freely forgives us, awakens such love in us that we become zealous for good works.

14 _{That He might…purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works. (Titus 2:14)}

E. To be zealous for good works is to be intentional and committed to participating with others so that good works are done on a regular basis, not merely in a casual and occasional way. They are a top priority to us.

F. If we ask, God will give us creative ideas on how can help the oppressed. Dream big and think outside the box without being limited to what is currently on the organizational chart.

10 _{We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared}

beforehand that we should walk in them. (Eph. 2:10)

G. We will never meet all the needs in our hurting world, but together we can make a difference in the lives of some by consistently doing small acts of compassion. God is raising up those who will courageously do great exploits, without being intimidated by the obstacles.

VI. IHOP-KC: COMBINING 24/7 PRAYERS FOR JUSTICE WITH 24/7 WORKS OF JUSTICE A. On September 19, while celebrating our ten-year anniversary, IHOP-KC committed, by the grace

of God, to combine 24/7 prayers for justice with 24/7 works of justice until the Lord returns. B. We are launching new outreaches to help orphans, widows, the poor, and the oppressed. They

include a Woman’s Life Center, an adoption agency, our Orphan Justice Center, and CRI, a disaster relief ministry. CRI mobilizes mercy missionaries to reach the harvest in crisis,

providing relief to those affected by disasters, through giving water, food, shelter, and medical care, and ministering in the power of God to those in need. Additionally, we are increasing our inner city outreach to the poor, prostitutes, and drug addicts, and have started ministries to those trapped in human trafficking, children at risk, and other victims of injustice in society.