Easter is this Sunday and the nation’s capital is gearing up for a celebration service right on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Each year thousands head to the National Mall to attend one of the country’s largest Easter sunrise services.
The inter-denominational event, hosted by the National Community Church, has been attracting believers from all over the world for more than 40 years for its praise, worship, and prayer – all in celebration of Resurrection Sunday.
Bestselling author Mark Batterson, the lead pastor of National Community Church and a Regent University graduate, will be speaking at the event. He calls it a “pure joy” to see so many believers gathered together for Easter.
“It has become an incredible, not just D.C. tradition. People make a pilgrimage all over the country, all over the world [because] there is no better place to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior,” Batterson told CBN’s Faith Nation.
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As CBN News has reported in previous years, National Community Church organizers want those attending the sunrise service to come early.
While the 1,700 chairs
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