Within just 24 hours of the former president’s accident, pastors across the nation addressed their congregations, who were both shocked and fearful, during Sunday morning services. At a conservative church in Visalia, a small agricultural town in California’s Central Valley, the pastor reminded his listeners that trumpets signal judgment for ChristiansThe accident involving Donald Trump on Saturday was seen by the Rev. Joel Renkema as a “clear and unmistakable message to our country,” comparing it to a trumpet’s call. He stressed that the political climate had become dangerously toxic and urged his congregation at Visalia Christian Reformed Church to cease “vilifying and despising our opponents.”watch below

“This is a warning shot!” Renkema declared. “Can we hear it? Will we heed the call?”By the time worshippers gathered for services across the nation on Sunday, less than a day had passed since a suspected assassination attempt on Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. This left church leaders with little time to prepare their congregations for what many saw as a dark chapter in U.S. history.watch below