‘America Prays’ Launches Ahead of America’s 250th Birthday
President Donald Trump called on Americans to pray their country as he launched America Prays ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday in 2026. He announced the initiative on this week at a special event at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.
“President Trump has revived one of America’s most prominent and powerful founding principles — we are one nation under God,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital. “As we approach the 250th anniversary of the greatest country in the world, President Trump invites Americans to pray for our nation and for our people. America is stronger with the power of prayer.”
Trump kicked off the America250 celebration at the Iowa State Fair in July.
“As we prepare to celebrate two-and-a-half centuries of freedom, I am inviting America’s great religious communities to pray for our nation and for our people,” he said at the time. “From the beginning, this has always been a country sustained and strengthened by prayer. If we bring religion back stronger, you’re going to see everything get better. So as we chart our course toward the next 250 years, let us rededicate ourselves to one nation under God.”
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The America Prays initiative has also drawn partnerships from across the faith community, including Samaritan’s Purse, Pray.com, Hallow, NRB, Faith and Freedom Coalition and dozens of churches and ministries nationwide. Organizers say the effort reflects the same spirit that has defined America since its founding: a people united in faith, asking for God’s blessing on the nation as it enters its next 250 years.
“Our greatest battles are fought on our knees, and through America Prays we can join together to ask God to guide and protect this land,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse.
Pastor Clint Pressley of the Southern Baptist Convention added that prayer is “a public testimony that we depend on God for wisdom and strength.”
For more information, visit www.americaprays.org.
–Dwight Widaman
