Dr. Michael Youssef, Chris Tomlin, Dr. O.S. Hawkins, and Ahmed Joktan will headline the September 19th event at the Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land
“We are asking for a mighty work of the Holy Spirit to renew God’s people”— Michael A. Youssef, PhD HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES, September 3, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — AWAKE America, part of Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef, is uniting Christians throughout the Greater Houston region on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, for AWAKE Houston—a metropolitan evening dedicated to worship, intercession, and the unfiltered teaching of Scripture. The event starts at 7 p.m. CT at the Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land.
Spearheaded by AWAKE America founder Dr. Michael Youssef and GRAMMY-winning worship leader Chris Tomlin, this rally will challenge believers to embrace wholehearted devotion to Jesus Christ, embrace personal repentance, and recommit to the Great Commission. Dr. O.S. Hawkins will serve as the evening’s host, and evangelist Dr. Ahmed Joktan, who founded Mecca to Christ Ministries International, will participate as a featured speaker.
AWAKE Houston has a dual focus: to seek God’s revival within the Church and to send believers back into their neighborhoods, jobs, and communities prepared to live out and share the Gospel. Across one of the nation’s largest and most diverse metro areas, the gathering will bring together Christians around the shared conviction that Jesus Christ is the Church’s cornerstone, the exclusive path to salvation, and the enduring hope for both the city and the country.
“Our prayer is for a powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit to renew God’s people, bring transformation to Houston, and awaken our nation to Christ,” Dr. Michael Youssef stated when announcing the event.
Chris Tomlin will guide thousands in worship, exalting the name of Jesus. Dr. Youssef will deliver a message from God’s Word, urging believers to completely submit to Christ’s lordship. The program will feature targeted prayer for Houston, an invitation to accept the Gospel, and personal prayer ministry. Prayer teams will be present throughout the evening.
AWAKE Houston is a component of AWAKE America’s nationwide initiative to steer the Church back to Christ, mobilize believers in prayer, and equip them to bring Biblical Truth to their communities. This gathering is intended not as a standalone event, but as a launchpad for sustained prayer, faithful discipleship, bold testimony, and Gospel influence throughout the Greater Houston region.
Event Details
Date: Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026
Time: Concourse doors open at 6 p.m.; arena doors open at 6:30 p.m.; program begins at 7 p.m. CT
Venue: Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land, 18111 Lexington Blvd., Sugar Land, TX 77479
Tickets and information: www.AwakeHouston.com
About AWAKE America
AWAKE America is a national prayer and revival movement that calls believers to pursue God for spiritual renewal in the church and awakening throughout the country. The movement has brought together more than 550,000 Christians across every state to pray for a Third Great Awakening in the United States. City-wide rallies gather local Christians in person to pray, worship, and spread the Gospel in their communities. AWAKE America is a ministry of Leading The Way with Dr. Michael A. Youssef, an award-winning global outreach dedicated to boldly proclaiming the uncompromising Truth of Christ in America and worldwide.
Find out more about AWAKE America at AWAKEAmerica.com.
About Leading The Way
Leading The Way is an award-winning global ministry committed to passionately sharing the uncompromising Truth of Christ through every available media platform. Founded by pastor, author, and cultural anthropologist Dr. Michael A. Youssef, the ministry reaches millions around the world through compelling Biblical teaching programs and resources, Finding True Peace evangelistic commercials, solar-powered Navigator audio devices, THE KINGDOM SAT TV channel in the Middle East, Biblically-trained counselors on the ground, city-wide rallies, the AWAKE America prayer movement, and more. From the United States to restricted areas and remote villages, Leading The Way reaches the lost and equips believers with life-transforming Truth. Learn more at LTW.org.
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