The David's Tent Podcast

What happens when the church in D.C. focuses on God’s presence and marketplace evangelism & discipleship? In episode #16, we have the honor of hearing from Pastor Chase Moore of Antioch D.C. as he unpacks what it means to live prayerfully and on mission within the nation’s capital. Chase shares his journey—from serving as a missionary in Nepal with his family to now pastoring in D.C. within the An...

Does signing a prayer yield the same miraculous power as speaking a prayer? How many sign languages are there in the world today, and what kind of access does each sign language have to the Gospel? It’s Episode 15 — with Dan and Carole McClelland to discuss the deaf community and global missions. There are approximately 70 million deaf people in the world who use sign as their primary mode of comm...

How does a deaf community and a musical worship ministry thrive together? How does a person that is deaf lead a spontaneous worship set with hearing musicians and a hearing congregation? Believe it or not, this innovative concept was actually birthed right here at David’s Tent with Dan and Carole McClelland. As Dan and Carole are with us today they will share their story of how they empowered a de...

Is God holing men responsible for the fate of the nation? Let’s pioneer today into episode #13 with George Finelli. George has invested many hours of prayer into the federal government with Dick Simmons, the founder of Men for Nation’s. Men like David Wilkerson the founder of Teen Challenge and Pat Robinson founder of CBN (which aired the 700 Club) have accredited much of the success of their mini...

What is a prophetic act, how connected is it to prayer and intercession, and why is it important to our prayer life? Today in episode #12 we’re going to hear from John and Sandy Halvorsen and their journey of walking the entire US, not once, not twice, but FOUR times — coast to coast from Seattle to Miami, Pacific Ocean to Atlantic Ocean, and Los Angeles to New York City; as well as north to south...

Episode #11 — “Steward that mustard seed, and if sometimes you’re watering it with your tears, that’s okay… God is going to make sure that it increases.” What is God up to in Madison Wisconsin, and why is intergenerational family community and healing necessary? In episode #11, we’re going to hear Brian Doty respond to these questions while sharing his faith that starting with a mustard seed — “is...

How are dreams, prayer, and red tape connected to unlocking justice for those unborn? In episode #10, we hear Cassie Pfitzenmeier share testimonies of how dreams in the night have provided clear strategies to her community on how to pray for the federal government. Cassie speaks into what it means to both ‘watch’ and ‘pray’ as we must be diligent to accomplish both. Cassie is local to D.C. and is...

Can every step you take be an intentional prayer? In episode #9, Todd (Papa Bear) Finney who is Oglala Lakota & Whapekute Dakota from the Oceti Sakowin tribe gives insight into the worldview of indigenous peoples and how they approach worship and prayer. Worship is much more than a song, and one of Papa Bear’s grandfathers would share that ‘to be a good Lakota man, every step is to be an intention...

What is a does it mean for the church to be a kingdom of priests? In episode #8, Joseph & Cindy Mathew who live a lifestyle of worship, prayer, and intercession discuss the believers role to be a priest before God. Joseph begins by sharing how Adam was the first priest to God back in the Garden of Eden. He then segues into sharing about Moses role and presents a provoking question - 'Do we desire...

Why should we aim to catalyze united prayer across the nations? In episode #7, Jason Hershey sits down with Jason Hubbard in a window view towards the Capitol to discuss the impact that united global prayer has on the earth. Jason shares how he has seen God release salvation when the global body of Christ intercedes together for a nation/ people group. Along with the power of prayer, he also unpac...

What fruit do houses of prayer produce regionally? In episode #6, we continue the discussion with Nigel Lidiard on houses of prayer, pivoting the conversation to focus more on the fruit that houses of prayer produce. Nigel has served in four different houses of prayer in three different nations, and some of the fruit that he has seen may surprise you. This episode will help you recognize the large...

"You don't just start houses of prayer, you birth houses of prayer." In episode #5 with Nigel Lidiard, he expresses both the importance and process of birthing houses of prayer in regions throughout the earth - including our role as intercessors to actively invite God to fulfill His purpose. Nigel will explain how a key to releasing the gospel out the ends of the earth is found within the restorat...

In episode #4 we will gain a ground level perspective on what it is like to participate in the commissioning of a new state week at David's Tent D.C. Today we will hear from an Indiana state week coordinator - Troy Smith. Troy is a pastor out of Southern Indiana who has brought a team from his church to represent his state at David's Tent D.C. for the last two years. In this episode, Troy shares t...

In episode #3 we will wrap up 'David's Tent D.C. - The Origin Story' with Jason Hershey as he will share with us the purpose and call that David’s Tent D.C. carries as a ministry. In the conversation today, Jason breaks down in detail why he believes that David’s Tent is the prayer strategy for the United States to get around to lead our nation into a new era. This new era will consist of the chur...

In this episode, Episode #2 we’re picking the conversation back up with Jason to piece together how the power of intercessory prayer and the call to D.C. gave vision for the first David’s Tent gathering - lasting 40 days, taking place on White House Ellipse. This most certainly didn’t come without its challenges, (as you could expect) so we will hear how these obstacles were met, along with the he...

Now it only makes sense that we kick off episode 1 with the pioneer and founder of David’s Tent D.C. — Jason Hershey. In the conversation with Jason today we are going to hear the process of how the vision of a 24/7 worship and prayer tent located outside on the national mall first originated. In this episode we will gain a perspective on some key moments and relationships that helped actualize th...