Republican National Convention Calls for a “Spiritual Revolution” as Religion and Politics Move Closer Together

The growing union between organized religion and American political power was on display at the 2026 Republican Midterm National Convention in Dallas, where Pastor Jack Graham of Prestonwood Baptist Church opened the gathering with a prayer calling for a “spiritual rebirth” and a “spiritual revolution” in America.

The Republican Party is holding the two-day national midterm convention on September 9–10, 2026, as party leaders, candidates, pastors, and supporters gather to energize the Republican base and build momentum ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.

Before the assembled political leadership, Pastor Graham declared:

• “We pray for a spiritual rebirth. We ask for a spiritual revolution, that You would revive Your people again, Your church again.”

He continued:

• “May we stand together as one nation under God.”

And later prayed:

• “Dear God, please call America back to You. You are the one to make America greater again.”

The issue is not whether Christians should pray, preach, vote, participate in public life, or seek the spiritual revival of their nation. The danger arises when the mission of the church becomes increasingly linked with the political machinery and the power of the state.

America desperately needs spiritual revival, but a genuine revival will never come through political parties, government institutions, or legislation. Bible prophecy warns in Revelation 13 that the final crisis will involve religious authority joining with civil power to impose false worship and enforce religious observances.

Today the language may be “spiritual rebirth,” “spiritual revolution,” and calling America “back to God.” But the great religious-liberty question remains: What happens when political leaders eventually decide what returning to God should look like—and begin writing those religious convictions into law?

True and sincere Christians are not called to remain silent while America abandons God. We have been commissioned to proclaim an even greater spiritual awakening—the Three Angels’ Messages of Revelation 14. But that message does not call upon Washington to enforce Christianity. It calls individuals everywhere to freely choose whom they will worship:

“Fear God, and give glory to him… and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.” Revelation 14:7.

The answer to America’s spiritual decline is not a political Christianity empowered by the state but a revival of biblical Christianity empowered by the Holy Spirit. The closer the church moves toward political power, the more urgently we must proclaim the everlasting gospel, defend liberty of conscience, and warn against every movement—whether from the political right or left—that would ultimately place the power of government behind religion.