Evangelist Franklin Graham held a prayer rally Tuesday in Augusta’s Capitol Park, drawing an estimated 1,500 people.

The Decision America Tour 2016 is traveling to all 50 states “to challenge believers to take a stand and take action,” according to the tour website.

Franklin Graham, the president of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, speaks during a prayer rally Tuesday in Capitol Park in Augusta. Staff photo by Joe Phelan

People pray during a rally led by Franklin Graham, the president of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, in Capitol Park on Tuesday in Augusta on his Decision America Tour. The park is across the street from the Maine State House. Staff photo by Joe Phelan

Graham, the son of evangelist Billy Graham, said the tour’s mission is to urge Christians to vote.

Graham is president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and of Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief organization.

His Maine appearance was the 36th stop on the tour, in which Graham leads prayers and urges attendees to “live out their Christian faith in every part of their lives and vote for biblical values,” according to a news release from the organization.

Graham does not endorse specific candidates or legislation.

The tour schedule calls for Graham to visit Vermont on Wednesday and New York on Thursday before the tour continues next week in Boston, Providence and Hartford.

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