FRC and FRC Action to Hold Pray Vote Stand Summit This Week

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 22, 2026
CONTACT: J.P. Duffy, (866) FRC-NEWS or (866)-372-6397

Leesburg, Virginia -- Family Research Council and FRC Action will hold the Pray Vote Stand Summit this week (Sept. 24-26) at Cornerstone Chapel in Leesburg, Virginia. The Pray Vote Stand Summit will gather Christians from across the nation for a time of prayer, inspiration, and action. This year's Summit will include various discussions with Christian leaders, elected officials, and issue experts on topics including the 2026 election, the judiciary, the abortion pill crisis, artificial intelligence, socialism, Sharia law, the Middle East, protecting children from the harms of transgender hormones and surgery, and imparting a biblical worldview to the next generation.

Family Research Council President and FRC Action Chairman Tony Perkins commented: "As our country approaches another election, we're thankful for the unique opportunity God has given us through the Pray Vote Stand Summit to speak with courage and clarity -- not just to the political issues facing our nation, but the underlying spiritual issues. For 21 years, this gathering has encouraged believers to not retreat from the public square but to engage it thoughtfully, grounded in Scripture and guided by prayer. That's even more important this year as we celebrate America's 250th anniversary and underscore the deep need to return our country to its biblical foundation."

WHAT: Pray Vote Stand Summit

WHEN: September 24 -- 26, 2026

WHO: Confirmed speakers include:

Michele Bachmann, Chair, FRC Board of Directors

Pastor Travis Carey, Senior Pastor, Calvary Chapel Greater Portland

Dr. Ben Carson, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Founder, American Cornerstone Institute

Pastor Carter Conlon, General Overseer, Times Square Church

Abigail DeJarnatt, Founder and CEO, Counteract USA

Katy Faust, Founder, Them Before Us

Dr. Os Guinness, Best-Selling Author and Political Commentator

Pastor Shahram Hadian, Former Muslim; Founder, Truth in Love Ministries

Pastor Gary Hamrick, Senior Pastor, Cornerstone Chapel, Leesburg, Va.

Erin Hawley, Of Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom

Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)

Jennie Hayes, Assistant State Attorney, 18th Judicial Circuit State Attorney's Office, Fla.

Catherine Herring, Victim of Abortion Pill Poisoning

Phillip Jauregui, Senior Counsel, AFA Action's Center for Judicial Renewal

Rosalie Markezich, Victim of Abortion Pill Coercion; Plaintiff, Louisiana v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Chris May, CEO, TeenPact Leadership School

Steve Marshall, Alabama Attorney General

Dr. Albert Mohler, President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Clare Morell, Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center

Joel Penton, Founder and CEO, LifeWise Academy

Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council; Chairman, FRC Action

Pastor Erik Reed, Co-Founder, Dominion Christian Software

Alan Robertson, "Duck Dynasty"

Vanessa Sivadge, Pediatric Nurse, Fraud Whistleblower

Robert Spencer, Director, Jihad Watch

Yoe Suarez, International Affairs Correspondent, The Washington Stand

Pavlo Unguryan, Executive Secretary of Ukrainian Conservative Movement

C.R. Wiley, Author, "Manmade: St. Antony's Guide to Surviving the AI Apocalypse"

More confirmed speakers at prayvotestand.org/speakers

Sponsors and co-sponsors of Pray Vote Stand Summit include: AFA Action; First Liberty Institute; Truth, & Liberty; Seven Weeks Coffee; Patriot Mobile; RenewaNation; Alliance Defending Freedom

WHERE: In person at Cornerstone Chapel, 650 Battlefield Pkwy SE, Leesburg, VA 20175

Registration required and available at prayvotestand.org.

To request media credentials for this event, please email [email protected].

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