If you’ve never heard of Larenzo Sewell before, you definitely know him now.
Pastor Sewell is the head pastor at the 180 Church on Detroit’s west side. He’s a man who isn’t afraid to put political themes in his sermons as he is of the mind that the Bible is, in fact, a political book with a political message.
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“The gospel message is a political message. The Bible is a political book, from Genesis to Revelations. We see that the Bible is a political book,” Sewell told Fox News. “It is impossible to be politically neutral.”
Sewell hosted Trump at his church for a roundtable discussion back in June, and it was there that Sewell gave an impromptu prayer that affected Trump enough to tell him that he would give a prayer at his inauguration.
“He said you prayed that way for me, at the inauguration, you’ll be there,” Sewell said according to ABC affiliate WYXZ-TV in Detroit.
When it came time to plan Trump’s inauguration, Sewell got the call, and it would bring him to tears:
“When I received the phone call, I started crying. I cried because I feel like Jesus wants me to do something Monday. I don’t believe this is about me. I think this is about people that are hurting in Detroit,” Sewell said.
He feels like Detroit has been forgotten and overlooked for a while, and that’s who he wants to speak up for.
“It has nothing to do with Lorenzo. It has nothing to do with my church or my relationship with President Trump. It has everything to do with those who are voiceless. Now, they get a voice,” Sewell said.
Fast-forward to Monday, and Sewell stepped up to the microphone, and in the same vein as Martin Luther King Jr., whose celebrated day just so happened to fall on Trump’s inauguration, the Detroit pastor gave a prayer that had people in tears. There were some stand-out moments to be sure, but Sewell’s prayer really grabbed people’s attention:
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“Let us pray for our 47th president. Heavenly Father, we’re so grateful that you gave our 45th and now our 47th president a millimeter miracle. We are grateful that you are the one that have called him for such a time as this. That America would begin to dream again.
“We pray that we would fulfill the true meaning of our creed, that we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. We pray that you use our president, that we will live in a nation where we will not be judged by the color of our skin but by the content of our character.
“Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, we are so grateful today that you will use our 47th president so we will sing with new meaning, ‘My country, ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died. Land of the pilgrims’ pride. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.’ And because America is called to be a great nation, we believe that you will make this come true.
“From the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire, let freedom ring. From the mighty mountains of New York, let freedom ring. From the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania, let freedom ring. From the snowcap Rockies of Colorado, let freedom ring. From the curvaceous hilltops of California, but God, we’re asking you not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain, Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill in Mississippi, from every state, every city, every village and every hamlet. And when we let freedom ring, we will be able to speed up that day where all of your children, Black men and white men, Protestant and Catholic, Jew and gentile will be able to sing in the meaning of that old Negro spiritual, ‘Free at last, free at last. Thank you God almighty, we are free at last.’ If you believe with the Spirit of the Lord, there is liberty. Come on, put your hands together and give your great God great glory.”
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Watch the incredible moment for yourself.
Here’s Pastor Lorenzo Sewell’s incredible prayer at Donald Trump’s inauguration. Absolutely fantastic moment. pic.twitter.com/0dhYJNLX7q
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) January 20, 2025
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