Sojourners
11/03/2005
Following the press conference today near the Senate floor, four prominent religious leaders and nearly 20 others walked in silence to the U. S. Capitol Rotunda and held an impromptu meeting with Speaker Dennis Hastert before a brief protest of public prayer.
Sojourners
10/19/2005
Jim Wallis, executive director of Sojourners and convener of Call to Renewal, praised Senate Agriculture Committee Chair, Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), today for saving the popular Food Stamp Program from nearly $574 million in spending cuts.
Sojourners
09/15/2005
On the first day of the World Summit, Jim Wallis led an interfaith delegation of nearly twenty American religious leaders in calling on the Bush Administration to join other nations in committing to end global poverty and fully embrace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). A memorial service, press conference and afternoon of prophetic preaching on the MDGs marked the first day of a three day vigil of prayer and fasting in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza in New York City this week.
Sojourners
07/27/2005
Washington, D.C. - (July 27, 2005) With a full page ad in today's <I>Roll Call, </I>Sojourners and Call to Renewal launch a faith-based, grassroots campaign seeking to broaden the congressional debate on proposals to protect and strengthen Social Security. Today's ad and the campaign to enlist thousands of people of faith throughout the country are titled: "Social Security: A Covenant for the Common Good."
Sojourners
06/30/2005
With growing crowds of the faithful praying in front of the Embassy of Sudan, Worship in the Spirit of Justice will focus this Sunday on the government of Sudan, urging its leaders to protect the defenseless in Darfur. Main Speaker: Rev. Rich Cizik, National Association of Evangelicals.
Sojourners
06/27/2005
In an historic gesture of unity, a distinguished and diverse delegation of U.S. religious leaders depart today for a transatlantic religious leaders' Forum on the upcoming G8 Summit. Over 35 British and American leaders of churches and faith-based organizations will gather this week in London for an ecumenical Forum to discuss, pray, and reflect on the tragedy of global poverty.
Sojourners
06/23/2005
In a historic moment of unity and commitment to reducing global poverty, a distinguished and diverse delegation of U.S. Religious Leaders will depart for a transatlantic religious leaders' forum on the G8 Summit
Sojourners
06/17/2005
<b>"Worship in the Spirit of Justice,"</b> an initiative to mobilize people of faith in MD, VA, and DC for five Sundays of public worship and political witness around the theme of justice and peace in Africa, especially in Darfur, Sudan.
Call to Renewal
05/31/2005
A gathering of leaders from across the country in our nation’s capital, the One Table conference will provide educational opportunities, strategy and training seminars, worship services and action in an effort to combat hunger and poverty in the United States and the world.
Sojourners
05/12/2005
Sojourner's benefit concert featuring entertainment by socially-conscious musician Carrie Newcomer. Jim Wallis, author of the <I>New York Times</I> best selling book <I>God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It</I>, and editor of Sojourners Magazine will bring a special message about progressive faith and politics.
Sojourners
03/18/2005
Washington, DC – March 18, 2005 – Thousands are expected to convene this weekend in churches, town halls and on street corners across the country for a series of more than 800 vigils to mourn and honor the lives lost in the war with Iraq. The nationwide vigils are being organized by Sojourners – a leading peace and justice organization in the progressive faith community since 1971 – with the support of local activists and MoveOn.Org, True Majority, Working Assets, and numerous other national grassroots and faith-based organizations.
Sojourners
03/16/2005
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Forty years ago last week, the world was shocked by images emanating from Selma, Alabama, where state troopers and local police attacked peaceful marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. John Lewis, a leader of the march and now a member of Congress, recently called the incident, which came to be known as "Bloody Sunday," a "pivotal moment" in the civil rights movement.
Sojourners
02/16/2005
Advocating "bridges not wedges," Mr. Wallis will speak on Sunday night to and for an ever-growing segment of the Christian church who feel their faith has been hijacked for political and ideological purposes, and who do not want to see Christian values reduced to the two hot-button issues of abortion and homosexuality.
Sojourners
10/22/2004
Because of a deep and growing concern about an emerging national "theology of war," the increasingly frequent language of "righteous empire," and official claims of "divine appointment" for a nation in a "war" on terrorism, more than 200 seminary and college professors have signed "Confessing Christ in a World of Violence."
Sojourners
10/13/2004
An independent study by an ethics professor at Fuller Theological Seminary who is also trained in statistical analysis finds that, contrary to popular assumption, abortion has risen in the U.S. during George W. Bush's presidency and that the increase is linked to economic policy.
Sojourners
10/11/2004
Sojourners Board Member Rev. Dr. Leah Gaskin Fitchue was inaugurated as the 16th president of Payne Theological Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio, on Wednesday, November 10. Dr. Fitchue is the first African-American female president of any institution in the 244-member Association of Theological Schools, and the first female president of any historically black theological seminary.
09/13/2004
Jim Wallis, executive director of Sojourners and convener of Call to Renewal, received the Religion Communicators Council's first-ever Winston Taylor Religious Communicator of Faith Award.
Sojourners
08/30/2004
More than 40 Christian leaders and 40,000 faithful citizens signed a petition declaring that "God is not a Republican...or a Democrat" and that the Religious Right does not speak for them.
Sojourners
04/24/2004
<i>Sojourners</i> magazine received the gold award (first place) at the annual Folio awards for the Best Religious/Spiritual magazine of 2003. Folio — the national magazine publishers’ trade organization — evaluates each entry "on how well it articulates and adheres to its editorial mission statement.
Sojourners
04/21/2004
<i>Sojourners</i> magazine received 13 awards at the Associated Church Press annual convention in Toronto this week including Best in Class for ecumenical magazine. <i>Sojourners</i> received four awards of excellence (first place), four awards of merit (second place), and five honorable mentions.
