White House to host prayer festival focused on Christian roots of U.S.
it is just endless....so fucking tired of it all
The Trump administration is hosting an all-day prayer festival on the National Mall on Sunday that organizers say will reflect the country’s Christian origins and, they hope, spark “a movement of renewal” in America.
“Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving” is partly funded by millions in public dollars earmarked for the nation’s 250th birthday celebration, organizers said. It will feature mostly evangelical Protestant leaders and members of the Trump administration, many of whom have embraced the message that America’s founders wanted the country to be explicitly Christian.
In a webinar last month, the Rev. Paula White-Cain, a senior faith adviser to the White House, said the event “is about the history and the foundations of our nation, which was built on Christian values, on the Bible … This is really truly rededicating the country to God.”
While U.S. presidents through history have typically marked major commemorations with genericprayers of thanks to God, scholars of American religious history say the national jubilee is unprecedented in the modern era.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/white-house-to-host-prayer-festival-focused-on-christian-roots-of-u-s/
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