Bobby Jindal's Big Rally for Christian Right Dominion
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Fri Jan 23, 2015 at 04:34:00 PM EST
There is a big Christian Right rally in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Saturday, January 24th. The event, called The Response, is intended to, among other things, recharge the batteries of the Christian Right going into the next election season and to encourage conservative Christian clergy to run for office.

I have published a short primer about the event, at Political Research Associates.  Here is an excerpt:

The Christian Right hopes that the mass prayer rally tomorrow, January 24, at Louisiana State University will be one of the largest in recent history.  Organizers are also seeking a thousand clergy willing to be trained to run as Christian Right candidates for office at all levels of government--the controversy when the event was announced last December (when they included claims that natural disasters are the result of abortion and support for marriage equality) notwithstanding.

The event, known as The Response, will be hosted by Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA) and is a follow-up to the large prayer rally in 2011--also called The Response--that served as the de facto launch of the presidential campaign of Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX).  Some 30,000 people turned out for the 2011 event, which was unprecedented in the history of American politics.

The Response in 2011 was largely organized by top leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), a movement that has evolved from historic Pentecostal and Charismatic evangelicalism. Many of the NAR leaders are open about seeking cultural and political dominion over the rest of society, as Rachel Tabachnick detailed in her groundbreaking study in The Public Eye.

NAR leaders were prominently involved in organizing the event, notably Alice Patterson, Doug Stringer, and Jim Garlow, who headed the campaign for the anti-marriage equality Proposition Eight in California.  Numerous NAR leaders played roles or were prominently present at the event, including Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and NAR's central figure, C. Peter Wagner.  Doug Stringer is said to be the principal organizer for this year's The Response in Baton Rouge.

But whether or not the organizers are able to meet the expectations and the high bar set in 2011--the numbers will not tell the whole story.

Tabachnick, now a Fellow at Political Research Associates, discussed dominionism and the original 2011 The Response in a recent rebroadcast of her December 2011 interview on the David Pakman Show.

There are several options for watching or listening to The Response.  Here are the immediate TV and live stream options: The Response will be live-streamed at GOD TV Live.  It will be broadcast on God TV on DIRECTV - Satellite. (GOD TV is only available to customers who have DIRECTV HD equipment and are subscribed to HD Access.)




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My old NAR pastor is one of the keynotes... but outside of churches directly involved or people bussed in from out of state I don't think the turnout is going to be as big ad the organizers are saying based on the notable lack of buzz in the wider evangelical and charismatic community here in LA. Jindal's mismanagement of our state's finances has hurt him even among many conservatives. There was a lot more wider support of and interest in the Response rally in Houston. The protests look to be significant though.

by ulyankee on Sat Jan 24, 2015 at 11:51:15 AM EST
intended mostly for basketball, seats a little over 13,000 with standing room in the center. Sounds like they were wise not to pick the football stadium next door.

by Frederick Clarkson on Sat Jan 24, 2015 at 11:58:29 AM EST
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Only a little over 3,000 showed up according to the Baton Rouge Advocate. The average individual megachurch attendance at BR area churches is more than that.

by ulyankee on Mon Jan 26, 2015 at 07:07:13 AM EST
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but it was also a seven hour event and people come and go, and come for part but not all of it -- just like any other rally and unlike a church service.  

The problem with crowd estimates is that they reflect a guess from a snapshot in time. They do not reflect the aggregate participation across the event -- but they do more typically reflect the biases of the estimator.  

But that said, even if the aggregate participation was double what the Advocate's glibly reported, it would still be a disappointing turnout.

by Frederick Clarkson on Tue Jan 27, 2015 at 01:33:11 PM EST
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