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"We hereby charge Jefferson Beauregard Sessions...professing member and/or active participant of Ashland Place United Methodist Church and Clarendon United Methodist Church, with the chargeable offenses of: child abuse...immorality...racial discrimination"
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Being a citizen of a society requires work from everyone within that society, writes Courtney Ariel. It is up to you whether you choose to acknowledge the work that is yours to do.
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When love is the way, poverty will become history. When love is the way, the Earth will be a sanctuary. When love is the way, there's plenty good room—plenty good room—for all God's children. @PB_Curry
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12 Christians were arrested while reading #2000verses about poverty and justice and praying in the Hart Senate Office Building.
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Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, died today at age 83. "To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go," wrote Oliver in 1983.
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Jesus is Lord. That is our foundational confession. If Jesus is Lord, then Caesar is not. We will not be silent. #ReclaimJesus [Full video and statement at ]
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The first in our US in the World Presidential Candidate Interview Series: Our interview with @AndrewYang covers everything from artificial intelligence to @DepecheMode . Watch his conversation with @EliseLabott now! #USintheWorld2020
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2020 candidate @AndrewYang breaks down the biggest challenges he'd take on as president, including the climate crisis, crumbling infrastructure, and how AI and automation will fundamentally change the global economy
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"I believe you." A message from faith leaders for survivors. Watch the full video here View more messages from faith leaders and resources for your church at
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Rev. William Barber II said Sen. Joe Manchin is committing “political violence” toward those experiencing poverty and who’ve financially struggled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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"My target audience is a 15-year-old kid, male or female or transgender, who is in his/her/their bedroom, wondering if God loves them and if there’s a place for them in the church,” @JamesMartinSJ told Sojourners.
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"The men who make up the fab five aren’t just comforting and caressing — they’re ministering."
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"Love your neighbor! The one you don't like, and the one you do!" @PB_Curry #ReclaimJesus
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The #FlintWaterCrisis photo everyone needs to see. Old pipes vs. new pipes in #Flint
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"'Christianity has been co-opted by people who have a political agenda, and have a very particular narrative that is steeped in racism, and classism, and sexism, and all of these other forms of oppression,' she tells me."
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The day before Taylor Schumann's bridal shower, she was at work when a young man came in with a gun and a plan to kill as many people as possible. Schumann was forced to flee to a closet, where she discovered her left hand had been mangled by bullets.
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"Seven years ago this month, Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old high school student, was shot and killed in Sanford, Fla." writes @jimwallis . "What does the killing of Trayvon Martin and its aftermath tell us about the United States today"
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It’s not enough to protest one policy as though it's an isolated act and the rest of it is acceptable. We must challenge the supremacy that underlies it, the heartlessness that enacts it, and the religious perversion that blesses it.
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1/ #GOPTaxBill passage will create a shift in the social safety net as we have known it, and it will signal a change that government will no longer care for the needs of the poor — the criteria that the biblical prophets demand of all those who rule.
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"In 2017 ... We articulated the need for Christians to engage in honest and courageous theological reflection in the face of the threat posed by his leadership. Over the last three years, the need for such discernment has grown more urgent."
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Who is God for you? #MyGodis
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"Logic itself will not lead me to God, but my love of the world and my gratitude to it will." @StephenAtHome
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"The Christ I serve did not sit idly by in times like these—in eras like this one, inaction is a sin." @MsPackyetti
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Bonhoeffer's first warning about the dangers of a leader who makes an idol of himself came in a radio address delivered in February 1933, just two days after Hitler took office.
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"Denis Mukwege, a doctor who helps victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State, won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday."
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"For the vast majority of us — Christian or not — the religious nationalism Trump binge drinks when he’s feeling politically vulnerable is really bad," writes @wilsonhartgrove .
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Catholics not only contributed to the platform for the so-called alt-righters who terrorized Charlottesville and killed Heather Heyer, but are leaders and even founders of the most dangerous neo-Nazi groups in existence, writes Eric Martin.
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"When has a forced mass deportation been interpreted as anything less than a tyrannical act of oppression?"
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"The Trump administration’s assassination of Iran’s Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani on Thursday is a massive foreign policy blunder — one that takes away the power of the American people."
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"What’s the point of Christianity if during a historic refugee crisis, Christians refuse to protect, accept, and help refugees?"
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"We are responsible for identifying the victimized—not rejecting their existence." @mikta
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"You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." - Deuteronomy 10:19
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"There have been times when I have confused the kingdom of God with the American way of life..but the kingdom of God is not the same as America, and our nation is subject to the judgment of God just as much as any other nation." Remembering Billy Graham.
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God is not glorified by xenophobia. God is not glorified by sexism. God is not glorified by systemic racism.
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"Jesus was the first activist that I knew, and the first organizer that I knew, and the first example of how to be in service to people." - @TaranaBurke , Founder of #MeToo
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. @Sandi will lead Sojourners’ dynamic brand of Christian social justice news and commentary, continuing to grow Sojourners’ readership and further expanding our voice and strengthen our talented team of writers, editors, videographers, and strategists.
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“Without swift accountability, the harm done to our people will only grow worse.”
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Instead of saying all lives matter, Jesus said, “Samaritan lives matter.” Instead of saying all lives matter, Jesus said, “Children’s lives matter.” Instead of saying all lives matter, Jesus said, “Gentile lives matter.”
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Jesus loves everyone. But he went out of his way to intentionally help specific groups of people—the alienated, mistreated, and those facing injustice.
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After losing the race for governor of Georgia in 2018, Stacey Abrams aimed higher—and took on the system of voter suppression that she faced in the process.
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"Why is it politically viable to ask workers to choose between life and livelihood, and unimaginable to ask the very rich to live with a lesser version of more money than can be spent in a lifetime?"
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This is a call to confront the broken system that is Colonial Christianity. Violent, abusive, racist, xenophobic, sexist, homophobic, ignorant, corrupt, and legalistic, it looks nothing like Christ.
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Bonhoeffer argued, “As much as the Christian would like to remain distant from political struggle, nonetheless, even here the commandment of love urges the Christian to stand up for his neighbor.”
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Do you believe the charge given in #Matthew25 ? Take the pledge:
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"Jesus promises: Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me. Attempts to excuse human rights abuses committed against some people are thus not just unconstitutional — they assault God by denigrating and desecrating that divine, indwelling spark."
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"Bonhoeffer argued, 'As much as the Christian would like to remain distant from political struggle, nonetheless, even here the commandment of love urges the Christian to stand up for his neighbor.'"
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BREAKING NEWS: The United Methodist Church has adopted new language to its social principles, affirming the “right to legal abortion” and denouncing state bans.
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God is not glorified by xenophobia. God is not glorified by sexism. God is not glorified by systemic racism.
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When Jesus went to Egypt, Safe on his mother’s arm, His parents stayed beside him To keep him safe from harm. And when they crossed the border, They were allowed to be Together – seeking refuge – A Holy Family.
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"Many Christians are wary of participating in social justice because of a deep-rooted fear of being labeled 'liberal,' 'progressive,' or 'secular.' ... But the Bible tells us that Jesus cared deeply about the social causes around him."
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BREAKING: A report released today concluded that Jean Vanier founded the first L’Arche community primarily as a cover for a secretive religious sect.
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350+ Christian leaders have signed onto a statement denouncing white supremacy, Neo-nazism, & xenophobia as sin.
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White American Christianity relies on apathy, avoidance, and outright denial in its efforts to preserve its self-righteousness.
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As the news of @repjohnlewis 's death reaches us, these words from our @revadamtaylor ring true: "He is known as a civil rights icon, the conscience of the Congress, and, according to Congressman Jim Clyburn, 'the most courageous person I have ever met.'"
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Bonhoeffer argued, “As much as the Christian would like to remain distant from political struggle, nonetheless, even here the commandment of love urges the Christian to stand up for his neighbor.”
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Christians shouldn’t extoll the virtues of being a citizen in heaven if they’re willing to deny people a citizenship on earth.
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"There may be political reasons to deport immigrants, but there are no theological ones."
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"Jesus has left your church when a woman is assaulted, but only men are allowed to speak publicly about it."
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Bonhoeffer argued, “As much as the Christian would like to remain distant from political struggle, nonetheless, even here the commandment of love urges the Christian to stand up for his neighbor.”
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"This is an ungodly wall, being pushed by an ungodly man, for deeply ungodly reasons, and we must make it clear that we as Christians will never allow it to be built on our watch," writes @jimwallis .
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And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift upsword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.  #thoughtsprayersaction #MarchForOurLives
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Teach us how to be people who stand against it again and again... Teach us to be brave, we pray, When we have no idea what it looks like. Amen. @KaitlinCurtice
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"Many Christians are wary of participating in social justice because of a deep-rooted fear of being labeled 'liberal,' 'progressive,' or 'secular' ... But the Bible tells us that Jesus cared deeply about the social causes around him."
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"There are moments when we are also called to name and critique religious hypocrisy, particularly when leaders misuse and abuse their moral authority to prop up and provide cover to immoral leadership."
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"The reality, of course, is that white men (and many white women, for that matter) are gonna’ white men their way into retaining power at all costs. That’s how this works: Fear of losing power will justify an assortment of ills."
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"We are responsible for identifying with the victimized—not rejecting their existence." @mikta
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"We should encourage families to talk honestly about what the history of Native peoples has looked like in the United States. We should be talking about what our history books are missing."
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I'm with them. I'm with them. I'm with them.
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Eugene Debs directed his critique of Christian churches not at their faith in the Gospels, but their failure to follow them, writes Fran Quigley.
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Pope Francis has called for this to be a day of prayer for creation. May we pray with our words and our actions.
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Slavery was legal. The removal of Native Americans was legal. The Holocaust was legal. Segregation was legal.
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Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch, or weep— Tend your sick ones— Soothe your suffering ones— Shield your joyous ones. Amen.
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Scrolling through the moving testimonies here on Twitter feels like attending an online memorial service. Many are calling this online community her church; @rachelheldevans had been their pastor.
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"Many Republican leaders will invoke Dr. King on Monday but I wish more of them had considered his words before voting on impeachment. King’s vision of beloved community is the antithesis of the dystopian vision of 'Make America Great Again.'"
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New look. New voices. Same commitment: faith in action for social justice. See it all at .
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"We can't have single-issue struggles because we don't live single-issue lives." @lsarsour quoting #AudreLorde #SummitforChange
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"Christians who see no alternatives to putting people into camps, not only lack political and theological imagination, they make these policies, behaviors, and language theologically permissible."
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"Twitter is not a religious institution, and @Lin_Manuel does not use religious language. But he speaks the way a priest would, using words almost liturgical in their cadence, giving a high priestly blessing every morning and every evening."
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These were tactics used to undermine the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. when he served as a pastor of Ebenezer Baptist in the ’60s — and they’re what Warnock faces today during his campaign for one of Georgia’s seats in the U.S. Senate.
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"You can't love your neighbor or even your enemy, unless you love your neighbor's oxygen, food, and water.” @LaytonEWilliams chats with @MargaretAtwood , one of our top-read interviews of 2017:
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2/ 91% of Congress members claim to be Christian. We'll be tweeting out some of the more than #2000verses in Scripture that reference justice & treatment of the poor. Retweet these to your senators to remind them. List of senators' handles here:
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"The brutal irony is that to the extent there are struggling neighborhoods in Baltimore, they are largely a result of more than a century of racist and unjust policies explicitly designed to segregate and marginalize people of color."
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"Many Christians ignore environmental issues because they don’t view it as an important faith-related concern — but what if environmentalism was essential to evangelism?"
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"When thousands of people are on the move, may we be moved to listen to the messages they are bringing. May we not fear the voices through whom God is revealing God's self."
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