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Twenty years of The Presidential Prayer Team’s daily calling of Americans to pray will culminate on Saturday, September 18.

A year after “The Return” – a global movement of prayer and repentance that began with the largest live broadcast in Christian history seen by over 42 million people – comes the “Africa Returns” Prayer Convergence September 10-11 with three free simulcasted events that people worldwide can watch and participate in.

More than 340 million people around the world suffer persecution for practicing their Christian faith – making it the largest persecuted religious group. In solidarity with them, and to help raise awareness, the 2nd annual March for the Martyrs will take place in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 25, 2021.

The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) has announced the launch of the 2021 ’Bless Your Pastor’ campaign, looking toward Pastor Appreciation Month in October. Earlier this year, the Barna Group found that 29 percent of the Protestant pastors they surveyed had given “real, serious consideration to quitting being in full-time ministry within the last year.”

Franklin Graham is going through the heart of America to offer people a message of God’s love. He is holding an evening of music and hope in eight cities along historic Route 66, and he’s kicking off the opening night in Joliet.

The Truth & Liberty Coalition, a nonprofit organization inspiring ordinary people to participate in government, will hold a conference on the campus of Charis Bible College, Sept. 10-11.

Thousands are expected to gather for the Luis Palau Association’s upcoming festival in Hermiston, Oregon on Saturday, August 28. The free, family-fun festival is focused on serving Umatilla and Morrow Counties and sharing a clear message of hope with the entire region.

Chosen People Ministries, in partnership with Alliance for the Peace of Jerusalem, will host 9/11 and the New Middle East, a two-day gathering on Sept. 10 and 11 to honor the fallen and survivors on the twentieth anniversary of 9/11 and help participants, both locally and around the globe, view current events taking place in Israel and the Middle East through a scriptural lens.

In a part of the world where Christians and Jews were once dominant and, as recently as the 1950s comprised 20% of the population, the Rev. Andre YS Mahanna stands tall in the Middle East as he advocates for the Christian faith.