June 30, 2008
by Jason Lim
Jesus Awakening Movement for America/All Nations (JAMA) is the product of an ever-progressing vision. Dr. John C. Kim, who saw the need for repentance based on revival in America, dreamed of a movement so knee-buckling that the nation has no choice but to fall on its knee and restore the once Christian nation.
Most of us understand the goal of this conference, but the movement known as JAMA gets inevitably shoved into the unfair label of an organization. From the beginning, Dr. Kim was adamant that JAMA be labeled as a movement rather than an organization.
“JAMA is not an organization…it’s a movement with the Holy Spirit moving us. It’s like a dandelion. When dandelions grow and eventually bloom…[and] when the [wind of the] Holy Spirit blows…[the seeds] go to the [next destination]… JAMA is not someone’s ownership. Everyone who believes is a co-owner. So we don’t hold them here [at the conference]. Once they’ve been really awakened with prayer, repentance, transformation and revival, they must go to their churches, their families, their communities, their schools, and their marketplaces, so that they become a catalyst…Once we have a conference like this, once we have training, we don’t hold them. Go! We send them to all of the places. It’s like dandelions. It’s a movement.”
Because it is a movement, it is dynamic and constantly sending out “dandelion seeds” all across America and around the world. And because JAMA is a movement that aims for revival, the preconceived notions and myths of revivals are not effective in this model.
JAMA is based on 2 Chronicles 7:14: “if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land”. This manifesto, originally directed towards Solomon and God’s chosen people, becomes relative towards all those that call themselves Christians. This process, which consists of humility, genuine prayer, the pursuit of God’s face, and a decision to abandon the world, is JAMA. Like dandelions that grow and bloom, JAMA will continue to move as God moves; and as we obey, God has promised a revival to make all things new.
