A National Weekend of Prayer Services for America. From December 18 to 20, 2026, houses of worship of every tradition come together in prayer, gratitude, and a shared commitment to religious liberty, celebrating the miracle and providential, covenantal purpose of our country, and renewing the promise that this nation gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.
Celebrating 250 years of America, the shining light on a hill.
From September, 2026 through July 3, 2027.
A coordinated weekend of brotherhood across the country.
From coast to coast, more than 250 houses of worship across all 50 states will each hold their own service over the weekend.
Register your CongregationEach congregation holds its own service and, within it, pauses to honor America and the Judeo-Christian foundation we share. Congregations are encouraged to invite and pray together with those from other faiths in their community.
A moment in the service honoring 250 years of America and the values that founded it.
Acknowledge religious liberty, the first freedom, at the founding of America.
Welcome congregants from other faith communities in your area to join the service.
Afterward, share a meal together to build real brotherhood.
This campaign celebrates the miracle and providential, covenantal purpose of America. Americans come together not by setting aside their beliefs, but by honoring religious liberty, the first freedom, and the promise that this nation gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.
On Christmas night 1776, George Washington crossed the Delaware River, and the crossing saved the Revolution when it was nearly lost. Americans of different faiths were in those boats together, and 250 years later, we come together again.
The campaign weekend falls in the days leading to the 250th anniversary of Washington's crossing. People of all faiths come together to celebrate the miracle and providential, covenantal purpose of America, and to honor religious liberty, the first freedom.
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Add your name alongside thousands of Americans affirming our founding principles and religious liberty as the first freedom.
We are building a coalition of over 250 congregations, civic and religious organizations, schools, and other organizations from around the country. Register your organization to join the movement. Every partner receives a complete campaign package with everything needed to take part.
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250 years ago, America was founded on the conviction that every person is created equal and endowed by their Creator with unalienable rights. This campaign celebrates that founding principle and renews it for the next generation.
"We left everything to worship God in freedom. America became the freest home Christians of every denomination have ever shared."
"We arrived with nothing. America became the safest, most successful home the Jewish people have ever known outside Israel."
"The Hebrew Bible's truth — every person made in the image of God — sits underneath the Declaration of Independence."
Americans of every faith created the freest society in history. This campaign is a nationwide call for all Americans to celebrate religious liberty, the first freedom, and the miracle and providential, covenantal purpose of our country.
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln called a divided nation back to gratitude and praise to God. In 1927, the National Conference of Christians and Jews launched an American tradition of brotherhood. One from a Republican president. One from a Democrat. Two moments a divided nation was called back to faith. A century later, the Combat Antisemitism Movement, together with many of its allies and partners, revives it for America's 250th.
Amid the carnage of the Civil War, on October 3, 1863, Lincoln issued his landmark Thanksgiving Proclamation, calling a wounded, divided nation to set aside a day of "thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens." It wove gratitude to God permanently into the fabric of a Judeo-Christian American culture.
“To our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens.”
In 1927, amid rising nativism, the Ku Klux Klan, and antisemitism, Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish leaders formed the National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ). Its famous "tolerance trios", a Protestant minister, a Catholic priest, and a rabbi, traveled the country lecturing against bigotry. The group sponsored Brotherhood Day and Brotherhood Week, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt serving as honorary chairman.
“A minister, a priest, and a rabbi — against bigotry.”
A century after the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Combat Antisemitism Movement, together with congregations, organizations, and people across America, join together to revive and celebrate America's 250th year.
