How we got started —
all glory to God.
What started as one man’s passion to see The Chosen® cast and crew covered in prayer has grown into a team of 20 volunteers across the globe coordinating prayer and social media for six international groups.
Joey Geisel and his wife, Emma, fell in love with The Chosen® as they watched Seasons 1 and 2 on their date nights while their baby was resting in the other room. As Pastor of Prayer over the Grace House of Prayer, Joey felt a stirring in his heart to coordinate weekly, local prayer meetings to bless and petition for the cast and crew of The Chosen®.
In 2022, that stirring evolved into the launch of the Pray for The Chosen social media page and a weekly prayer meeting hosted from Arlington, TX. Since then, the prayer group has grown to over 900 email subscribers and now hosts six different prayer meetings across four continents. The leaders of these prayer meetings also coordinate volunteer teams to manage their social media pages, highlighting production and cast member prayer requests so that communities can remember to pray during the week.
We are a fully volunteer team of fans on a mission to equip YOU to pray for The Chosen®. We partner with Hollywood Prayer Network and the Grace House of Prayer to mobilize prayer for The Chosen®.
We are not affiliated with or endorsed by Come and See Foundation, Inc., The Chosen Series, or 5&2 Studios.
June 8, 2022
Pray for The Chosen® launches on social media
As a massive The Chosen® fan, Joey’s desire to intercede for his friends and fellow creatives resulted in the first Instagram page and blog launching in 2022.
June 22, 2022
Prayer requests go live
Prayer requests started posting on social media, and he began planning prayer times for individual cast and crew members several times a week.
September 24, 2023
Orar por The Chosen®, the Spanish team launches
Fifteen months after its English launch, Pray for The Chosen became a multilingual, international movement with the launch of Orar por The Chosen! The prayer team included more than 30 countries, many of which speak Spanish.
November 10, 2023
Pray for The Chosen® Eastern Hemisphere launches
Two team members from Australia started the third weekly prayer meeting at a time that served teams in Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii.
December 2, 2023
Ore por The Chosen®, the Portuguese team launches
In 2023, the nation of Brazil surpassed the United States in views of The Chosen®. After praying for months that a Portuguese-speaking partner would be raised, a fiery pastor in Brazil volunteered to lead the team. At this point, we had four weekly hours of prayer in three languages, hosted on three different continents!
February 3, 2024
Priez pour The Chosen®, the French team launches
The Lord continues to make Himself famous in the nations! A fifth team launches in France as their viewership grows.
March 31, 2025
Preparation for the first #ChosenPrayerathon begins
The Chosen® informed us that they will be filming the crucifixion from June 3rd through June 27th, and our global team has offered to pray for them from 7:00 a.m to 7:00 p.m CDT on those days.
228 hours of prayer, 456 volunteer signups!
April 27, 2025
Pray for The Chosen® India launches
India loves The Chosen®, and now leaders have been raised to host a weekly meeting and manage their social media accounts. This marks six international prayer teams, glory to God!