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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 29, 2024
Contact: Jessica Felix Romero | jromero@sojo.net

Sojourners and SojoAction Applaud Senate Re-Introduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

Washington, D.C. — In response to the introduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act in the Senate, Sojourners and SojoAction President Rev. Adam Russell Taylor said:

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February 1, 2024
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Sojourners Applauds House Passage of the Wyden-Smith Child Tax Plan

Washington, D.C.—In response to the House passage of the bipartisan Wyden-Smith tax deal, Sojourners President Rev. Adam Russell Taylor said:

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January 18, 2024
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Sojourners Urges Passage of the Wyden-Smith Child Tax Credit Plan

Washington, D.C.—In response to the introduction of the bipartisan Wyden-Smith tax deal, Sojourners President Rev. Adam Russell Taylor said:

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October 9, 2023
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Sojourners Calls for Ceasefire in Israel and Palestine

Washington, D.C. — In response to Israel formally declaring war after attacks by Hamas, Sojourners released the following statement:

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September 29, 2023

Sojourners Stands Firmly Against Government Shutdown

Sojourners in the News

Source: NPR All Things Considered | Adrian Florido

The Reverend Adam Russell Taylor of Sojourners, a Christian social justice group, says the president was putting his finger on how commonly people wrap themselves in Dr. King's legacy for political expedience.

Source: Newsweek | Adam Russell Taylor

I grew up in the shadow of the civil rights struggle believing that my generation inherited the unfinished business of the civil rights movement. I failed to imagine the degree to which the struggle for voting rights would become part and parcel to that unfinished business. The health and future of democracy are facing their greatest test since the height of that struggle.

Source: Center for American Progress | Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons

The Center for American Progress interviewed one of the country’s most influential Christian leaders, the Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, in December 2021 via email in an effort to understand more about Christian political engagement at this moment in history—and find inspiration from influential historical leaders such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Source: The Dallas Morning News | Benjamin J. Dueholm

Melissa Florer-Bixler, a pastor writing in Sojourners, has a theory: pastors are joining the “Great Resignation,” burned out and overmatched by the ingrained attitudes and financial struggles of congregations. Despite the space in our national discussion taken up by huge churches and their leaders, Florer-Bixler points out that most churches in the U.S. are small. Their clergy are not famous or prominent. And many of those clergy, especially the younger ones, are experiencing “the incompatibility between the teachings of Jesus Christ and the practices of many who claim to follow him.”

Source: Baptist News Global | Adam Russell Taylor

The United States Congress is currently considering a series of bold investments in American families and communities that will better enable all of us to pursue our God-given potential while protecting the most vulnerable in our society. As a Baptist pastor and as a father, I urge our elected leaders to support these critical investments, which are both a moral and prudential imperative.