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Covering the Capital: A Harvest of Souls

Sep 16, 2025

This past Wednesday, our nation was shocked by the sudden loss of a young conservative Christian leader with a bright future ahead.

Gunned down in his prime, Charlie Kirk was a 31-year-old husband and father of two young children. Charlie was bold and bright, despite choosing to drop out of college. Instead of sitting in a college classroom, he educated himself. How ironic that his life was taken on a university campus while responding to a student’s question!

In his life as in his death, some who opposed him accused him of hate speech. Yet he regularly visited college campuses and invited students who disagreed with him to a microphone to have a conversation. Then he listened attentively. He considered carefully. He responded thoughtfully.

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Amid one of Charlie’s thoughtful responses, a young man wielding a bolt-action rifle cut off his ability to speak truth on the campus or before the microphone on his daily podcast. Martyred for his conviction, Charlie would never speak again. Yet he does and he is. His life is being celebrated and commemorated around the world with thousands joining together to honor him. NFL teams paid tribute. Even the Polish parliament held a moment of silence. New chapters of his organization, Turning Point USA, are rapidly being formed.

When the prophetic voice of singer Keith Green was stilled in a plane crash, the verse that kept coming up was John 12:24: “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.”

Last week, Charlie’s prophetic voice to a rising generation was stilled by an assassin’s bullet. All it took was one shot to the throat, but, as his wife, Erika, assured America on national TV, Charlie Kirk’s name and his movement will never die. His death will increase the reach of his organization and yield a harvest of souls.

At Faith & Liberty, we stand with Charlie because Charlie stood with America — and more importantly with the Savior He loved. Charlie's aim to “make heaven crowded” revealed his burden for those who are spiritually lost — a burden we share.

This past week, we heard of someone who worked on Capitol Hill who, after years, committed her life to Christ. Praise the Lord! We must never give up on anyone! Thank you for standing with Faith & Liberty so we can be present on Capitol Hill and simply be here when someone has questions about life and faith. Like Charlie, we want to listen attentively, consider carefully, and respond thoughtfully — for a harvest of souls!

Your missionaries in Washington, D.C.,

Faith & Liberty team

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MINISTRY RECAP

  • This past week, Faith & Liberty participated in a Prayer Night on Capitol Hill with congressional staffers. Kings Church DC led prayer during the week, and Peggy Nienaber was included to pray for Washington, D.C.

  • Our Ministry Center was filled with prayer this past weekend as we had 24-hour prayer starting Friday evening.

  • Faith & Liberty’s senior pastor, Rev. Greg Cox, participated in the Truth & Liberty Conference at Charis Bible College in Colorado this past week.

    Senior Pastor Greg Cox with Lorenzo Sewell, a powerful speaker at the Truth & LIberty Conference.

  • Lindsey Cruz attended a showing and briefing of the Call Sign: COURAGE documentary. The film is about Mat Lohmeier who was fired from his command at the U.S. Space Force after writing a book about the DEI and woke initiatives eroding his military base. He later testified before the House Oversight Committee and was appointed as undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force by President Trump.

    Lindsey Cruz with Call Sign: COURAGE producer RJ Moeller.

  • On Wednesday, Peggy attended a pro-life strategic planning meeting at the Museum of the Bible.

    Taking part in a pro-life strategy meeting on Capitol Hill.

  • Our weekly Bible studies have begun, and we will focus on certain chapters of the Bible in each group.


COMING SOON

  • This month, we will host ACSI students and parents, share the ministry of Faith & Liberty with the Christian school students as well as give them a tour of our Ministry Center and some areas of Capitol Hill. They will be here in Washington on an Association of Christian Schools International trip.

  • This month we will participate in a Capitol Hill Ministries luncheon to learn about what other ministries have planned for this fall season.

  • We will receive updates on a National Faith Advisory Board White House conference call.

  • Peggy will attend a Hill briefing from the Religious Liberty Commission discussing the new Anti-Christian Bias Task Force.

  • Faith & Liberty will host a Supreme Court prayer training session on October 5. We will engage in prayer and help trainees understand how to pray in the Supreme Court setting and in light of the rules of the High Court.

  • Our team is planning the She Leads America Summit for October 8-11. We will be sponsoring a Congressional Prayer Breakfast for congressional women and will host a Defending the Dignity of Women panel with members of Congress and women who have had challenges in their lives. The group will be praying with women members of Congress and holding briefings at the White House. Also, Rev. Greg Cox will meet and share with the Men of Issachar who are husbands of the women of the She Leads America movement.

  • Peggy plans to attend the Executive Values Action Team Summit with Speaker Mike Johnson and House Values Action Team Chairman Robert Aderholt. Leaders from the administration and the House will speak on several topics. The Values Action Team is dedicated to promoting families, communities, and religious freedom.

  • In mid-October, Faith & Liberty will host another 24-hour Prayer Night. We’ll be praying for our country, the congressional staffers working on Capitol Hill, and the nations.

  • Peggy Nienaber and Lindsey Cruz look forward to attending the NHCLC Leadership Summit on October 14 here in Washington. The theme of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference is “What is of God, always wins.”


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