The church cannot be silent — but what should it say?
Author and Columbia Seminary professor William Yoo urges people of faith to speak against White Christian nationalism.
Harriet Riley is a New Orleans-based freelance nonfiction writer. She taught creative writing for many years. Harriet recently published articles in 64 Parishes and Bourbon Plus. She has her MA in print journalism from UT Austin. A lifelong Presbyterian, she is an active member at St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Author and Columbia Seminary professor William Yoo urges people of faith to speak against White Christian nationalism.
The Texas Presbyterian and state representative has spoken publicly about how his Christian faith shapes his challenge to Christian nationalism.
Multi-faith clergy in the Dallas–Fort Worth area are providing pastoral care, bearing witness, and organizing resistance as asylum seekers are detained during routine ICE check-ins.
More than 1,000 clergy — including Presbyterians — gathered in Minneapolis for a multifaith conference, protest and public witness. “We can transform the pain we feel into purpose.”
More than 8,000 clergy and faith organizers gathered online, urging senators to oppose renewed DHS funding and to “pray with their feet.”
After an ICE agent killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, Presbyterian congregations across the Twin Cities are mobilizing — through interfaith partnerships, legal observer training and public witness.
After two years of work, a PC(USA) committee says a new confession is taking shape amid prayer, debate and hope for renewal.
“People have said to me, ‘I didn’t know churches could do good things.’” In Portland, clergy are showing up daily to support immigrants and witness to hope at the ICE site.
‘We are seeing the need increase greatly.’
PC(USA) churches seek to balance hospitality and inclusion amid new security concerns.
Chicago Presbyterian pastors report pepper spray, rubber bullets and escalating force at ICE’s Broadview facility. Faith leaders demand accountability.
“Hope after Helene” brought North Carolina neighbors together for healing, reflection, and community — with music, art, resources, and a keynote on deep hope from David LaMotte.
Churches and other nonprofits prepare for unrest, model faithful ways to support immigrants and city residents.
For the first time in six years, Presbyterian youth and young adults gathered in person to dream about the future of the church — and their role in it.
D.C. churches unite against heightened federal policing, defending vulnerable neighbors and calling for justice over fear-based governance.
20 years after Katrina, St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church continues to rebuild hope in New Orleans and beyond.
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