In the past days I’ve been consulting with Christian leaders like James Forbes, Tony Campolo, Jim Wallis, and Walter Brueggemann, designated “Elders,” by Sojourners, on an address to our fellow Christians concerning our current national situation. After our “Reclaiming Jesus” declaration last year, here is our “Call to Prayer, Fasting, and Action.”
—Will
On Ash Wednesday, 2018, a group of elders met for a retreat together because of a national political crisis which was also revealing a crisis of faith. At Pentecost, in overcrowded churches in downtown Washington D.C. we launched a declaration that we called Reclaiming Jesus: A Confession of Faith in a Time of Crisis. More than five million people have directly responded to the Reclaiming Jesus declaration thus far and many more have been reached by it and are addressing the declaration in their churches.
Because the moral and political crisis the Reclaiming Jesus declaration responded to has become even deeper and more dangerous; we believe that a national call to prayer is in order, preparing us as people of faith for what we believe is coming. The national moral crisis is already here when it comes to what immigrants and families of color are experiencing. Executive overreaches to protect the president and further his agenda may further challenge other branches of government and the rule of law and could therefore add constitutional crisis to national emergency.
How will church leaders, pastors, and local congregations respond to the escalations of crises that we as elders believe are coming in 2019? To prepare for those times of crisis, and the need for response from the faith community, we are calling for national prayer and fasting beginning on Ash Wednesday and continuing through Lent. I invite all our readers to prayerfully read this letter from the Reclaiming Jesus elders that we are releasing today and consider how you can amplify its message and observe this call in your life, family, and faith community this Lent.
Peculiar Prophet 
Where is the letter??
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Thanks for this Will,
Greg Johanson
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