The Trump transition team did not respond to repeated requests regarding the president-elect’s plans for the service or whether he plans to attend.
Meanwhile, other groups are preparing their own worship services. Last week Sean Feucht, an evangelical Christian musician and conservative activist who has advocated for Christian nationalism, revealed in a promotional video plans to host a “Revive in 25” worship service, in which Feucht said “worship is going to pave the way” for Trump’s inauguration.
But soon after announcing the service’s location at St. Joseph’s, a historic Catholic Church on Capitol Hill, the church’s priest, the Rev. William H. Gurnee, wrote to RNS in an email that he had not granted permission for the use of the church. “While I was asked to host the event, I informed the organizer that I needed more information and it was mistakenly reported that final permission was granted,” Gurnee wrote.
Gurnee added, “It is my feeling that this event would be better hosted at another location.”
Feucht seemed to acknowledge the mixup in an X post on Thursday, lamenting “warfare” he insisted was “coming against” him and his team to host the event. In a separate post published Friday, Feucht said the service was still happening but noted in an attached video that the location was “TBD.”
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