This fasting and prayer guide is a simple, non-comprehensive resource to use with your community to help focus minds and hearts on the greatest commandment for all Christians: Love God and love your neighbor. In the four weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election, this guide will provide a topic and Scripture to pray through on each Tuesday, from October 18 to November 8.
You can download the fasting and prayer guide here.
By Jim Baton
Since President Trump issued the temporary travel ban against citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations, there has been no end of controversy. Some foreign leaders have criticized it; others have supported it.
By Terence Lester, PhD
(Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a 4-part series on economic injustice. In his first post, Terence Lester exposes the spiritual and systemic crisis of “educational redlining” and calls the church to defend the futures of marginalized students.