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About Those 100 'Faith Leaders' Who Support Reckless Government Spending
Townhall.com ^ | 23 March A.D. 2025 | Ryan Bomberger

Posted on 03/22/2025 9:13:28 PM PDT by lightman

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Bishop Claude Alexander, The Park Church

Rev. Dr. Gregory Arthur, Ideos Institute

Rev. Dr. Randall Balmer, Dartmouth College

Dr. Paul Baxley, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

Sr. Bridget Bearss, RSCJ, Leadership Conference of Women Religious

Rev. Dr. David Beckmann, Circle of Protection

Dr. Christy Berghoef, Holland United Church of Christ

Rev. Dr. Timothy Tee Boddie, Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Farnham, VA

Rev. Thomas Bowen, EngageFaith

Dr. Diana Butler Bass, Author and historian

Chaplain Faith Bynoe, Baptist Fellowship Northeast

Rev. Caleb Campbell, Disarming Leviathan Ministries

Mr. Patrick Carolan, Catholics Vote Common Good

Dr. Rick Chamiec-Case, Sojourners

Pastor Raymond Chang, Asian American Christian Collaborative

Rev. Hope Christensen, Faith Leaders for Ending Gun Violence

Mr. Shane Claiborne, Red Letter Christians

Rev. Dr. Leslie Copeland Tune, National Council of Churches USA

Mr. Avery Davis Lamb, Creation Justice Ministries

Ms. Marie Dennis, Pax Christi International's Catholic Institute for Nonviolence

Rev. Julian DeShazier, University Church

Dr. Michele Dunne, OFS, Franciscan Action Network

Dr. Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker , AME CHURCH - SOCIAL ACTION COMMISSION

Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley, Providence Missionary Baptist Church

Dr. Bob Ekblad, Tierra Nueva

Rev. Sharon Felton , CBF

Ms. Michelle Ferrigno Warren, Virago Strategies

Mrs. Christina Foor , CCDA

Dr. Brian Foreman, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Global

Rev. Glen Foster, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship West

Rev. Robert Fox, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Kentucky

Rev. Dr. Robert Franklin, Candler School of Theology

Mrs. Ana Garcia-Ashley, Gamaliel

Rev. Wesley Granberg-Michaelson, General Secretary Emeritus, Reformed Church in America

Rev. Neichelle R. Guidry, Ph.D. , Spelman College

Rev. Dr. Cynthia Hale, Ray of Hope Christian Church (DOC)

Rev. Dr. Andy Hale, CBF North Carolina

Rev. Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft, Middle Church

Rev. Adam Hamilton, Author, The Message of Jesus

Rev. Sekinah Hamlin, Disciples Overseas Ministries

Canon Leonard L Hamlin Sr, Washington National Cathedral

Rev. Dr. Richard Hamm, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Rev. Fred Harrell, Cultivate Pastors and Churches, Inc.

Rev. Dr. Tom Harrington, University Baptist Church

Rev. Moya Harris, Sojourners

Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, Presbyterian Church

Rev. Jennifer Hawks, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF)

Rev. Dr. Peter Heltzel, Park Avenue Christian Church

Rev. Teresa Hord Owens, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the US and Canada

Rev. Deth Im, Faith in Action

Rev. Dr. Amy Jacober, Harbor Church

Rev. Dennis Jacobsen, Gamaliel

Aura Kanegis, American Friends Service Committee

Rev. Dr. Jim Lawrence, Swedenborgian Church of North America

Rev. Wanda London, Baltimore Annual Conference of the AME Church

Ms. Elizabeth Madeira, Southern Christian Coalition

Rev. Carlos L Malave, Latino Christian National Network

Rev. Michael A. Mata, Los Angeles First Church of the Nazarene

Dr. Walter McCray, National Black Evangelical Association

Bishop Vashti McKenzie, NCC

Mr. Ken Medema, Brier Patch Music

Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, Trinity United Church of Christ

Ms. Joan Neal, NETWORK Advocates for Catholic Social Justice

Rev. Nancy Neal, Bread for the World

Dr. Ruth Padilla DeBorst, INFEMIT

Rev. Dr. Soong-Chan Rah, Fuller Theological Seminary

Rev. Dr. Mitch Randall, Good Faith Media

Senior Bishop Lawrence Reddick, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Rios, Passion2Plant Network

Bishop Raymond Rivera , Latino Pastoral Action Center (LPAC)

Rev. Bethany Rivera Molinar, Ciudad Nueva Community Outreach

Rev. Sean Roberds, Mid-Atlantic CBF

Rev. Dr. Robert Chao Romero, UCLA

Bishop Dwayne Royster, Faith in Action

Rev. Dr. Alexia Salvatierra, Centro Latino, Fuller Theological Seminary

Mr. Richard Santos, Church World Service

Dr. Monica Schaap Pierce, Christian Churches Together

Dr. Stephen Schneck, Catholics for the Future

Dr. Natasha Sistrunk Robinson, Leadership LINKS, Inc.

Mr. Rich Stearns

General Secretary David Steele, Church of the Brethren

Dr. Maria Stephan, Scholar of civil resistance

Rev. Ron Stief, National Religious Campaign Against Torture

Rev. Adam Taylor, Sojourners

Rev. Heather Taylor, Bread for the World

Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson, United Church of Christ

Rev. Dr. Marlon Tilghman, BRIDGE Maryland, Inc.

Ms. Nikki Toyama-Szeto, Christians for Social Action

Rev. Harold Dean Trulear, Healing Communities USA

Rev. Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes, Columbia Theological Seminary

Ms. Karli Wallace Thompson, Faithful America

Rev. Jim Wallis, Center on Faith and Justice

Rev. Dr. Sharon Watkins, Retired, Disciples of Christ

Dr. Colin Watson, Christian Reformed Church in North America

Mr. Tim Whitaker, The New Evangelicals

Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner, Skinner Leadership Institute

Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, Children’s Defense Fund

Minister Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, St Johns Missionary Baptist Church

Rev. Bill Wylie-Kellermann, Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center

Sr. Carol Zinn, SSJ, Leadership Conference of Women Religious

1 posted on 03/22/2025 9:13:28 PM PDT by lightman
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To: 05 Mustang GT Rocks; Ad Orientam; alex; antonius; aposiopetic; arielguard; bad company; ...

Glory to God for all things!

Note the total absence of any signatories identifying as Orthodox.


2 posted on 03/22/2025 9:16:24 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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Take note that most of these signatories declare an affiliation with some type of activist association, rather than a Christian denomination.

Remember the First Commandment!

3 posted on 03/22/2025 9:22:18 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: lightman

>> Note the total absence of any signatories identifying as Orthodox.

They “... are the children of [their] father the devil, and [they]love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.” (John 8:44)

Went over that list carefully. Except for well-known leftist Wallis, there is no one on that list whose teaching I even *recognize*, let alone sit under.

Thanks and Blessings!


4 posted on 03/22/2025 9:24:46 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: lightman

The infiltration of Marx and Lenin into the churches happened many decades ago in his day (1940’s) the famous underground Communist-FBI informant Herbert Philbrick was a Baptist.

He went to church on Sundays and Wednesdays and would use his Baptist affiliation to go to meetings of groups called “religious” to advance the Communist agenda in our society.


5 posted on 03/22/2025 9:30:53 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush

Never heard of H.P. before...thanks!


6 posted on 03/22/2025 9:39:37 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: lightman

Where is their links to their finances of these so-called ministers of the Lord.

And what evidence have they provided that they are not engaging in crimes, such as trying to deny us our 10th Amendment protected Rights?


7 posted on 03/22/2025 9:43:12 PM PDT by Degaston
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To: Degaston

They need to be DOGE-audited!

Elon and DJT, are you reading?


8 posted on 03/22/2025 9:47:22 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: lightman
(Nearly every one of the signers is radically pro-abortion: Jim Wallis (Sojourners), Shane Claiborne (Red Letter Christians), Bishop Claude Alexander (Evangelicals for Harris), Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson (Children’s Defense Fund), Dr. Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker (AME Church) and so many more.)

DEMOCRATS LOVE KILLING
THEM DEFENSELESS BABIES


(Abortion)

("For what does it profit a man who shall gain the whole world, and to lose his own soul?")

DEMOCRAT Cecile Richards had a Lamborghini. And a DEMOCRAT Joe Biden pResidential Medal of Freedom...

(Abortion)

Democrat Joe Biden gave a medal 🥇 of freedom
to Cecile Richards in 2024, who made her money
terminating the lives of other human beings.

How very Democrat of them.





9 posted on 03/22/2025 10:56:36 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: lightman

I have never heard of any of them. I do not have a problem with women in some ministry, but there are way too many women in that bunch.


10 posted on 03/22/2025 10:57:02 PM PDT by madison10 (God chose President Trump, but Satan chose the judges. This kind come out only by prayer and fasting)
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To: Nervous Tick
{Bishop Claude Alexander (Evangelicals for Harris}

DEMOCRAT Kamala Harris was pimping Abortion for Votes when 2 Christians were heard shouting "Jesus is Lord!'

DEMOCRAT Kamala Harris immediately mocked them telling them: "Oh, I think you guys are at the Wrong Rally!"

The 2 Christians were then booed, jeered, cursed at and immediately escorted out of the arena. Demonic sprits 👿👿👿 ABSOLUTELY CANNOT stand to hear the Holy Name of The Lord Jesus Christ.

God may not be a Republican
But Satan is certainly a Democrat



11 posted on 03/22/2025 11:00:45 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: lightman

I’m glad that I don’t recognize any of these names or, really, very many of the “denominations”/organizations. Still, what a disappointing list to peruse. I think that Jesus, Himself, could return and tell them—to their faces—to abandon their pro-abortion ways…and they would find every excuse not to obey Him. Abortion and “social justice” are their gods now.


12 posted on 03/22/2025 11:48:50 PM PDT by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: Nextrush

Can you link a source to your info?


13 posted on 03/22/2025 11:51:56 PM PDT by 82nd Bragger (Count to four except when in a helicopter)
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To: lightman

“It’s all Marxism masquerading as Christianity.”

Alinksy’s rules for radicals

4. “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”

Rule 4 was especially designed to subvert Christian aversion to godless communism.


14 posted on 03/23/2025 12:13:08 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: lightman

Thankfully, I’ve never heard of these Christian frauds, but the Bible clearly states “many will fall away from Christian truth and be deceived”. Bible prophecy is being fulfilled as we speak. Praise be to Yahweh and his Son.


15 posted on 03/23/2025 12:21:21 AM PDT by 82nd Bragger (Count to four except when in a helicopter)
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To: lightman

How many of those “faith leaders” are multi-millionaires?


16 posted on 03/23/2025 12:28:38 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Kamala defines herself in just 4 words..."Nothing comes to mind.")
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To: 82nd Bragger

The book “I Led Three Lives” written by Herbert Philbrick details various details about his life including the religious aspects and one thing underground Communism emphasized was racism.

Philbrick also noted his Communist Party leaders in the Communist Underground were often black and or female.


17 posted on 03/23/2025 2:11:17 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: lightman

Highly recommend Megan Basham’s book: “Shepherds for Sale” where she exposes the rot within the community of Evangelical “leaders”.


18 posted on 03/23/2025 2:38:58 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: lightman

Nooooooooo! Not the Gravy!


19 posted on 03/23/2025 3:15:17 AM PDT by 55Ford
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To: lightman

An(other)article about marxists telling us we’re not good Christians because we believe government “charity” through confiscatory taxation itself is a sin (gluttony, greed, theft, envy, etc.). Coupled with government inefficiencies (like 10 cents of every dollar taken actually reaching the proposed target/end-user of such “charity” when handled through government vs. 90-100% with agencies like Mercury One), NGO’s demanding taxpayer money gets no sympathy from me.

I usually just look them in the eye and say “separation of church and state,” followed by “piss off.”

Jesus never said to rob Peter to buy Paul’s vote.


20 posted on 03/23/2025 3:23:58 AM PDT by normbal (normbal. somewhere in socialist occupied America ‘tween MD and TN)
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