Prayer, contemplation and comfort food as voters go to polls
A candlelight vigil brought roughly 50 people together on the eve of the 2024 general election. First Baptist Church of the City hosted the event on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, with a prayer for the people. Photo courtesy of Senior Pastor Julie Pennington-Russell
(RNS) — ‘I think it is important to use all of our resources,’ said canon theologian Kelly Brown Douglas. ‘And one of the resources of the church is prayer.’