Called2Action.org :: FYI :: Will you help us spread the C2A message statewide?

Friends,

The last 3 years have been nothing less than amazing. I had no idea what God was up to when He started me on this life-changing journey simply by taking a leap of faith and handing out flyers in churches encouraging folks to join us at a Raleigh City Council meeting. It was standing room only as 450 people answered that first “call to action” and on the sidewalk that afternoon our ministry was born. Five months later I was inside the RBC Center looking at a crowd of 14,000 who were there for the Stand for the Family rally featuring Dr. James Dobson.

Please take a minute to visit our homepage at www.c2aonline.org and look over the “highlights” sheet and see for yourself how God has used this organization since the Spring of 2004.

When you consider the fact that Called2Action is run by volunteers who work on it in their spare time while continuing to parent their children, work their jobs and run their businesses, these accomplishments become a bit more significant, if not miraculous. The Apostle Paul reminds us that more often then not, God chooses the ordinary to do the extraordinary:

“Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.” I Cor 1:26

And so it has been for Called2Action, and for me personally. House painter turned Christian zealot! Only God could do such a thing, and so it is God alone who gets the credit and the glory.

The past three years have provided intense spiritual satisfaction and joy, but it has always seemed that God was up to something bigger than what we were doing. I knew during my work on the Harvest Crusade that God was about to turn another corner in this journey, but what was it? Should we try to start C2A chapters all over the state? Should we just focus on local issues? Should we do more with statewide issues? Should we just drop it and move on with our individual lives? Sometimes I do long for the simpler lifestyle I used to lead…but that was a lifestyle that ignored the call God had placed on my heart. I made a very conscious decision back in 2004 to end my “camouflaged Christian” ways.

Called2Action is as much about waking up the sleepy Body of Christ as it is about engaging in the culture war. We believe the Church in America has become just like the Church at Laodicea. To that group of believers, Jesus said the following...

“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm – neither hot nor cold – I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” Rev 3:15-16

In the original language the word is not spit, it’s actually vomit. That statement should shake believers in America to their core, but for the most part, it hasn’t. We believe most self-professed “believers” in this country think that the Body of Christ is doing pretty well, and that the real problem is “the culture”. We couldn’t disagree more. There is a great need to challenge the status quo, and that brings me to the point of this letter…

We believe that God has shown us what he wants us to do next. I hope to be hosting a live radio program starting next month on AM 1030, WTRU. Called2Action This Week with Steve Noble will carry our message statewide (Triangle/Triad/Charlotte), and it will also be on the SIRIUS Satellite Network, which gives us the opportunity to broadcast our message nationwide. The show will be on Saturdays from 11:00am – noon. This will be a live, call-in format with a “How To” focus. We will be seeking callers who have grassroots experience and “war stories” to share, as well as those who need help getting started. I will also be sharing our own experiences and those of other successful organizations around the country. Our goal is to educate, equip and encourage the Body of Christ to step up to the plate….but I will also be confronting our Laodicean mindset with the cold, hard facts of our failures over the past 40 years. This will be “tough love” all the way.

We have been offered a six-month contract with WTRU for a total cost $22,500. We also have membership costs and other related expenses for the two prominent national organizations we belong to (The Arlington Group and The Council for National Policy). Our membership in these groups provides the basis for the relationships we now enjoy with the national organizations that are mentioned on the highlight sheet. These organizations could also play a significant role in the development of the radio show.

We have never done a mass appeal for financial help, but this fork in the C2A road requires that we do so now. Called2Action will remain engaged in the issues as we always have…and it will remain voluntary. This money is not needed to pay any of us, but it is required to help us spread this message that the Lord has placed on our hearts. Please join us in this effort and make your contribution today. You can use a credit card online at by visiting our donations page here or simply mail a check made out to Called2Action to PO Box 99162, Raleigh NC 27624. We are a 501(c)(4) which gives us the grassroots “teeth” we need, but that keeps your contribution from being tax deductible. We trust that won't keep you from partnering with us in this effort.