In his new book, "Brazen," worship leader Sean Feucht reveals his journey of running for congressional office and leading a radical worship movement across the United States.
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- All right, well, let us worship.
That's the rallying cry of Sean Feucht.
He's fed up with the double standard.
Officials have orderedchurches to close their doors,
but they've turned a blind eye
as protestors pack the streets.
So Sean has toured the nation
hosting his own worshipprotests, so-called protests.
He's stirred up his fair share
of controversy along the way though.
And Sean Feucht is joining us right now.
Sean, welcome to "The 700 Club."
- Ah, thank you so much.
Good morning, everyone.
- Sean, I've been followingyou on social media
and, of course, interviewedyou a few times as well,
and the crowds thatyou've been able to gather
at these events from places,
from California to NewOrleans to DC are massive.
I mean, there's such a hungerout there, isn't there,
for people that just want togather and worship the Lord.
- Yeah, there really is.
I mean, and it's evident.
You know, people, I really believe
they're not gathering with us for a brand
or a band name or, it'snot even a concert.
People just want to get together.
They need hope right now.
We're in the midst ofsuch a divisive time.
And that's what worship does,
you know, getting togetherand looking on Jesus
and singing together and praying.
It just fills us withsuch perspective and hope.
People are really needingthat right now across America.
- But you've taken some flakfor hosting these events,
these worship events,even from Christians.
What's your response to that?
- Yeah, I mean, governors,mayors, Christians, friends.
I mean, we've gotten it all around, but,
you know, I think Ilook at revival history
or even in the Bible andnothing significant takes place
to shift things in a generation
without some controversy and pushback.
And so, think maybe my runfor, to be a conservative
in California in Congress,
I think maybe that might've prepared me
for this season that we're in right now.
- Sean, let's talk about that.
You ran for Congress.
You had never been in politics before.
What made you want to do that?
- Well, really, I think...
You know, I've spent so much of my history
in the nations the last 20 years.
We've been investing ourselvesin some of the hardest
and darkest nations in the world.
But when the pandemic happened and when,
especially in America right now,
you know, I live in California
and we have some of the craziest laws,
some of the most intense regulations.
We have crazy things likeyou have to be 16 years old
unless you're with a parentto get your ears pierced,
but the state is fundingsex changes starting at 12
and 13 years old withouteven telling parents.
You see these things happening.
You see that, you know, I would've ran
just purely on the pro-life issue.
I mean, that's something
that has just been a cry and a prayer
since I was in high school,actually in Virginia,
that God would overturn thatdeath decree in America.
And I look at now and I have four kids
and I'm deeply concernedabout the future in America
for my children, and that'sreally what caused me
to want to do that.
- Yeah, of course, you did not win.
Are you still glad you ran?
- (laughs) I mean, I thinkit was a good experience.
I definitely got to peek behind the veil
in politics in Californiaand even in the US.
And I'll tell you,
we're called as believersto be salt and light,
and there is not enoughbelievers going into that sphere
of influence in the worldand so it emboldened me
to start calling otherpeople to do the same.
- Sean, you had a Riots to Revival concert
in Portland, Oregon, avery liberal stronghold,
plus one that drew tens ofthousands in Washington DC.
What are some of the after-effects
that you're still hearing about
from these cities you were in?
- Well, what we're reallygoing after, we are believing
that there is anotherJesus People movement
coming to America, andwe believe that it's one
that's full of revival, that'sfull of salvations, miracles,
signs and wonders.
And you've probablyseen, if you followed us,
we're baptizing hundreds ofpeople in every city we go to.
But we've really beentargeting these cities
that have just comeunder such crazy unrest
and we've really been going after 'em,
and we believe that, in the same way
that the Lord's called usinto nations like Afghanistan
and Iraq and North Koreaand places like that,
that same power and presence of God
can shift the citiesinside our own nation.
So we went into Portlandin the middle of the riots.
We went into Seattle, actuallyto the CHOP autonomous zone.
And of course, Washington DC,
I think was a huge thing for us on the eve
of the confirmation of thenew Supreme Court justice.
We gathered almost 40,000 people
and we just worshipedin the freezing rain.
I was so encouraged bythe grit in Americans
to worship Jesus no matter what.
It was amazing.
- I have never seen so much prayer,
and I know you haven't either,
in our nations capitalbefore an election before.
Sean, what's your take onthis election right now?
Is God speaking to youabout what happened?
Do you think it's over?
- You know, I think we haveto let the process play out.
I mean, look, you know,
Bush-Gore, it went 37 days,I think, after that election,
and so I think we letthe process play out.
But I believe, in the meantime,
that we use this season of,
you know, where everythingcan be shaken will be shaken,
and just like we saw in NewOrleans this last weekend,
preaching the simple gospelin the middle of a season
that's divisive, it always works.
People were running down to the altar
in Jackson Square to givetheir life to the Lord.
And, you know, I feel likewe're carrying this Word.
Now is the time for a great harvest.
Even in the midst of all this,
even in the midst of the uncertainty,
the gospel still thrives.
- Sean, you have written anew book called "Brazen."
And you said you had no idea
how timely this message would be.
Brazen means bold and unashamed.
And I love the photo on the cover.
Tell us real quick about that photo
and why you wrote this book.
- Yeah, that photo is actually in,
outside of Mosul in northern Iraq
and that was a bus thatwas blown up by ISIS.
And we were just driving on the road
to another refugee camp and I saw that bus
and I'm like, "We gottago inside that bus,"
and the guys were like,"We don't know if we can."
I'm like, "No, we should go in there."
At the time, I didn't write the book,
I hadn't written the book,but when we were starting to,
when I was praying aboutthis topic and just...
You know, one of my favoriteBilly Graham quotes,
where he says, "When acourageous man takes a stand,
the spines of everyoneelse are stiffened."
And I really feel like that book, for me,
it's been a prophetic precursor
to the season that I'm in now.
But it shows how we have to have grit.
We have to have courage.
We have to have boldness and tenacity
to go after the things of God.
And regardless of the mobthat comes against us,
regardless of the pressure politically,
or regardless of what people,trolls on social media like,
we have to do what we'recalled to do in the kingdom,
and if we do that, it will encourage
everyone else around usto take a stand as well.
So that's essentiallywhat the book's about.
You guys should get it.I think it's pretty good.
- Well, I've got it, and Icouldn't put it down last night.
It's a fascinating story.
Sean's new book is called "Brazen."
It's available nationwide.
You need to get a copy.
Sean Feucht, thank you somuch for being with us.
God bless you.
- Thank you guys. God bless you too.
Thanks for having me on.