The crowd at the Lincoln Memorial came ready for a day of worship and prayer, decked out in their favorite Jesus garb. Many wore Let Us Worship and Kingdom to the Capitol merchandise mixed with pro-Israel T-shirts, hoodies, and MAGA gear. The air was filled with the sound of shofars and an array of flags, including the Appeal to Heaven flag—a symbol Christian nationalists use to signal they want theocracy, even if it means violent revolution.
And the man recognized as this movement’s modern day King Cyrus to help usher in this new Christian, theocratic age – Republican Donald Trump – graced the crowd with a pre-recorded message posted to Feucht’s personal, Let Us Worship, and Hold The Line (both ministry brands of Feucht’s creation) Instagram, as well as a portion played on the pre-event content displayed on the large video screens on the mall, congratulating the event’s organizer declaring this movement’s fight is his fight too:
“I’d like to congratulate Sean Feucht and Let Us Worship on the incredible job you’ve done. Religious liberty is under siege, but we are fighting back like never before. Today you are all joined in prayer on the National Mall, which is so important. I want to tell you that what you’re doing will never be forgotten. God will never forget it, and we will never forget it, because what you are doing is the most important thing. We have to protect our religious liberty and we have to pray. So to Let Us Worship: thank you very much, keep up the incredible job. You go from city to city — it’s an incredible thing you do. Thank you all very much, and have a great day.”
Feucht, the far-right Jesus rocker and Christian nationalist activist took the stage for his “One Nation Under God” rally with the nation’s Capitol as the backdrop, the grand finale of his two-year, 50-state tour “Kingdom to the Capitol.” This is the 4th event Feucht has held at the National Mall since 2020.
Feucht has built and grown his platform through controversial publicity stunts, most notably launching “Let Us Worship” in 2020 as a response to COVID-19 restrictions. Throughout that year, he organized a series of pop-up worship events — without masks or safety protocols — often strategically placing them in cities experiencing protests following George Floyd’s murder. His approach of seeking out controversial situations across the country serves a dual purpose: generating content and sustaining a steady stream of views and donations, which he describes as “shining light into darkness.” Since then, Let Us Worship has only continued to grow and two years ago it launched an election-flavored version of their live in-person events, “Kingdom to the Capitol,” which has traveled to 50 state capitol’s over the past two years. “One Nation Under God” is the grand finale of the “Kingdom to the capitol” tour, one final push to call on God to bring Trump back to the White House.
Feucht was there to welcome everyone and kick off the event saying “You are standing in a place where declarations from here have changed the world, and here we are today, the army of God,” he continued, “What would it look like in Washington D.C. for an obnoxiously joyful Christians to take over the city, the city has seen what angry marches look like” as a Appeal To Heaven flag waved prominently in front of him, a flag that featured heavily at the January 6th Capitol riot. In recent months, the flag has resurfaced in the mainstream after news broke that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s wife had flown one in front of their home. Until then, the flag had been little-known to the general public.
The march officially started at 1 p.m., intending to end at the White House, and by that time the crowd had swelled to a couple of thousand. Along the march many chants were heard “Jesus, king of kings, lord of lords”, “no shackles, no chains, Jesus set me free,” and at one point “GenZ will be suicide free”. As the crowd weaved through the D.C. streets led by a police escort, it occasionally stopped for an impromptu song and dance, pumping up the crowd further.
The crowd continued their way to their destination with a view of the White House they then lined up against the fence. Katrenyak led them in prayer “God have your will, have your way over America, while we declare your blessing over this White House, Father,” continuing, “Oh God I pray you may rule this place in a mighty way God, we pray you to stretch out your hand over America lord.” Katreneck then invited the crowd to extend their arms out and bless the White House as many spoke in tongues and shofars filled the air. At 2 p.m. the event closed as they invited folks to either stay in the park or head over early to the main event on the national mall starting at 4 pm.
Feucht opened the main event in prayer, Bible in hand, that led into the national anthem immediately followed by worship music. The crowd was still full of energy as Feucht invited them to move closer to the stage to fill up the area the live stream cameras covered.
Landon Scott of Mercury Culture Church was the first guest pastor on stage. “I don’t know if you know what a vision is, but a vision is like a spiritual daydream, I remember one time I was in the middle of a sermon and I was like, man I never dream and the lord said, I speak to you in Visions, those are daydreams, because God speaks in different ways.” He went on to tell a story about how God gave him a vision of Feucht as an old man looking back at the movement he created.
Next up was Russell Johnson, lead pastor at Pursuit in the Pacific Northwest with locations in Seattle, Kirkland, and Snohomish. Throughout the year, Johnson has traveled by Feucht’s side. He’s been a key figure in Feucht’s “United for Israel” rallies, the first which took place at Columbia University followed by another at USC. He also believes that revival is upon us, and has held extended services at his Kirkland location where spiritual healings took place, where they claimed to heal a woman bound to a wheelchair for years.
As Johnson took the stage he paid homage to Feucht and his 4-year Let Us Worship movement and his ability to rally “true believers from all across the nation to take a stand against the tyranny of their locally elected officials with this simple declaration, let us worship. 4 years later we find ourselves standing on the national mall on the precipice of what will be the most hotly contested election of our lifetime.” He later declared it was “revival or death” a tagline he regularly uses, so much so it’s the Welcome message as you enter his church.
After some more worship music, Feucht announced he was inviting a special friend on stage, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, infamous for throwing up a fist at the January 6th crowd outside the capitol and was later caught on Capitol Hill security cameras running away from that very same crowd once they breach the doors of the building. With a bible in hand, Hawley took to the stage.
“It’s a privilege to go to work in that building behind me and see the statues of the men and women who have made our country great, but you and I both know what makes this country truly great, it’s the spiritual foundations of this nation, it’s the truth of the bible of which this nation was founded, do you agree with that tonight?” The crowd let out a large cheer.
Hawley continued:
“Don’t we live in a time where those in power are saying to us, give us the inheritance of ours fathers, they’re telling us not to speak the name of Jesus in public, they’re telling us not to speak the name of Jesus in politics, their telling us not to speak the name of Jesus in our schools, but we will say to them, forbid it from us to give you the inheritance of our fathers. We will rebuild the spiritual foundations of America. What this nation needs above all is Revival and don’t you know that this nation was founded on revival, that’s what made us a nation when those first pilgrims came to these shores, what did they bring here? The truth of the bible! What’s our liberty founded in? The scripture! What are our rights founded on? What Jesus has given us!”
He finished by stating “We WILL rebuild this country on the truth of Jesus Christ.”
The event finished with Feucht launching his next project “Revive 25” where they intend to travel to “the cities with the most homelessness, drug addicted, darkest cities” to bring revival.
