ELCA Hears From Indigenous Boarding School Survivor Ahead of National Day of Remembrance
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is one of several mainline denominations reckoning with the role they played in the federal boarding school system.
Death Comes in Clusters
The U.S. continues to not only ignore the Convention on Cluster Munitions but also to ship the weapons to Ukraine. So this issue of A Public Witness uncovers the history of cluster bombs and the moral failure of nations that continue to utilize them.
Review: After Botham
In "After Botham: Healing From My Brother's Murder by a Police Officer," Allisa Charles-Findley challenges us to listen to the cries of those who have experienced grief and to puts forth a call to join the struggle for justice.
Is a Pastor’s Sin a Private Matter? Johnny Hunt Lawsuit Makes That Claim.
The former SBC president and longtime megachurch pastor covered up his sexual misconduct for a decade. Now he's suing SBC leaders for revealing his sins.
The Gospel According to Little Blue Truck
Contributing writer Sarah Blackwell makes the case that children are walking around each day speaking the language of the world, so it is powerful when we can take those stories and translate them into our own religious language.
March for Our Lives, Faith Leaders Call on Florida Lawmakers to ‘Cease and Desist’
'Instead of focusing on and addressing the real issues, you spend time promoting hate and division, contrary to our deepest religious values,' reads a letter from activists addressed to Florida lawmakers.
‘You Do It To Me’
Sixty years ago Friday (Sept. 15), four Ku Klux Klan members planted 19 sticks of dynamite next to a Black church in Birmingham, Alabama. Inside 16th Street Baptist Church, people gathered for Sunday worship. Then an apocalypse came.
Christian Lawmakers Push Battle Over Church and State After Roe
A group of conservative lawmakers has been busy reshaping America’s relationship with abortion, LGBTQ issues, and religion. But their ultimate goal — bridging the separation between church and state — is far more ambitious.
In New Bob Jones University Podcast, Former Students and Faculty Blast ‘Insular’ Culture
'Surviving Bob Jones University: A Christian Cult' aims to show how alleged patterns of conformity, isolation, information control, and surveillance impacted members of the Bob Jones ecosystem.
Down in Mississippi
This issue of A Public Witness looks at how the campaign strategy of Brandon Presley is all shook up, leaving those of us with suspicious minds about a partisan pulpit crying in the chapel.