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Al-Taybeh is home to the 5th-century Church of St. George, still in use by the indigenous Palestinian Christian community. Recently, Israeli settlers attempted to set it ablaze. For our latest Voices piece, @xabueid writes powerfully about what it means. wordandway.org/2025/07/14/one…

My report from biennial gathering of @AmericanBaptist: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/american-bap…

US Department of Homeland Security co-opted Isaiah 6 to justify using militarized force to hunt immigrants. Such a grotesque twisting of Scripture. youtube.com/shorts/q45Mv6J…

Our news roundup is here early for the holiday weekend! It features insights from @robertpjones, @angela_denker, @AmandaTylerBJC, @DrewStrait, @mcasey1, @mboorstein, @fiona_ndre, @emlybelz, and more. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/weekly-round…

Nice to see coverage of anti-slavery doc by Northern (now American) Baptist ministers: wordandway.org/2025/07/03/a-v… Of course, American Baptists aren't just historical. They're meeting this week in Omaha. Hope media will cover it. Not all Baptists are Southern: baptistnews.com/article/news-f…

Today’s issue of A Public Witness features a guest essay from @DrewStrait centered on four creative proposals to disrupt Christian Nationalism within a distinctively Christian vernacular. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/how-to-chall…

Our latest book review from @drbobcornwall covers the retelling of American religious history found in Thomas A. Tweed’s “Religion in the Lands That Became America: A New History” from @yalepress. wordandway.org/2025/07/01/rev…

The co-founder of the Prayers for Peace Alliance makes the case that Johnnie Moore, the recently appointed chairman of the embattled Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, is getting away with using the Gospel to justify genocide. wordandway.org/2025/07/01/whe…

It was great to join Pete & Jared on "the only other God-ordained podcast on the Internet." Appreciate the chance to talk "for normal people" about #ChristianNationalism & 'Baptizing America' thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-60-bea…

Grateful for the voice of @BrianKaylor: "Even in a time of wars and rumors of wars, may we hold up the prophetic dream of an end to war. And may we also stand up against those who do violence to Scripture in order to justify violence against people." publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/operation-ma…

“It’s up to us and our churches and in our conversations to roundly reject violence in all forms as being against the gospel, as against anything that Jesus ever stood for,” explained @AmandaTylerBJC of @BJContheHill. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/cooperative-…

“The tendency that I wanted to guard against is this tendency that I see over and over again in White Christian spaces. It’s this tendency to want to immediately distance ourselves from that which we would consider abhorrent or problematic.” @angela_denker publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/cooperative-…

Today’s issue of A Public Witness takes you inside the recent @cbfinfo annual gathering to consider how Christians can speak truthfully about the past and speak truth to power today. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/cooperative-…

My report on the incredible speakers at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship general assembly: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/cooperative-…

Our roundup features insights from @karavoght, @BJContheHill, @kathsstewart, @CTJillNelson, @CheyannaMarie97, and more! (8/8) publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/weekly-round…

For our newsletter’s Quick Take this week, @BrianKaylor addresses the trend of Christian Nationalists getting upset that some Christians are caring for immigrants. (7/x) publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/weekly-round…

A busy news week has officially ushered us into summer. Check out our latest roundup for all the best journalism covering religion in one convenient place. (1/x) publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/weekly-round…