Celebrating Religious Liberty at Colonial Williamsburg
This issue of A Public Witness takes you inside a recent conference that celebrated America’s heritage of religious freedom, with a special Seventh-day Adventist flavor.
Seven Vermont Clergy Arrested While Protesting ICE Targeting Center
'I think it is imperative on me, as a faith leader, to proclaim that human beings are not targets and that God is a God of justice and of love,’ said the Rev. Rebecca Girrell, a United Methodist pastor who was among those arrested.
As the Far-Right in Germany Aims to Take Power, Churches Are Fighting Back
The AfD may gain power on Sept. 6 in Saxony-Anhalt, posing a direct threat to refugees and the German churches that serve them. Inspired by past resistance in East Germany, faith leaders are doing everything they can to stand in the way of the far-right group.
Jerusalem Christian Protest Pushes Israel to Allow Palestinian Teachers to Return
The Christian schools said Israel’s permit denials had come ‘suddenly and without notice,’ leaving them unable to prepare for the 2026-2027 school year.
‘A Weaponized Bureaucracy That Chills First Amendment Activity’
As the Trump administration claims ‘anti-Christian bias’ under Biden, activists and mainline Protestant denominations are pushing back against ‘church invasions by ICE.’
Review: How Western Christianity Got It Wrong
Native American author Randy Woodley traces how a brown man from Nazareth who never lost his connection to the whole community of creation became the poster child for empire-building and environmental destruction.
Raphael Warnock Has Done It. Adam Hamilton Wants to Follow as a Pastor-US Senator
In the past 100 years, only the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta has accomplished what Methodist pastor and Kansas Democratic nominee Adam Hamilton aspires to do: serve in the Senate while continuing to lead his congregation.
Two Pastors Detained, a Student Dead: Haitians in Ohio Turn to Faith Amid Fear of ICE
‘All I want is to see my husband back,’ said Denise Gedeon, whose pastor-husband, Joubert Adrien, was detained by ICE — one of two pastors arrested during a weekend that also brought a death, prayers, and vigils for a Haitian community under siege.
Wendell Berry, Writer and Farmer, Was Extolled by Many as a Modern-Day Prophet
His writings touched on conservation, community, and belonging, and he acquired legions of fans beyond environmental studies — including many scholars of religion.
Samaritan’s Purse Turns Down $300M From State Department for Humanitarian Relief
Franklin Graham, one of President Trump’s most stalwart evangelical allies, did not offer any reasons for rejecting the federal funds, which would have been used for ‘immediate life-saving assistance to people affected by natural disasters.’