Media Advisories & Press Releases
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Friday, December 13, 2024
Contact: J.K. Granberg-Michaelson | jk@sojo.net
Sojourners Urges Senators to Carefully Consider Donald Trump’s Nomination of Kash Patel to Lead Federal Bureau of Investigation
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Sojourners President Adam Taylor made the following statement:
Washington, D.C. — Sojourners has promoted Betsy Shirley to the position of editor in chief of Sojourners to lead the print magazine, sojo.net, and multimedia content. This move follows Betsy’s service as editor of sojo.net since summer 2022.
Sojourners President Adam Taylor made the following statement regarding this move:
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May 24, 2024
Contact: Jessica Felix Romero| jromero@sojo.net
Sojourners Opposes Farm Bill Legislation That Would Increase Hunger and Nutrition Issues
Washington, D.C. – In response to the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, which was introduced by House Agriculture Committee Chair GT Thompson, Sojourners and SojoAction President Rev. Adam Russell Taylor said:
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May 16, 2024
Contact: Jessica Felix Romero | jromero@sojo.net
Sojourners and Partner Organizations Launch ‘A Call to Civic Discipleship’ to Foster Healthy Christian Engagement in Politics
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:
Sojourners in the News
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: 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: 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.