United States (MNN) — More than half of Americans think civil war could happen in a few years, according to research from Statista.
Partisanship is at an all-time high in the United States. A 2025 Pew Study showed that over 80 percent of Americans do not think Republicans and Democrats can even agree on basic facts. This has an effect beyond politics.
“How divided we are as a country is not helping as it pertains to sharing the Gospel,” says Doug Hutchcraft with Hutchcraft Ministries.
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America’s idea of Christianity often becomes entwined with politics. Political polarization and siloing make it increasingly difficult to reach across barriers with Christ. Yet Hutchcraft believes these barriers can be broken through the power of story.
Hutchcraft Ministries’ small group curriculum, Your Hope Story, teaches ordinary people to leverage their story to evangelize.
“My dad, Ron, and I are hosting discussions with folks from lots of different backgrounds, ages, and ethnicities, saying, ‘It doesn’t have to be a fearful thing. You can know how to do it confidently,’” Hutchcraft says.
There are testimonials from all kinds of people available on their website.
“You will see yourself in one of these videos,” he says. “I guarantee it.”
Pray for the USA
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Prayer is the most important weapon in cutting through political divides with the Gospel. Hutchcraft shares a time when he went to a concert with his dad, where artist Ernie Haase used his platform to ask God to heal divisions.
Hutchcraft says, “This particular night, [Haase] said, ‘Folks, rather than singing God Bless America, could we sing God Heal America together?’ And it gave us goosebumps. Everywhere you would say God Bless America, it was ‘God Heal America, land that we love.’”
Pray that God would soften the hearts of people on both sides of the political divide in the United States so they would be receptive to the Gospel. Pray also that people would be emboldened to share Christ through their personal testimonies. And pray that God would heal America.
“I’m asking Him to heal the country I love,” Hutchcraft says, “and that’s a beautiful thing to be praying.”
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