Faithful Witness Wednesday: A Call for Congressional Courage

Sojourners and the Washington Interfaith Staff Community (WICS) are co-organizing a series of faithful witness vigils at the Capitol every Wednesday in March at 12 noon, which started on March 5. These multi-faith vigils will call on Congress to exercise greater moral courage in upholding its Article 1 powers and preventing executive overreach.

Our nation faces an escalating threat of a constitutional crisis fueled by the Trump administration’s overreach and unconstitutional actions. A lack of leadership in Congress has allowed this crisis to grow, as it cedes its role as a co-equal branch of government. The faith community will be raising a prophetic and pastoral call to Congressional leaders to serve as a check and balance to advance the common good. These nonpartisan vigils will speak truth to power, highlighting what’s at stake and the communities already harmed. They will feature faith leaders from diverse traditions offering inspirational prayers and calls for faithful action.

Here is the confirmed speaker lineup for the March 12th Vigil so far:

• Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, President, Sojourners
• Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, President/General Secretary, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA
• Khader El-Yateem, Executive Director of Evangelical Lutheran Church in American Service and Justice
• Rev. Eugene Cho, President/CEO, Bread for the World

Register below today to join us either in-person or virtually. Together we can provide a faithful witness by speaking truth to power about this mounting crisis, what is at stake, the people and communities who are already being harmed – and what we can do to make a difference!