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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

Shooting at the Family Research Council Offices
Posted by Tim King 43 weeks 6 days ago
Another senseless act of violence today was targeted at the Family Research Council. A security guard is now in stable condition at a local hospital after being shot in the arm by a 28-year-old...
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Is Michelle Obama a 'Missional' Christian?
Posted by Tim King 49 weeks 5 days ago
With approval ratings a good 15 points higher than her husband, there are probably some strategists wishing they could run the Michelle Obama re-election campaign right now. While the White House...
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Former Barclays CEO Feels 'Responsible,' Not 'Culpable'
Posted by Tim King 49 weeks 6 days ago
The WSJ is reporting today on the testimony of Robert Diamond, the recently resigned CEO of Barclay’s before the British Parliament:"A day after abruptly resigning amid a mushrooming scandal over...
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What is Post-Candidate Politics?
Posted by Tim King 1 year 8 weeks 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 1 year 8 weeks 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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Articles by Tim King

Retelling the Story
July 1, 2012

Chicago's North Park offers a model for honest conversation.

A Gospel Takeover
August 1, 2011

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

Going Green
January 1, 2009