Upcoming and Recent Events
Upcoming Events
Peace at the Primaries
May 14, 2024 – 6.00 – 8.00 pm
Hosted by Faith in Public Life and the Georgia Democracy Resilience Network, this event will be a non-partisan round table discussion moderated by Dr. Rashad Richey for faith leaders to understand what they can do to reduce the chances of violence during the election period and at or around the polls.
- Registration information is forthcoming.
Recent Events
Politics, Polarization, and Peacebuilding for Faith Leaders – A Faith Forward Network Webinar with Pastor Caleb Campbell
April 25, 2024 – 1.30 – 2.30 pm
A webinar for pastors who want to faithfully disciple their congregations, staying true to a Christ-centered gospel of love amid increasing political divisions. This conversation helped pastors and ministry leaders confront polarization and toxic division in their churches, communities, and denominations. The content was born out of the successes and failures of pastors and ministry leaders seeking to engage their polarized Christian neighbors with deep love.
Pastor Campbell is the Lead Pastor at Desert Springs Bible Church, in Phoenix, AZ. He is the founder and director of Disarming Leviathan Ministries which produces a podcast, explainer videos, and training material to equip people to engage divisions with their congregations.
A Service of Prayer for our Nation
February 8, 2024 – 6.30 – 8.00 pm
The Carter Center, Cecil B. Day Chapel
We live in an increasingly divided society. How can people of faith help us to ease these divisions and guide us to more peaceful ground?
On February 8, 2024 at The Carter Center, senior faith leaders and other community members came together to pray for our cherished nation, especially as we enter the election year.
Faith Forward Democracy is part of the Georgia Democracy Resilience Network,which is supported by The Carter Center.
November 3-5: Faith Forward Democracy Day of Prayer
How can we use our places of faith to disagree well
On the weekend of November 3-5, twelve months before the 2024 presidential election, we ask faith leaders in Georgia to lead their congregations in reflection on what can be done to reduce the sense of division that is afflicting our country.
By praying together, we can begin to help ourselves, our families and our communities reduce the temperature in our country and ensure a peaceful democratic election process for all.
If this is of interest, please share this information in your networks and please sign up for more information on events and activities.
We offer this sample prayer below.
Sample Prayer for Our Nation
Loving and Gracious God,
We give you thanks for this, our cherished nation that you have entrusted to our care for our children and generations to come.
We live in a time of disharmony and are troubled by our growing divides. We pray for the unity and protection of our country in the year ahead.
Remind us that no matter our beliefs or our views, we are all made in your image, even those with whom we disagree. Together, let each of us commit to seek harmony and reject division. Let us be inspired by the better angels of our natures.
Help us as people of faith to remember our calling to peace and to find the wisdom to make our places of worship into places of healing. Let us reunite in a common commitment to our shared democratic norms and the rejection of violence.
Give us the courage to help ourselves and others to the path of respect and love.
Give us the strength to listen to those with different views so we may better understand their hopes and fears.
Give us an open heart to find common ground and, where we cannot, to disagree well.
We pray for our leaders so they may guide us with love and wisdom for the betterment of all.
These things we ask in the name of all that is holy and good.