The Vision: Prayer, Repentance, and Healing
Reconciliation 2026 is not a slogan or a program. It is a prayerful response to the sense that God is inviting Augusta into a season of deeper truth-telling, repentance, forgiveness, and blessing.
What We Are Asking God To Do
As the 500-year mark of 1526 approaches, the hope is that Augusta's churches, leaders, and neighbors from every background will be able to stand together in a simple act of remembrance and reconciliation.
The prayer is that God would:
- Heal old wounds that have never been fully acknowledged.
- Expose and soften places where division still quietly lives.
- Lead us into genuine repentance—not only for the past, but for current attitudes and patterns that continue to harm.
- Give courage to forgive, to listen, and to walk together in love.
- Bless the generations who will inherit this city with a better story than the one we received.
What This Is Not
Reconciliation 2026 is not a political movement, a protest, or a public-relations campaign. It does not assign personal guilt to those who did not commit past sins, and it does not try to erase the complexity of history.
Instead, it asks the Church in Augusta to lead by example: to come before God together, to tell the truth about our shared story, to repent where He convicts, to extend forgiveness where it is needed, and to bless our city as we move forward.
Hoping Toward October 2026
The long-term hope is that by October 2026 there could be a simple, city-wide gathering—or a series of gatherings—where churches, civic leaders, and community members stand together to:
- Remember the 1526 story and what followed in this region.
- Offer public prayers of repentance and forgiveness.
- Bless Augusta and the CSRA for the generations to come.
What this will look like in detail is still unfolding. For now, the invitation is to pray, to listen, and to ask God if this work of reconciliation is something He is calling you or your community to carry.