The Word, the President, and an elderly black woman, clutching her purse and her Bible, gently weeping to herself.

This was the quiet, yet striking image that assailed photographer Todd Scoggins at the epic “America Reads the Bible” event in Washington D.C. this spring.

“Isn’t this amazing?” the elderly woman wondered aloud to Scoggins, as President Donald Trump read the words of 2 Chronicles 7:14 on the screen.

“Yes, it is,” Scoggins affirmed.

“I just hope the nation will hear and respond,” the woman said.

“The Remnant will respond,” Scoggins replied.

Understanding, the woman smiled.

“Revival is happening in our nation,” Scoggins told her. “And it begins with you.”

The event, a 7-day grand undertaking by the organization, Christians Engaged, featured 500 individuals from across the country, coming together in Washington D.C. to read aloud the Bible in its entirety. From a “Proud Mom,” to actresses and actors, to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, all the way up to President Donald Trump, Americans joined together to read God’s Word from Genesis to Revelation.

“There’ve been a lot of occasions from time to time when groups have read either large passages of scripture on courthouse squares or in some cases, I’ve heard that they’ve read the entire Bible,” said Scoggins, who worked as the lead photographer for the event. “This was, in my estimation, the most ambitious iteration of that, that I’m aware of, in our nation.”

Indeed, this iteration was captured and livestreamed by Great American PureFlix at the Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C. More than 3 million viewers tuned in to watch the 84-hour broadcast, beginning on April 18.

The event was planned in anticipation of the 250th anniversary of the founding of America. The event’s website says, “Just as Ezra read the Word aloud to the people of Israel (Nehemiah 8:1–3), awakening revival and repentance, inspiring them to rebuild the temple, and working with Nehemiah to mobilize the people to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls, America Reads the Bible is a sacred opportunity to call our nation back to its spiritual foundations.”

“For those of us who are in the Word and in the church, this means something—for the Word of God to be read out loud,” said Scoggins, who is also a board member of Indiana Right to Life. “God’s word never comes back void and it has an impact.”

For 7 days, for 12 hours per day, readers moved in and out of the auditorium, reading for about 10 minutes at a time. Just weeks before the event, President Trump agreed to read for the event, submitting a video of the passage that the organizers saved especially for him.

“If then my people, upon whom my name has been pronounced, humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their evil ways, I will hear them from heaven and pardon their sins and heal their land.” So reads 2 Chronicles 7:14.

As the guests read, audience members came and went, reading along in their own Bibles throughout the week. Christians Engaged was careful to station one group of readers in the auditorium to follow along and ensure that every word of sacred scripture was actually read. In one memorable moment, the ladies caught a mistake in which a reader missed some of the words in her reading. The organization brought the reader back to re-read the passage.

“Why would they do that except that it really mattered that every word was read?” Scoggins said. “This wasn’t a publicity stunt. It was important to the organizers of this that the actual Word was read in full.”

In another notable moment, Scoggins witnessed the authenticity of the readers’ faith when he heard Army Colonel Kevin Bouren praying over others in the greenroom and counseling a newlywed couple on the biblical model of marriage. The colonel even invited Scoggins to come for a tour at the Pentagon the next time he’s in D.C. If he were to come on the right day, he could even sit in on the Bible study the colonel leads at the Pentagon.

“To know that there are at least a handful of our leaders at the highest levels of our government who are honoring God, who are looking to the Word for guidance and wisdom as they do their work on behalf of us as a nation–I mean, that was really reassuring to me, very much so,” said Scoggins.

This kind of civic involvement, Scoggins said, is imperative for Christians.

“I believe that followers of Jesus have an obligation to engage in our nation’s political process,” he said. “We are called to be salt and light in a dark world. That means we are called to bring wisdom and discernment to the challenges confronting society. Some say that Christians should not engage in politics. But, like it or not, government impacts every aspect of our lives and shapes our societal values. To those who assert that Christians should not engage in the shaping of public policy, I would ask, ‘Is there any aspect of human life where the Bible is silent?’ In a world searching in vain for its own truth, Christians have a responsibility to bring the light of God’s sovereign truth to the conversation.”

Throughout the week, Scoggins posted pictures and stories from the event to his own social media account. As someone without a huge personal platform, he was astounded to see his posts liked and shared hundreds and even thousands of times.

This excitement was exactly what the event planners had been praying for.

“This really resonates with people and people are really hungry for this and they’re thankful to see this happening,” Scoggins said of the event. “And people around the country are reading along. And that’s what we’re praying for. We’re praying for revival, but we were praying that at least the Remnant, at least the people to whom this means something, are in prayer and turning to God and repenting on behalf of us as a nation and asking for revival and praying for God to forgive us, praying for God to continue to bless us as He always has.”

Just as Christians Engaged is calling America back to its spiritual foundations, this summer, Indiana Right to Life is calling Hoosiers back to the founding Christian principle that undergirds all other rights in our nation: The unalienable Right to Life. In celebration of the 250th birthday of the country (and with generous donations from Hoosiers across the state), the organization has sponsored billboards promoting Life: The 1st Unalienable Right in 15 communities across the state.