RNS senior correspondent Adelle Banks looks at the growing importance of events at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for religious and faith-based organizations. To see the full text of the story, click here.
Quote: “It is the national green,” said Steve Chavis, director of communications for Promise Keepers, an evangelical Christian ministry that gathered hundreds of thousands of men on the Mall for its “Stand in the Gap” rally in 1997. “It is the front lawn. … The media’s there. … Congress is looking one way and the White House is the other way.”
