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Tim King

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Tim King is the Director of Communications at Sojourners.  Tim is a graduate of North Park University in Chicago with degrees in both Theology and Philosophy. After graduation, he worked for the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) as an organizer on the South Side of Chicago. Tim ran campaigns around food access, school funding reform, ex-offender issues, and youth homelessness.  He developed and implemented organizing curriculums forhigh school to graduate level classes. After a brief stint as a campaign consultant, Tim came on staff with Sojourners in 2008.

Tim has been a guest on many radio shows and podcasts and has been interviewed for various print and online publications including ABC News, the BBC, TIME, CNN, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, and the Daily Beast. He blogs regularly about the intersection of faith and politics.

You can follow Tim on Twitter at www.twitter.com/tmking. 

Blog Posts by Tim King

What is Post-Candidate Politics?
Posted by Tim King 4 weeks 3 days ago
For a lot of voters, President Barack Obama’s tenure hasn’t turned out quite as they hoped. On the other side, the presumptive GOP nominee, Gov. Mitt Romney, isn’t the candidate that many voters seem...
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Ryan Budget is a Present-Day 'Hunger Games'
Posted by Tim King 4 weeks 3 days ago
Melissa Boteach of Half-in-Ten—the campaign to cut poverty in half in 10 years—is using the Katniss defense against the Ryan budget cuts.The world that Suzanne Collins paints in the The Hunger Games...
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Lobbyists Spend A Lot of Money to Make Your Taxes Confusing
Posted by Tim King 4 weeks 5 days ago
I finished up my taxes last night. I didn’t think much of the hour I spent on the phone with my dad making sure I filed correctly. Taxes are always complicated, right?Well, maybe that’s because the...
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Q Conference - Ross Douthat: A Conservative in the Belly of the 'Beast'
Posted by Tim King 5 weeks 3 days ago
Just a few years ago, Ross Douthat earned the distinction of becoming the youngest regular columnist the New York Times has ever employed. He also has the unique position of being a conservative...
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Q Conference Brings Together Christian Leaders
Posted by Tim King 5 weeks 4 days ago
The annual Q conference has begun. In it’s 5th year, the conference has come to Washington, D.C. and brought together about 700 thought, spiritual and cultural Christian leaders.Modeled after...
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Articles by Tim King

A Gospel Takeover
August 1, 2011

One.Life: Jesus Calls, We Follow, by Scot McKnight. Zondervan.

Going Green
January 1, 2009
Election 2012