A prayer rally is scheduled to be held at the State House building in Montgomery at the beginning of the 2022 regular session.
The event is hosted by the Alabama Citizens Action Program (ALCAP). The gathering is intended to be a short prayer rally on Tuesday, Jan. 11, at the State House building at 11 a.m., one hour before the legislature is scheduled to gavel in.
"We felt it important to begin the new session in prayer with our elected officials and the State House staff representing us in Montgomery," said Greg Davis, President, and CEO of ALCAP and Host of Priority Talk Radio. "There are so many important issues to be dealt with this year that it just makes sense to unite in a time of thanksgiving and intercession."
According to Davis, the issues that ALCAP is most focused on in this session are gambling, legalization of marijuana, and gender.
"We do realize these issues are very practical, but we also realize it's a very spiritual issue as well," Davis said.
Davis said that there had been a good reception from legislators, with some possibly attending the event.
"We are inviting the executive, the judicial, and the legislators all to come be with us," Davis said. "We will be praying for all of them. It will only last about 20 or 25 minutes."
ALCAP also sponsors a weekly Prayer Breakfast during the regular legislative session.
ALCAP is an interdenominational ministry founded in 1937 as The Alabama Temperance Alliance. It changed its name to the Alabama Council on Alcohol Problems and was later changed to The Alabama Citizens Action Program.
ALCAP is a 501(c)(4) organization that was "established to lobby the Alabama Legislature on behalf of the faith community." Davis says there will be no lobbying taking place at the event.
The website for ALCAP claims that it is "Alabama's moral compass" and seeks to address various "moral" issues in the state.
The website also states that it works with the American Council on Alcohol Problems (ACAP) and Stop Predatory Gambling (SPG).
ALCAP also works with "Alcohol Justice, the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Alabama, Pro-Life interests, anti-pornography interests, and special groups formed to stand for historic church positions such as the defeat of the lottery."
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