As Satanic Temple members prepare to don red bodysuits and costume-shop devil’s horns for a SatanCon convention in Boston this weekend, churches and intercessors across the city are preparing for a series of solemn events and are hoping for a revival instead.
The convention, scheduled for April 28-30 is already sold out and features a weekend of blashemy that will include a panel discussion, satanic rituals, entertainment, a satanic wedding chapel and a demonic marketplace, as the Satan Temple mark 10 years of existence.
According to regional leaders in Boston for Intercessors For America (IFA) — sisters Suzie and Lynn MacAskill — hundreds of believers from several denominations will come together in unity, not to pray the event away, but instead pray for revival to break out amongst the attendees in Jesus’ name.
“I initially went to prayer with a preconceived idea that God would want this to be prayed away. It was following this assumption that I was awakened through the night with a clear sense of ‘This is My harvest field,'” Suzie MacAskill told The Christian Post.
In 2022, IFA had an estimated half a million prayer warriors. IFA Boston co-leader Lynn MacAskill said, “several people [are] receiving words and visions about the angel armies surrounding Boston.”
The organisation said intercessors and watchmen are joining them from Massachusetts, New England and all over America to glorify God through praise and worship. They encourage Christians to “get out of the church building” and participate in “prayer walks around the ‘harvest field” and perform communion at SatanCon.
Several Christian initiatives have been planned for this weekend. The Catholic Archdiocese of Boston is preparing solemn activities.
“We are approaching it through a response balanced and focused on prayer,” Terrence Donilon, a spokesperson for the archdiocese, told the Catholic News Agency last week. “We are finalizing a list of places throughout our whole archdiocese where we will gather.” There is also the Clay Nash’s 50-state prayer initiative planned in Massachusetts.