A new survey from Nashville-based LifeWay Research shows most pastors discuss domestic violence from the pulpit once a year or less even though they know people affected by it.
Source: The Tennessean | Heidi Hall| June 27, 2014
Source: Politico | Seung Min Kim| June 26, 2014
Vice President Joe Biden had a clear message for immigration advocates in a private meeting Thursday: We’re not giving Congress the “red card” on reform.
Source: Religion News Service | Rachel Marie Stone| June 26, 2014
Among the most difficult sessions at the Sojourners Summit last week was the panel on gun violence.
There are more than 30,000 gun-related deaths in the US every year. As one member of the Summit panel pointed out, if there was a virus killing that many, wouldn’t we all be scrambling to find a cure?
Source: Wall Street Journal | Reid Epstein, Laura Meckler| June 26, 2014
A day after Congress’s biggest cheerleader for immigration legislation declared the effort dead, Vice President Joe Biden insisted it is still alive.
Source: Politico | Seung Min Kim| June 25, 2014
Vice President Joe Biden is convening a private meeting Thursday with immigration reform advocates, according to two people familiar with the invitations.
Source: Huffington Post | Grace Ji-Sun Kim| June 25, 2014
Sojourners, a national Christian organization, is celebrating more than 40 years of faith in action for social justice. It has become an important movement within Christianity as it continues to "inspire hope and build a movement to transform individuals, communities, the church and the world." Recently, Sojourners has taken on crucial issues such as the global economic crisis, health-care reform, immigration reform, climate change, racial justice and issues of gender.
Source: Religion News Service | Rachel Marie Stone| June 24, 2014
Last week I was in Washington, D.C., for the inaugural Summit for Change, created by Sojourners, to which, incidentally, you really ought to subscribe if you are a person of faith (or even if you’re not) who cares about social justice.
Source: Religion New Service | Amanda Greene| June 24, 2014
Words and music are the stock-in-trade at most Christian festivals, but the Wild Goose Festival is adding another component: the visual arts.
Source: Religion News Service | Rachel Marie Stone| June 23, 2014
It wouldn’t be exactly true to say that I spent a year and a half in Malawi, Africa, because of Nicholas Kristof, but it wouldn’t be entirely wrong, either.
Source: The Cap Times | Phil Haslanger| June 22, 2014
The good news is that this is a fictional scenario. Most pastors these days are at least a bit wiser both theologically and practically in how they deal with someone facing domestic violence. That’s one result from a groundbreaking survey released last week by Sojourners, a national Christian social justice organization.
Source: The Capital Times (Madison) | Phil Haslanger| June 22, 2014
Most pastors these days are at least a bit wiser both theologically and practically in how they deal with someone facing domestic violence. That’s one result from a groundbreaking survey released last week by Sojourners, a national Christian social justice organization.
Source: Urban Christian News| June 22, 2014
On a brighter side, 80% of faith leaders state that they would take the right steps in trying to reduce the violence if they were given the right training and resources to properly serve their congregations. “This is a conversation the church needs to be having but isn’t,” said Jim Wallis, president and founder of faith and social justice advocacy group Sojourners. “We cannot remain silent when our sisters and brothers live under the threat of violence in their homes and communities.”
Source: Winnipeg Free Press | John Longhurst| June 21, 2014
Is the church in Canada in danger of being persecuted?
That's what Bob Kuhn, president of Trinity Western University, maintains. In an interview in ChristianWeek, Kuhn stated that the opposition to Trinity Western's proposed law school could mark the beginning of "a new era of persecution" against the church in Canada.
Source: Womens eNews| June 20, 2014
Pastors, considering themselves not equipped to respond, often fail to address domestic and sexual violence appropriately, according to a June 19 IMA World Health report. Seventy-five percent of Protestant pastors underestimate the amount of violence occurring in their communities and rarely speak out about the issue, according to a LifeWay survey, but 80 percent said they would take action if they had the resources.
Source: Time Magazine (online) | Jim Wallis| June 18, 2014
When considering what's next after graduation, think of others.
Source: The Gazette (Colorado Springs) | Paul Marshall| June 18, 2014
For at least three reasons, the contemporary persecution of Christians demands attention: It is occurring on a massive scale, it is underreported, and in many parts of the world it is rapidly growing.
Source: Think Progress | Jack Jenkins| June 17, 2014
Members of the United Church of Christ’s (UCC) mid-Atlantic conference voted to boycott the Washington Redskins football team this weekend, the latest in a series of efforts by local faith communities to pressure the club to change its controversial name.
Source: Huffington Post | Antonia Blumberg, Yasmine Hafiz| June 17, 2014
Using faith to promote social justice
Source: Melissa Harris-Perry| June 14, 2014
Jim Wallis, president and founder of Sojourners, joins Melissa Harris-Perry to talk about illegal immigration, the influx of child migrants along the U.S. border, and why it’s a moral, ethical and Christian issue.
Source: Morning Joe| June 13, 2014
Rev. Jim Wallis joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book “The (UN)Common Good: How the Gospel Brings Hope to a World Divided.” Rev. Wallis also discusses immigration reform.