Faith-Based Groups’ Protests for Cease-Fire in Gaza Gain Momentum
'We don't need a pause, we need it ended — we need it to cease,' the Rev. Darrell Hamilton II said of the violence in Gaza.
Catholic Groups Protest at White House to Call for Gaza Cease-Fire
Asked about Biden's proposal for ‘humanitarian pauses’ instead of a cease-fire, one demonstrator called it a ‘minimalist’ proposal.
Radio Liar
This issue of A Public Witness looks at the morality tale of Jenna Ellis, a Trump attorney and Christian radio show host, as a warning against exchanging the truth of God for a lie.
Truth & Liberty Coalition Expands Culture War to 30 Colorado School Boards
Health and wealth preacher Andrew Wommack teaches that Christians should ‘reform nations’ and rule over the godless. His Truth & Liberty Coalition has started by pushing its candidates in some 30 school districts across Colorado.
Largest Christian University in US Faces Record Fine After Federal Probe Into Alleged Deception
Grand Canyon University faces the largest fine of its kind ever issued by the U.S. Education Department.
Refugees Came to Noel for Opportunity. Tyson’s Plant Closure Leaves Their Futures Uncertain
For three decades, migrants have been drawn to Noel, Missouri, to work at the chicken processing site. Its abrupt closure may mean the days of tight-knit immigrant and refugee church communities there are over.
Why Black Women Like Yolanda Pierce Are Rising to Lead Top Theology Schools
The academy is raising up the voices it once blocked.
Residents of Maine Gather To Pray and Reflect, Days After a Mass Shooting Left 18 People Dead
Investigators are still searching for a motive for the massacre, but have increasingly been focused on Robert Card’s mental health history.
Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Statue Melted Down
‘It’s taking that culture of death and repurposing it for the sake of life, telling this very long story of resistance to that white supremacist culture,’ said the Rev. Isaac Collins, a Methodist minister who attended the melting.
Christian Nationalism in the Speaker’s Chair
This issue of A Public Witness introduces you to the 56th speaker of the House — the founding dean of a failed Baptist law school, an attorney for three firms devoted to advancing Christian Nationalism, a crusader for prayer in public schools, an evangelist proclaiming