President Donald Trump announced on February 5 at the annual National Prayer Breakfast that his administration will be rededicating the nation to God in just a few months. The event will take place on May 17 at the National Mall and will include Christian singers, religious leaders, and members of the President’s cabinet.
The event will serve as a celebration of religious liberty and is titled “Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise, and Thanksgiving.” White House Domestic Policy Council Director Vince Haley told the Daily Caller that May 17 will serve as a day of worship and will “remind people of the work of God in American life.” He also emphasized the importance of faith to the country.
“So many messages don’t reach people because they are culturally not valued, but we value celebrating and recognizing people of faith, and how people of faith have understood God to be active in the 250-year history of our country,” Haley said.
The official description for the event states that those in attendance will “bear witness to the extraordinary story of how God has powerfully and wondrously shaped the United States of America—remembering the people, sacrifices, and defining moments in which God has powerfully manifested Himself in our history.” The event will serve as a rededication of America as “One Nation under God.”
At the National Prayer Breakfast, where Trump announced the nation’s rededication to God, he explained why religion is so important to the nation’s health and wellbeing.
“I’ve always said you just can’t have a great country if you don’t have religion,” Trump said. “You have to believe in something. You have to believe that what we’re doing, there’s a reason for it… It’s such a positive thing, and people are starting to see it. They’re going to church. And they’re meeting people, and families are developing.”
Trump’s words echoed those of John Adams, who famously declared in 1798, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
Trump also issued a proclamation titled “Year of Celebration and Rededication” on January 29 that further emphasized the importance of religion to the nation. The President explained that the United States is different from other nations in that America’s Founding was rooted in the belief that people are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
In this proclamation, Trump highlighted the teachings of the Bible and marked 2026 as a year of prayer for the nation.
“The Bible teaches: ‘In all circumstances give thanks,’” Trump stated. “As such, it is fitting that we mark this special year as a unique occasion to celebrate our proud history, reflect on our abundant blessings, pray for our country and our people, and rededicate ourselves as one Nation under God.”
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This is a great move by President Trump. Our country was founded by people who believed in God and our Constitution is based upon the Ten Commandments. It is a guidepost to having a truly sane and responsible society that values human life and freedom. It is so hard to watch the hate and vile rhetoric coming from the radical liberals. How can anyone actually believe that President Trump is destroying our country and acting like Hitler? It is them and their hatred that is doing the destroying. Please pray for our country and for God to find a way to keep our nation free, brave and believing in Him.
Psalms 36, 103, 107, and 136 are excellent reading to dwell on God’s steadfast love.
Donna I just read the suggested Psalms. My soul and my heart were feeling a little sad today. After reading Psalms the weight lifted. Thank you so much……And I totally agree with DJT’S coming dedication. I think he is the best PRESIDENT the US has had in my lifetime.MAGA MAGA MAGA
communist doctrine is left’s faith, or so they claim, it is toxic and destructive, man made. Not acknowledging but denying that there is something much higher than man, that man is not a lord of all creation but only part of it. They can’t organize themselves, but want to rule the universe.
The constitution does not mention separation of church and state, only that the state cannot establish a church. Read it.
Thank you President Trump. It is evident where you get your power & leadership qualities from. Thank you for helping us return to our belief in God who helped establish this great country and write our amazing Constitution. Thank you again & again & again as it will make ALL the difference if we turn to Him.
and the congregation said AMEN.
I think Jefferson didn’t want gov run religion, so you’re screwed up there, he didn’t try to stick it in the bill of rights either,so why don’t you stick it where the sun don’t shine.moron
Yes, BUT hope the call to God is not the call toChristianity only. Religion is private and personal; I should not be exclusive.
I am praying for you Mike s
“In God we Trust”….uhm? I am not a very religious person but I am a great observer of people. With the decline of faith, our County seems the worse for it.
President Washington looked upon religion as the source of one’s mortality. President Adams said, the statesmen ‘may plan and speculate for Liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can be secured’
We have lost our moral compass for ‘Right and Wrong’ I think President Trump has the right idea….and religion is not just a belief or practice, it is more of a value we set on humanity.
I love Trump but really disagree with him on this. He should keep religion out of government like it is supposed to be. There are a lot of us out there who are conservative and moral without being religious. This attitude that you can’t be a good, moral person without being religious is absurd. I agree with most of what is on AMAC and most of the comments until they get religious. Though I am usually in agreement with the commenter on the non religious part of their comments, I am not on the religious part. Though I 100% support their right to believe as they choose, as I hope they would grant me the same right to believe or not believe as I choose.. But I know from experience a large population won’t.