Our Mission

Christian Congregations Defending Democracy.

RISE UP! Easter Action

Organize your Congregations to Rise Up, Stand Out, Speak Up on Easter Sunday, April 20th, 2025.

On Easter Sunday, with your church congregation, make a public witness of standing up for democracy. Join congregations nationwide who are standing up for democracy.

  • Make Signs: Use Palm Sunday coffee hour to make signs together as a congregation

  • Pick a Location: Outside your church, or in your town/city center

  • Select a Time: For many, following Easter worship service, or following a time of fellowship after your Easter service will make the most sense.

  • Educate yourself and your congregation: https://faithanddemocracy.net & https://kristindumez.substack.com/p/christian-faith-and-democracy

  • Contact local media about your congregation’s RISE UP! Easter Action

  • Invite other congregations to join

  • Spread the word on your social media and more.

Democracy as Foundational to Religious Freedom

We can have a wide range of theological and political beliefs. We may disagree on many things. And yet, we are Christians who VALUE democracy.

Democracy is always a work in progress and we certainly have lots of work to do to build a more perfect union. However, the intentional dismantling of democratic norms by the Trump Administration, if unchecked, will take away the opportunity to create and grow a better democracy.

We, people of faith inspired by the expansively loving Jesus, get to be part of stopping this dismantling of democracy. We get to stand out, speak up, and rise up to say this is our country, not Trump’s; that we will not tolerate the take over of this country by a president who wants to rule as a king. We have a Lord, and it is not Trump, nor Musk.

Christians FOR Democracy
Christians AGAINST Christian Nationalism

Especially because one strong thread that is active in the dismantling of democracy that we are experiencing is a white Christian nationalist thread articulated in Project 2025, we Christians who value the free practice of our faith and the ability of others to do the same, must stand up and be heard now before it is too late.

Christians Against Christian nationalism:

https://www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org

Statement of Christians for Democracy:

https://faithanddemocracy.net

RISE UP! Easter Action to Defend Democracy

We have more power than we realize.
Together, we can make a real difference.
It is time to speak up, to take up room, to stand up boldly for the values we believe in.
Love is not a timid value.
Jesus teaches a bold love.
We need you. Democracy needs you. Christianity needs you.