White House to Host 9-Hour Prayer Festival Focused on Christian Roots of U.S.
The nine-hour event will feature Cabinet officials, clergy and performers as organizers say it will rededicate the country to God.
- 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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The Trump administration is planning a prayer event on the National Mall. All but one of the speakers is Christian
Cabinet members, Catholic bishops, evangelical influencers, 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 Ameri…
The event, which will last nine hours at the National Explanada, seeks to underline the biblical foundations of the nation and will feature the leadership of the...
The Hypocrisy of Trump’s 9-Hour Prayer Festival
Chris Lehmann The claim that the founders meant America to be a Christian nation isn’t just bad history—it’s a declaration of war by the religious right. The post The Hypocrisy of Trump’s 9-Hour Prayer Festival appeared first on The Nation.
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