When Churches Bear False Witness in a Political Campaign
Numerous churches across Missouri have decorated their lawns for the political season this year. Yet the signs proudly posted by many are quite deceptive when it comes to abortion and transgender people.
One of the Largest UMC Churches in the Country Just Voted to Leave the Denomination
Highland Park United Methodist Church is locked in a bitter battle with the denomination’s regional body over issues of governance, not theological differences.
Sunday Night Rally at Church in Doug Wilson’s Denomination Targets Adam Hamilton’s Faith
Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall is a longtime mainline Protestant. But on Sunday, he joined numerous rightwing evangelical pastors in attacking the United Methodist Church.
Hispanic Evangelicals Are Turning on Trump. But Will They Vote for Democrats?
In the absence of strong outreach from the Democratic Party, it’s an open question whether Hispanic evangelicals defecting from Trump will hold their nose to vote for Democrats or Republicans — or whether they’ll sit the race out altogether.
Florida Churches Turn Backpack Drives Into a Gateway to Immigration Advocacy
Beyond supporting families in distress, the group hopes to activate Christians — especially White or English-speaking evangelicals — who have been sitting on the sidelines in aiding immigrants as mass deportations have ramped up.
Black Church Leaders Broaden Voter Outreach Ahead of Midterm Elections
‘We have to try to make it so big it can't be rigged,’ Michigan Baptist leader the Rev. James C. Perkins said of voter turnout efforts.
Congregants Celebrate the Reconstruction of One of America’s Oldest Black Churches
Hundreds of residents gathered for a community-wide re-dedication of the original First Baptist Church of Williamsburg, which was established in 1776 by enslaved and free African Americans in defiance of laws that prevented them from congregating.
For the First Time, a Catholic Archbishop Sues Trump Over Access to Immigrant Detainees
The lawsuit, from Archbishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski along with the Archdiocese of St. Louis, accused the Department of Homeland Security and ICE of instituting policies that violate 'core constitutional values.'
Clergy Rally for Voting Rights, Against Gerrymandering at Start of Interfaith Bus Tour
This issue of A Public Witness drives over to the opening stop of the 2026 'The Vote Is Sacred Tour' at a Missouri church that’s seen firsthand the efforts this year to distort elections and dilute the voting power of Black communities.
Bishop Mariann Budde, in New Election Ad, Urges People to Vote
'I am asking for your courage to love your neighbor, to respect the dignity of every human being, and now, to vote,' Budde says in the new ad, which references her headline-grabbing sermon to President Donald Trump last year.