F1 Operation Jericho - Twin Cities

Operation Jericho - Twin Cities, MN

Overview

Operation Jericho was a 7-day/24 hour prayer initiative led by Jeff Bremer in the Twin Cities in September of 2011 to unite as the Body of Christ and reclaim the Twin Cities and Minnesota for the Lord. While this was not done under the umbrella of FreedomOne, it was a significant event that led to the eventual formation of FreedomOne.

Operation Jericho kicked off on 9/11 with a prayer/worship rally at the Northrop Mall on the University of Minnesota campus. Over the next 6 days 24-hour prayer took place at various sites around the Twin Cities. On Saturday, 9/17 an estimated 300 Christians from all different denominations came together to circle the entire Twin Cities 494/694 corridor in seven different ways: on foot, bike, motorcycles, automobiles, bus, airplanes, helicopter and prayer. While everyone was circling the Twin Cities, others gathered inside the State Capitol to worship and pray. After everyone was done circling, they gathered together in unity and purpose on the front steps of the State Capital to worship and pray. The day culminated with a prayer, a united shout and a blowing of 7 shofars (rams horn trumpets) for the walls of disunity in the Church to come down.

Interesting Facts

Listed below are some interesting facts from Operation Jericho:

Two different professional event planners indicated that an event of this scale would take a minimum of 9 to 12 months to plan and organize. Operation Jericho was organized and planned in just 89 days from the first official team-planning meeting!
Exactly 50 churches located next to the 494/694 corridor participated in Operation Jericho, whether as a congregation or just allowing the use of their facility or parking lot.
Christians from dozens of church backgrounds participated in Operation Jericho.
Someone paid for an airplane banner to be flown over the prayer rally at the State Capitol that read "JESUS IS LORD". The pilot was to be called when the fly over was to take place, however no one was able to get a hold of the pilot and it was looking like he was going to miss the event entirely. But than at the very moment the shofars were blown and everyone was giving a shout the airbanner circled the capitol. This was captured in the compilation video.