White House to Host 9-Hour Prayer Festival Focused on Christian Roots of U.S.
The event features mostly evangelical speakers and senior administration officials, and organizers say it is partly funded with taxpayer dollars.
- The Trump White House is hosting an unprecedented nine-hour Christian prayer festival on Sunday at the National Mall, which advisors describe as 'rededicating the country to God.'
- Partly funded by taxpayer dollars earmarked for America's 250th birthday celebration, the event titled 'Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving' raises questions about government involvement in religious programming.
- Slated to speak are House Speaker Mike Johnson, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, with the festival focusing on American identity aligned with conservative Protestantism.
- Critics including Amanda Tyler, executive director of BJC, argue the event attempts to paint a 'false picture' of the United States, raising First Amendment establishment clause concerns.
- President Donald Trump will not attend but recorded a video message, aligning the festival with his rhetoric over the past 18 months about making America Christian again.
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Rededicate 250 touts a star-studded prayer bash with politicians, Christian celebrities
(RNS) — Bishops, evangelical influencers, Cabinet members and an actor who plays Jesus are a few of the speakers and performers scheduled to participate in “Rededicate 250,” the Trump administration’s daylong prayer celebration happening on the National Mall this weekend. Advertised as a “rededication of our country as One Nation Under God” and a “once in a lifetime national moment,” the Sunday event is intended to reflect on the faith of Americ…
White House to Host 9-Hour Prayer Festival: Rededicate 250, National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving
A nine-hour prayer rally backed by figures inside Donald Trump's administration is set to unfold in Washington this weekend, blurring the line between political spectacle and religious revivalism. Organisers say the event will 'rededicate' America to God. The gathering, titled 'Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving,' is expected to fill parts of the National Mall with evangelical pastors, worship leaders and senior Re…
Trump administration will join a prayer gathering criticized for promo
President Donald Trump and several top administration officials are joining with a cast of mostly conservative Christian clergy this Sunday on the National Mall in Washington for a prayer gathering billed as a “rededication of our country as One Nation Under God” upon America’s 250th birthday. But some critics call the Rededicate 250 event an effort to “hijack” U.S. history with a false, Christian nationalist narrative — one they say fuses Ameri…
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Trump administration will join a prayer gathering criticized for promoting Christian nationalism
President Donald Trump and several top administration officials are joining with a cast of mostly conservative Christian clergy this Sunday for a prayer gathering.
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