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Creating better Christian conversations since 1896. We produce an award-winning magazine, podcast, website, & more. Editor-in-Chief: @BrianKaylor

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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/on…

One of the Last Remaining Christian Villages in Palestine Is Under Attack - Word&Way

Unless the international community acts decisively and swiftly, Al-Taybeh risks being overrun by Israeli settlers, its lands confiscated, and its people forcibly displaced.

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My report from biennial gathering of @AmericanBaptist: publicwitness.wordandway.org…

American Baptists Confront Past and Present Injustices

A volunteer installing new shelving in a church closet in Massachusetts recently discovered a significant 178-year-old document previously lost for over a hundred years.

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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/q45Mv6JPj…

Department of Homeland Security co-opts Isaiah 6 to justify militar...

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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…

Weekly Roundup: July 3

We’re wrapping up the week a bit early to grill some hot dogs and watch some fireworks.

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Nice to see coverage of anti-slavery doc by Northern (now American) Baptist ministers: wordandway.org/2025/07/03/a-… 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…

A Volunteer Finds the Holy Grail of Abolitionist-Era Baptist Documents in Massachusetts - Word&Way

The resolution shines a spotlight on a critical moment in the history of the Baptist church, signed two years after the issue of slavery prompted southern Baptists to split from northern Baptists and...

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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…

How to Challenge MAGA’s Biblical Authoritarianism

Below is a guest essay from Drew Strait, an associate professor of New Testament and Christian origins at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Indiana and author of Strange Worship.

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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/re…

Review: Religion in the Lands That Became America - Word&Way

In this new book, Thomas A. Tweed offers a sweeping retelling of American religious history that shows how religion has enhanced and hindered human flourishing from the Ice Age to the Information Age.

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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/wh…

When Humanitarian Aid Becomes a Death Trap: A Christian Response to the Betrayal of Gaza - Word&Way

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...

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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: Beau Underwood & Brian Kaylor - Christian Nationalism Across the Political Spectrum —...

In this episode of Faith for Normal People , Beau Underwood and Brian Kaylor join Pete and Jared to explore the history of how mainline Protestants have contributed to Christian nationalism in the...

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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…

Operation Mauling Scripture

On Thursday (June 12), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went to the Western Wall to place a note between the stones.

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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…

Cooperative Baptists Remember Historical Injustices, Confront Contemporary Ones

“An unhealed past is why we find ourselves mired in an uncertain and unstable present.

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“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…

Cooperative Baptists Remember Historical Injustices, Confront Contemporary Ones

“An unhealed past is why we find ourselves mired in an uncertain and unstable present.

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“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…

Cooperative Baptists Remember Historical Injustices, Confront Contemporary Ones

“An unhealed past is why we find ourselves mired in an uncertain and unstable present.

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

Cooperative Baptists Remember Historical Injustices, Confront Contemporary Ones

“An unhealed past is why we find ourselves mired in an uncertain and unstable present.

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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…

Weekly Roundup: June 20

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a consideration of a biblical passage that declares “no kings” and a look at a problematic use of the Bible to justify war that are...

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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…

Weekly Roundup: June 20

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a consideration of a biblical passage that declares “no kings” and a look at a problematic use of the Bible to justify war that are...

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

Weekly Roundup: June 20

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a consideration of a biblical passage that declares “no kings” and a look at a problematic use of the Bible to justify war that are...

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