The Community Relationships module provides a roadmap to congregations, religious educational institutions at all levels, faith-based social service organizations, and countless other religious institutions for engaging with key members of their community as an exercise in being a good civic neighbor and for developing allies who will stand with them in times of crisis.
The policy wonks among us watch the court drama and political fallout closely. But those questions are not the most important for pastors and local churches. What if a court decision does actually make a significant change? What will change, if anything, for a local church and its approach to the abortion issue in its community? How can pastors and ministry leaders lead their churches well in pro-life ministry? Here are 6 suggestions to guide intra-church chatter about Dobbs and this dramatic political moment.
Is your church partisan or silent? The two most common models for how churches engage the political realm—partisanship or silence—present an impossible dichotomy…When our church remains silent, virtually all our opinions about how Christians should engage politics come from influences other than Scripture and the guidance of our church…Rather than avoiding politics for the sake of discipleship, might we try applying discipleship to our politics?
On behalf of One American Movement, OAM board member Matt Hawkins joins grantee cohort for PACE’s 2020-2021 Faith In/And Democracy Projects. OAM’s program combats toxic polarization by equipping Evangelical Christian leaders to shape the actions, norms and behaviors of their own groups while improving relations across divides.
Board members of The One America Movement, Rev. Dr. Leslie Copeland Tune and Matthew Hawkins, join Daryl Lobban, for a conversation about racism and Christianity.
By: Leslie Copeland Tune and Matthew T. Hawkins
We are an African-American, progressive Christian woman and a white, conservative evangelical man. We join the outpouring of grief and calls for change following the senseless murders and killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Aubrey, Rayshard Brooks, and Breonna Taylor, and so many other unarmed black Americans. Peaceful protesters are still marching in cities across the country, and Americans from all walks are engaging in conversations about history and policy. Many are asking how American Christians can respond and participate…
Matthew Hawkins is a PhD student, podcaster, and writer. Most content focuses on the intersection of religion and politics. His current podcast projects include as cohost of Crossing Faiths: A Christian & a Muslim Talk Religion & Politics, and as associate producer of a forthcoming legal podcast from WORLD Radio.
On Mornings with Carmen on the Faith Radio Network, Matthew Hawkins talks about SBC president J.D. Greear providing guidance to the convention in acknowledging and turning from its racist past.
Two friends, Matt Hawkins (a former policy director for the Southern Baptist Convention) and John Pinna (former Executive Director of American Islamic Congress) talk religion and politics. The podcast delivers weekly episodes featuring commentary on news, politics, multifaith experiences, and expert guests. Their conversations build on almost a decade of their collaboration, advocating in Washington, D.C. for religious freedom domestically and around the globe. The two developed the podcast with a desire to share conversations that model friendship and collaboration despite deep differences in religion and background.
Matt Hawkins cohosts this new and unique podcast wherein a Christian and a Muslim talk religion and politics.
His flip-flop aligns him with his party but makes him more vulnerable than Mrs. Clinton in November.
One of the most powerful witnesses Christians can exhibit in the public square is to love and defend our neighbors of another religion…”
As I prepared to depart the ERLC and relocate to Nashville, my colleague Jeff Pickering interviewed me about my career with the ERLC, and life and work in Washington, DC.
Matt Hawkins and Travis Wussow visited the State Department to speak with Ambassador Sam Brownback then welcomed Commissioner Kristina Arriaga to the ERLC Leland House.
Fifteen scholars from this field address the variety of forms that free, public religiosity may assume, and which rhetorical techniques are operative in a public square populated by a diversity of religious-political actors. Together they consider the arguments, evidences, and strategies …
“…some elected officials have called for dramatic changes to United States refugee policy. To be sure, there are legitimate security concerns in the United States, but when it comes how the debate about refugee policy is being framed, there’s an important element often missing.”
