At Least Seven Faith Leaders Arrested at Broadview ICE Facility Protest
'I've got bruises all over my body,' the Rev. Michael Woolf, who was thrown to the ground and arrested by police, told RNS.
Methodist Pastors March Into Courtroom to Support ‘Boring Suburban Dad’ Indicted for Protesting
‘If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,’ said a Chicago area UMC pastor.
Nicolas Cage’s ‘The Carpenter’s Son’ Turns an Apocryphal Text About Jesus’ Youth Into a Horror Film
Although the Infancy Gospel of Thomas didn’t make it into the New Testament, it remained popular among Christians for centuries.
The Church of the Department of Labor
This issue of A Public Witness looks at the DoL’s use of religion in its recent propaganda posters that push Christianity as part of a vision of a patriarchal, White nation.
Ending Wars
On Veterans Day, we honor and lament the lives lost in violent wars. We cherish the freedoms we have today. We strive to heal those wounded by battles. But we must also pray and work for peace.
Sitting Atop Fridge to Protest SNAP Cuts, Faith Leader Models Jesus’ ‘Proximity’ to the Poor
Nonprofit leader Terence Lester is sitting on a fridge for 42 hours to raise awareness of the 42 million Americans who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
Mike Johnson Doesn’t Know … Church-State Edition
This issue of A Public Witness unpacks the House speaker’s latest attack on church-state separation and a surprising voice singing some opposition to his Christian Nationalist worldview.
Baptist Pastor Shot in Leg by Officer During All Saints’ Day March Outside ICE Facility
This issue of A Public Witness explores the story of Rev. Michael Woolf, an American Baptist/Alliance of Baptists pastor who became the latest clergy to experience violent state tactics being used against peaceful protesters.
Texas Episcopal Diocese Says One of Its Priests Has Been Detained by ICE
At least one other religious leader, Muslim hospital chaplain Ayman Soliman, had been detained earlier by ICE as part of President Donald Trump’s ongoing mass deportation effort.
Faith Leaders Join Democrats to Decry Health Care Cuts, Expiring SNAP Benefits
‘We will not retreat, and we will use every nonviolent tool at our disposal, to call this nation, this Congress, to stop all of this partisan fighting and get down to the business of the people,’ said the Rev. William Barber II.