The movement has always marched out of the sanctuary. We are calling on pastors, bishops, ministers, and congregations across the nation to rise once more and bring their people to Washington.
"Justice has always followed the footsteps of faith. Faith is walking again."
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To my fellow pastors, bishops, ministers, and faith leaders across this nation,
The Black church has always been the conscience of America. In every season of struggle, from the abolition movement to the marches of the 1960s, it was the people of faith who turned belief into action and filled the streets with hope.
We are called again. On Friday, August 28, 2026, we return to the Lincoln Memorial to defend the vote, protect equal opportunity, and demand economic dignity for our people. I am asking every house of worship to make this a moment of witness. Announce it from your pulpit. Charter a bus. Bring your congregation. Stand with us on that sacred ground.
The same God who carried our ancestors will go before us still. Let us march together, and let the church rise once more.
One form, one front door. Complete the Faith Leads the March clergy form, it takes about three minutes, and an organizer will reach out within a few days to answer your questions and connect you with organizers in your state. Share it with one clergy colleague today.
Complete the clergy form below and choose your working group.
An organizer reaches out within a few days and connects you with your state.
Join your working group and the weekly Tuesday National Clergy Call, July 1 through August 26.
When your community commits, your organizer will share the congregation commitment form, with headcount, transportation, and delegation liaison, due July 15. The Interfaith Moral Call, the coalition's shared statement, is offered to every member and never required. Some clergy cannot sign public statements, and their work counts the same.
August 28 is the date this movement uses to measure the distance between the promises of 1963 and the present.
In 2017, more than 3,000 multi-faith clergy walked from the King Memorial to the Department of Justice in the Ministers March for Justice. That march is the model for this mobilization.
Courts are dismantling the protections people marched, bled, and died for. When they make it harder to vote, they make it harder to change anything else.
Decades of opened doors in schools, workplaces, and public life are being shut. We are specific about what is being dismantled and who it targets.
The 1963 March was for Jobs and Freedom. Rent, groceries, healthcare, student debt: economic dignity is a civil rights issue, then and now.
The march is August 28. The ballot is in November. They are the same fight, and every congregation is a get out the vote congregation. Strictly nonpartisan: no parties, no candidates.
All four are carried in the spirit of the Beloved Community: we name what we are for, not only what we are against.
The Black Church anchors this mobilization, and we use that name in its fullest sense: the historically Black denominations; independent and non-denominational Black churches; and the Black congregations, caucuses, and fellowships that live within other denominations. If your church is majority Black, rooted in the Black church tradition, or considers itself part of it, this means you. Four centuries of liberation faith, institutional strength, and community organizing.
And the coalition is wider than any one tradition:
We operate on autonomous solidarity. No tradition submerges its identity. Each community marches under its own banner, rooted in its own convictions, toward shared goals. This is a call to bring the full strength of each one, side by side.
Every congregation and organization chooses the level that fits its capacity. Numbers can grow, and your organizer will work with you.
Denominational or national networks anchoring the front line.
Hosting regional meetings and coordinating cross city routes.
A congregation moving as one, traveling together on a single bus.
Sharing rides, joining regional routes, or sponsoring bus seats for students, youth, and fixed income elders.
Coming on your own, or joining online and supporting locally if you cannot travel.
A church moving together is a force this nation has never been able to ignore. Here is how your ministry can answer the call.
Lift up the march before your congregation and in prayer. Let your members know the church is going to Washington.
Bring your members as one body. Reserve a bus, sponsor one for your community, or host riders in your area.
Reserve a bus →Rally your ministries, auxiliaries, deacons, and youth groups to travel together under your church banner.
Connect with NAN's Religious Affairs team for briefings, coordination, and updates leading up to the march.
Sign up below →Make sure everyone is counted. Have your congregation register so we can plan for your arrival.
Register to march →Keep the work going after August 28. Connect your congregation with your local National Action Network chapter.
Each team has a chair, a clear charge, and a number it owns. Choose where you will serve when you sign up.
Bringing people and congregations in: sign ups, partners, buses, and sponsored seats. Includes the Next-Gen team of clergy under 50, campus ministries, and HBCU networks.
Every tradition is invited and heard. A named outreach captain per tradition, reviewing all clergy facing messaging.
The message, the calls, the feeds: correspondence, Zoom production, and social media. Includes the teaching team and the four week series ending on National Voting Rights Sunday, August 7 to 9.
Holding it down in DC, Maryland, and Virginia: local turnout, host congregations, hospitality, and day of ground support.
Coalition launches publicly. Clergy recruitment goes wide.
Weekly Tuesday National Clergy Call begins. 30 minutes, through August 26.
Congregation commitment forms due.
Initial headcounts finalized. Charter buses procured.
National Voting Rights Sunday. Congregations of every tradition teach the same week.
Get out the vote week. Voter registration drives at congregations and community events.
Final rosters and headcounts due.
We gather in Washington. Delegations assemble and march under their own banners.
Delegations are intergenerational by design. Many united footprints, one march. We speak plainly and warmly, in words that invite everyone in.
We honor every tradition's voice, and no one's vocabulary stands in for everyone's. We speak so everyone is included.
We name what is at stake: the vote, the job, the rent, the school. People of every race and background walk in this march.
No parties, no candidates, no endorsements. We are nonviolent and lawful in word and deed, and we speak with hope.
The National Action Network Religious Affairs and External Relations Department works hand in hand with faith leaders nationwide. They are your point of contact for organizing your church around the march.
Pastor of Charity Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, South Carolina, and a lifelong organizer, Rev. Rivers leads NAN's engagement with the faith community and allied organizations.
A longtime advocate for justice and a leader in faith based mobilization, Trudy Grant helps congregations across the country turn conviction into action.
Print it, post it, and pass it through your congregation. The clergy flyer is ready to share across your ministry network.
