Truth-Telling in Greenwood
This issue of A Public Witness explores how challenging White supremacy and Christian Nationalism requires both honesty and repair.
Stopping the ‘Jezebel Spirit’
This issue of A Public Witness looks at the origins of the unbiblical phrase ‘Jezebel Spirit’ and the danger it poses in today’s politics.
Lausanne Movement Offers a Breath of Fresh Air to Arab Evangelicals
Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab documents how a leading evangelical group recently took a bold step away from pro-Trump American evangelicals.
Bring Your Pets to Church, Haitian Immigrant Priest Tells Worshippers. ‘I Am Not Going To Eat Them … I Will Bless Them.”
At St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Rev. Jean Beniste, a Haitian immigrant and Episcopal priest turned internet curses into blessings during an annual blessing of the animals, held in honor of St. Francis.
Mark Robinson May No Longer Be the Headliner. But NC Evangelicals Still Back Him.
Last week it was revealed that Robinson had posted regularly at a porn site called Nude Africa. In those posts he called himself a “Black NAZI,” praised Hitler’s book “Mein Kampf,” and wrote “(s)lavery is not bad.
William Barber Joins Faith Leaders at Vigil in Springfield to Defend Haitian Migrants
'It's gone on far too long, and we won't be silent anymore,' said civil rights champion the Rev. William Barber II.
The Fundamentalist Roots of Trump and Vance’s Nativist Attacks on Immigrants
Contributing writer Rodney Kennedy connects recent racist rhetoric aimed at immigrants to the early 20th-century Baptist pastor J. Frank Norris.
Loving Our Neighbors Means Not Lying About Them
This issue of A Public Witness treks to Ohio to consider how Christians have been supporting Haitian immigrants before and since the vile politics of the past week.
Haitians in Ohio Find Solidarity at Church After Chaotic Week of False Pet-Eating Claims
The viral racist rumors are being fueled primarily by former President Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance, and violent threats against the community are upending daily life in Springfield.
Ferguson Activist Raised in the Black Church Showed Pastors How to Aid Young Protesters
Brittany Packnett-Cunningham’s rise to be one of her generation’s best-known racial justice activists reflects the promise and power of the ministry of her late father, who was senior pastor of St. Louis’ historic Central Baptist Church.