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.)