David Kubal, IFA President/CEO: We are so excited to interview Sean Feucht. He joined Bethel Music Collection in 2016. He’s a worship leader with Bethel Church. But even before that, he mobilized prayer across the globe through Burn 24/7. And if you’re part of IFA, you certainly know about Burn 24/7. He’s recorded fifteen albums, and authored numerous books, teaching resources.

Why would an artist like yourself run for public office?

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Sean Feucht: Well, I asked myself that same question again this morning. First of all, I really feel the call of the Lord on this. I think that’s number one. And I’m just trying to be obedient to the voice of the Lord and follow him, just like we have in other major decisions in our life. But I have a lot of motivators. I think one of the big ones is just my concern about the way America’s going. And, you know, when I look at my four little kids.

I helped get them ready for school this morning. And I look in their eyes and legitimately wonder what America is going to look like when they grow up. It certainly runs deep in me.

Dave Kubal: Soone of the things that has concerned other conservative politicians and legislators is something I think probably concerns you, too. You live in California. So if anybody sees this, it’s people in California–an increasing amount of control of government over individual lives. Is that something you are concerned about?

Sean Feucht: Oh, a hundred percent. It’s government control and in ways that we have never even seen in our life. And it’s just increasing in everything from the mandated vaccinations to [restrictions and requirements affecting] my own property, fifteen acres in California.

Dave Kubal: So have you seen that increase even in the last five, 10 years?

Sean Feucht: Have I seen it? Yes.

We’re kind of making government our God in these places and expecting them to do everything.

And I just don’t think that was the way America was founded. I don’t think that was the vision for the founding fathers. And I don’t think it’s what’s made us to be the most successful nation in the history, the world, relinquishing control to the government.

Dave Kubal: And so here you are, an artist that feels called to run for congressional office. You’re all about revival. And you said in a recent article that this call to government and to serve in government is connected to your concept of revival. What is your concept of revival? A lot of people are going to have a hard time getting their heads around the concept that revival and government go together somehow.

Sean Feucht: I’ve been in the ministry world, I have three nonprofits, I’ve been leading worship and prayer rallies and rising missions, worship, prayer all over the place. And I love it. And we still continue to do that.

At some point, it has to shift from holding a conference or holding revival meeting, which are great. And we actually have to act on the solution.

We have to become essentially the fulfillment of our prayers. There’s entire realms of society that have been abdicated because believers have not engaged. And I think the political world is one. We’ve abdicated our presence because we don’t see a connection to our prayers and our worship and our whatever. It’s engaging. We have to actually step in and put action to our prayers and action to our word. You can’t just get on Twitter, Facebook and whine about the way the government is. We have to become the solution.

Dave Kubal: Absolutely. You even said in one of your articles recently that your prayers don’t carry a lot of weight unless you put action to them.

Sean Feucht: I can reference several [turning] points in my life [on this]. I remember when we were praying after the first beheading video of ISIS (they beheaded the journalist James Foley). It sent shock waves of intimidation and discouragement and whatever across the world. And we were in a prayer meeting praying. And the Lord was like, are you going to do something about it? And I raised up a team. We were one of the only organizations I know of that sent a team during the height of ISIS into Iraq. They’re still there on the ground there now. The Lord’s really blessed our ministry there. And we’ve seen a lot of favor happen. So I think in the same way and apply that principle to government and the way that America’s going. And I just feel like I’m in another season of responding in that same way.

Dave Kubal: So speaking of Iraq, I heard this interesting story of how you were used as an offensive weapon in Iraq. Do you want to tell that story?

Sean Feucht: During our engagement there we really connected very closely with the Kurdish Peshmerga, the main guys on the ground that were fighting ISIS. The Lord gave us a bunch of amazing connections to generals and leaders there. And one of the things they requested is that we would come in and bring our guitars. They like healing music or peace music. And we would we would come and we would worship. We would pray for them and we would do ministry in the middle of that conflict. And a lot of times, if they wanted to do an invasion over a specific area, we would come the night before. And I’ve even taken trips to the exact bunkers in the exact places that overlook where the battles were. And we could do our thing. We worshipped just like we would in a prayer room in America. And God would bring about some amazing, amazing victories.

Dave Kubal: So like the walls of Jericho, huh? Led by praise and worship. That’s cool.

Here at Intercessors for America, we pray for political leaders who share our values. And you are definitely one of them. So California’s got an interesting political system. Describe that so that we know how we could pray for you in the months to come.

Sean Feucht: A jungle primary is a system that they do. I think it’s predominantly on the West Coast. I feel like a big reason they do the jungle primary is to get rid of conservative candidates. But it’s basically where the top vote getters, no matter what party you’re from, the top two vote getters move on. So it could be two Democrats, which happens a lot when you are the top two vote getters in the general election. So this will happen in March 2020.

[There’s a few other Republican candidates and I think it’s only the incumbent Democrat in the primary. One big, massive primary.

Dave Kubal: One last question. You say that the primary calling of believers is to worship. And I totally agree with you. If you go to Washington, D.C. as the newly elected congressman from your area, how are you going to be a man of worship in the city of Washington, D.C., in the House of Representatives?

Sean Feucht: I have always loved D.C. I felt drawn there, and I’ve done many, many, worship events on the National Mall and around the city. When I was 16 years old, I helped mobilize for the Gathering, four hundred fifty thousand people on the Mall. I believe David carried that part of worship, from shepherd through when he was in the army, all the way until he became a king. He carried that same heart as a politician. I don’t think that’s something that you turn off. I think it’s something that you carry no matter what season you’re in. Regardless of whether that season looks like full time ministry or looks like being in Congress, I think I’m just going to carry it like I do normally. I think would be amazing to see worship fill the halls of Congress.

Dave Kubal: Sean, bless you. We’re going to continue to pray for you.

Sean Feucht for Congress.