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Considered a long shot when he first jumped into the U.S. Senate race in Kansas, the Rev. Adam Hamilton, a United Methodist megachurch pastor, narrowly led in the polls as Election Day approached.

This issue of A Public Witness explores the threats of federal immigration agents monitoring polling sites and how some pastors of churches covered by an injunction blocking warrantless DHS actions are preparing to respond.

Numerous churches across Missouri have decorated their lawns for the political season this year. Yet the signs proudly posted by many are quite deceptive when it comes to abortion and transgender people.

We are excited to announce a new book unpacking seven types of misuses of Scripture by influential preachers and politicians pushing Christian Nationalism today, officially out Oct. 7 from Chalice Press and available for pre-order now.

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Rowe praised the efforts of the southern Virginia diocese’s Bishop Susan Haynes and the Rev. Jan M. Brown, who led the effort.

This issue of A Public Witness explores the threats of federal immigration agents monitoring polling sites and how some pastors of churches covered by an injunction blocking warrantless DHS actions are preparing to respond.

After 113 years, a Missouri Baptist organization serving retried individuals will cease operations. Baptist Homes & Healthcare Ministries (formerly known as The Baptist Home) will close five retirement home facilities, transfer two of its facilities to another ministry, and then close as a ministry.

Nation

Considered a long shot when he first jumped into the U.S. Senate race in Kansas, the Rev. Adam Hamilton, a United Methodist megachurch pastor, narrowly led in the polls as Election Day approached.

A lawsuit sought to have the court declare that state officials’ denials violated constitutional rights under the First and 14th Amendments as well as rights under the Iowa Civil Rights Act and Iowa Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Democrat Haley Stevens stunned party officials Sunday by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers after attending a Detroit church service with him.

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The Christian Nationalist movement is relatively new in Britain but has caused concern, including among bishops who have tried to disassociate the established Church of England from it, following large demonstrations and some well-known far-right, anti-migrant activists saying that they have become Christians.

Pope Leo XIV once again stressed that God does not promote war and called for the protection of human dignity and life, during the last day of his papal visit to France on Monday (Sept. 28).

The group, which included a religious adviser to Trump, sent a letter to Trump officials — an unusual instance of evangelical leaders urging the administration to change course.

Editorials

Kansas has long been known as the launching pad for a fantasy story about the “Wizard of Oz.” But last night, the Sunflower State provided the setting for a show even more bizarre than one about witches, flying monkeys, and a talking (and singing) lion, scarecrow, and tin man.

Editor-in-Chief Brian Kaylor unpacks a significant problem with a proposed resolution for consideration at the 2026 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.

The choice of ‘Two Chronicles’ is not a coincidence.

Word&Way Voices

Americans are obsessed with violence in our popular culture. And The Trump Show bears all the identifying marks of a TV drama increasing the brutality in an attempt to boost ratings and keep the program alive.

The executive director of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society commemorates the 1776 Dissenters’ Petition of Ten Thousand Names and connects it to our religious freedom struggles today.

Can we bypass the end times by becoming worthy of God’s love and presence — and does the Bible show that all prophecy is set in stone? Maybe we should ask Jonah.

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This issue of A Public Witness explores the threats of federal immigration agents monitoring polling sites and how some pastors of churches covered by an injunction blocking warrantless DHS actions are preparing to respond.

Numerous churches across Missouri have decorated their lawns for the political season this year. Yet the signs proudly posted by many are quite deceptive when it comes to abortion and transgender people.

Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall is a longtime mainline Protestant. But on Sunday, he joined numerous rightwing evangelical pastors in attacking the United Methodist Church.

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For those who've been told they must choose between evolution and faith, this book offers a third way: understanding our complete biological story while honoring our spiritual identity.

Tracing the events of Jesus's life as told in the Bible and the rhythms of the church year, pastor and theologian Kenneth Tanner invites us to recapture our wonder that God has become human.

As a scholar and disability rights advocate, Amy Kenny illuminates aspects of our own lives, our congregations, and our society that continue to harm our neighbors living with disabilities and hold all of us back from enjoying true community.

From the founding fathers to the rise of Christian Nationalism, this new book from Michael E. Heyes reveals how America's centuries-long obsession with evil has shaped — and endangered — the United States.