Adam Russell Taylor
@revadamtaylor.bsky.social
President, Sojourners. New book “A More Perfect Union” available now. Passionate social justice advocate & bridge builder. Ordained Baptist minister.
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We Aren’t the First Christians To Face a Kairos Moment
Forty years ago, South African Christians showed us how to resist repressive regimes and twisted theologies.
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"If we follow the example of our South African siblings, we in the U.S. need to articulate a prophetic theology that refuses to be neutral or apolitical, and is committed to explicitly naming and condemning the powers that prohibit justice."
My latest for @sojo.net:
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My latest for @sojo.net:
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Check out my recent article, "Who Deserves SNAP? Jesus Has a Parable for That” at: sojo.net/articles/opi....
The parable of the Good Samaritan prompts us to move beyond the conversation on whether recipients of benefits like SNAP are deserving and to extend abundant concern and compassion.
The parable of the Good Samaritan prompts us to move beyond the conversation on whether recipients of benefits like SNAP are deserving and to extend abundant concern and compassion.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Check out my recent article, "Who Deserves SNAP? Jesus Has a Parable for That” at: sojo.net/articles/opi....
The parable of the Good Samaritan prompts us to move beyond the conversation on whether recipients of benefits like SNAP are deserving and to extend abundant concern and compassion.
The parable of the Good Samaritan prompts us to move beyond the conversation on whether recipients of benefits like SNAP are deserving and to extend abundant concern and compassion.
My reflections on how we can help end this manufactured and reversible crisis around SNAP/food assistance and the immorality around rising hunger.
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My reflections on how we can help end this manufactured and reversible crisis around SNAP/food assistance and the immorality around rising hunger.
Watching President Trump cruelly defy a court order requiring the resumption of SNAP benefits reminds me of the parable of the Good Samaritan, where Jesus expands our understanding of our neighbor and shows us what abundant compassion requires.
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Who Deserves SNAP? Jesus Has a Parable for That
When we start asking who is worthy of care, we've already lost the plot.
www.sojo.net
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Watching President Trump cruelly defy a court order requiring the resumption of SNAP benefits reminds me of the parable of the Good Samaritan, where Jesus expands our understanding of our neighbor and shows us what abundant compassion requires.
www.sojo.net/articles/opi...
www.sojo.net/articles/opi...
I'm deeply proud of these four longstanding staff members at Sojourners, Julie, Cindy, Betsy, and Moya, and for their tireless commitment, along with the rest of the Sojo team, to the work and mission of Sojourner s - demonstrating faith in action for social justice!
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm deeply proud of these four longstanding staff members at Sojourners, Julie, Cindy, Betsy, and Moya, and for their tireless commitment, along with the rest of the Sojo team, to the work and mission of Sojourner s - demonstrating faith in action for social justice!
The Trump administration must use the contingency fund to prevent over 40 million Americans from losing their SNAP food assistance benefits on Sat. As we approach Thanksgiving, Congress has the opp. And moral responsibility to prevent families from going hungry! www.yahoo.com/news/article...
How SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans could be saved during the shutdown
The USDA has refused to release contingency funds, and Congress remains gridlocked — but there are still paths to keeping the nutrition assistance program alive.
www.yahoo.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Trump administration must use the contingency fund to prevent over 40 million Americans from losing their SNAP food assistance benefits on Sat. As we approach Thanksgiving, Congress has the opp. And moral responsibility to prevent families from going hungry! www.yahoo.com/news/article...
I was honored to deliver the McClendon Scholars Lecture last Wednesday, October 22 on: “A Call for Moral Courage,” was focused on the moral courage and spiritual strength needed to work for social justice in these difficult times.
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I was honored to deliver the McClendon Scholars Lecture last Wednesday, October 22 on: “A Call for Moral Courage,” was focused on the moral courage and spiritual strength needed to work for social justice in these difficult times.
My message on this No Kings 2 day of protests across the country. Authoritarianism is an idolatry that we must resist and replace with the Beloved Community as an act of faith sojo.net/articles/opi...
October 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
My message on this No Kings 2 day of protests across the country. Authoritarianism is an idolatry that we must resist and replace with the Beloved Community as an act of faith sojo.net/articles/opi...
How do we find the courage to stand up when silence feels safer?
Join Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, President of Sojourners, in Washington, DC for this free event, hosted by New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
👉 Register: nyapc.churchcenter.com/registration...
Join Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, President of Sojourners, in Washington, DC for this free event, hosted by New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
👉 Register: nyapc.churchcenter.com/registration...
October 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
How do we find the courage to stand up when silence feels safer?
Join Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, President of Sojourners, in Washington, DC for this free event, hosted by New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
👉 Register: nyapc.churchcenter.com/registration...
Join Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, President of Sojourners, in Washington, DC for this free event, hosted by New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
👉 Register: nyapc.churchcenter.com/registration...
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on a critical case that could further gut the Voting Rights Act. Voting rights are essential to the health and legitimacy of our democracy. We must pray and act to defend the sacred freedom to vote for all Americans. My prayer and message today.
October 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on a critical case that could further gut the Voting Rights Act. Voting rights are essential to the health and legitimacy of our democracy. We must pray and act to defend the sacred freedom to vote for all Americans. My prayer and message today.
Today I celebrate the 20 hostages who were finally returned to their families and the long overdue ceasefire in Gaza. I pray that as President Trump declared to the Knesset, this truly is a “new dawn in the Middle East” of sustainable peace that includes Palestinian statehood and Israeli security.
October 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Today I celebrate the 20 hostages who were finally returned to their families and the long overdue ceasefire in Gaza. I pray that as President Trump declared to the Knesset, this truly is a “new dawn in the Middle East” of sustainable peace that includes Palestinian statehood and Israeli security.
It is a great honor and pleasure to welcome John Deasy, former president of the Family Foundation and current principle at Cambiar Education, to Sojourners' Board of Directors!
October 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It is a great honor and pleasure to welcome John Deasy, former president of the Family Foundation and current principle at Cambiar Education, to Sojourners' Board of Directors!
Lifting up fervent prayers and support today for all the victims of Oct 7, all those who are still held hostage, and all the victims of the horrific war in Gaza. As we mourn and remember those we’ve lost let us redouble our commitment to ending the war and pave the way toward a sustainable peace.
October 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Lifting up fervent prayers and support today for all the victims of Oct 7, all those who are still held hostage, and all the victims of the horrific war in Gaza. As we mourn and remember those we’ve lost let us redouble our commitment to ending the war and pave the way toward a sustainable peace.
"If we follow the example of our South African siblings, we in the U.S. need to articulate a prophetic theology that refuses to be neutral or apolitical, and is committed to explicitly naming and condemning the powers that prohibit justice."
My latest for @sojo.net:
sojo.net/articles/opi...
My latest for @sojo.net:
sojo.net/articles/opi...
We Aren’t the First Christians To Face a Kairos Moment
Forty years ago, South African Christians showed us how to resist repressive regimes and twisted theologies.
sojo.net
October 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"If we follow the example of our South African siblings, we in the U.S. need to articulate a prophetic theology that refuses to be neutral or apolitical, and is committed to explicitly naming and condemning the powers that prohibit justice."
My latest for @sojo.net:
sojo.net/articles/opi...
My latest for @sojo.net:
sojo.net/articles/opi...
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Rev. Moya Harris, stood alongside Creation Justice Ministries and other national faith partners to call for bold climate action and justice.
May we continue to stand with the prophetic harmony crying out: “Restore. Renew. Reimagine” 🌏
May we continue to stand with the prophetic harmony crying out: “Restore. Renew. Reimagine” 🌏
October 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Rev. Moya Harris, stood alongside Creation Justice Ministries and other national faith partners to call for bold climate action and justice.
May we continue to stand with the prophetic harmony crying out: “Restore. Renew. Reimagine” 🌏
May we continue to stand with the prophetic harmony crying out: “Restore. Renew. Reimagine” 🌏
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"What those artists did, ultimately, even if unwittingly, was provide cultural legitimacy to, and warmup for, an event in which Jesus’ name was certainly uttered a lot...but this Jesus was ultimately subservient to Trump’s America." sojo.net/articles/opi...
At Charlie Kirk’s Memorial, Worship Took a Backseat to Trump
There may have been hope in Jesus at the memorial. But it had to wait until President Trump received his glory.
sojo.net
October 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"What those artists did, ultimately, even if unwittingly, was provide cultural legitimacy to, and warmup for, an event in which Jesus’ name was certainly uttered a lot...but this Jesus was ultimately subservient to Trump’s America." sojo.net/articles/opi...
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Meet Trinity Williams, our Policy and Action Assistant Fellow ✨
This past week her and some of our SojoAction team attended the Congressional Black Caucus Foundations 54th Annual Legislative Conference in D.C.
Made For This Moment: Power, Policy, Progress 👏🏽
#ALC54 #CBCF #MadeForThisMoment
This past week her and some of our SojoAction team attended the Congressional Black Caucus Foundations 54th Annual Legislative Conference in D.C.
Made For This Moment: Power, Policy, Progress 👏🏽
#ALC54 #CBCF #MadeForThisMoment
September 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Meet Trinity Williams, our Policy and Action Assistant Fellow ✨
This past week her and some of our SojoAction team attended the Congressional Black Caucus Foundations 54th Annual Legislative Conference in D.C.
Made For This Moment: Power, Policy, Progress 👏🏽
#ALC54 #CBCF #MadeForThisMoment
This past week her and some of our SojoAction team attended the Congressional Black Caucus Foundations 54th Annual Legislative Conference in D.C.
Made For This Moment: Power, Policy, Progress 👏🏽
#ALC54 #CBCF #MadeForThisMoment
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Sojourners has been countering false narratives and shining a light on truth for more than 50 years, and we are not stopping now. But without continuing financial support, the mission we strive for is at risk. Chip in and help support our work at a critical moment: give.sojo.net/page/88365/d...
September 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Sojourners has been countering false narratives and shining a light on truth for more than 50 years, and we are not stopping now. But without continuing financial support, the mission we strive for is at risk. Chip in and help support our work at a critical moment: give.sojo.net/page/88365/d...
This whole thread is important. Outrageous and incredibly harmful decision by the administration.
The Administration acknowledged that it will stop the survey that measures food insecurity, just as tariffs push up food prices and the deep cuts to food assistance enacted in July start to take effect. Congress must intervene to save these vital data. www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
Exclusive | Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey
The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s but now says the report has become “overly politicized.”
www.wsj.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This whole thread is important. Outrageous and incredibly harmful decision by the administration.
It was moving to see Erika Kirk forgive her husband’s killer because “that is what Christ would do” and say we cannot meet hate with more hate. In stark contrast, President Trump disagreed saying “he hates his opponents”. I pray that our nation and TP embraces her witness and not Trump’s.
Erika Kirk says she forgives the man accused of killing her husband
Speaking to tens of thousands of people at the memorial, Kirk said she had found comfort in prayer and also in the way people had responded to her husband's death.
www.npr.org
September 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It was moving to see Erika Kirk forgive her husband’s killer because “that is what Christ would do” and say we cannot meet hate with more hate. In stark contrast, President Trump disagreed saying “he hates his opponents”. I pray that our nation and TP embraces her witness and not Trump’s.
We’re humbled and beyond grateful to @ricksteves.bsky.social for his continued support. Thank you Rick!
For years, I've supported @sojo.net because they take my values into the political arena in a way that's true to my faith—emphasizing not power and nationalism, but God's call to justice.
Starting today, I'll match every donation at www.sojo.net/ricksteves, dollar for dollar, up to $50,000 total.
Starting today, I'll match every donation at www.sojo.net/ricksteves, dollar for dollar, up to $50,000 total.
The Future of Truth and Justice is at Stake
Every day, Sojourners works to amplify the biblical call to justice by publishing nonprofit journalism, equipping people of faith for advocacy, and speaking truth in the face of hate. But we cannot co...
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September 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
We’re humbled and beyond grateful to @ricksteves.bsky.social for his continued support. Thank you Rick!
I wrote for @sojo.net this week on the need for a surge of solidarity for our immigrant neighbors. Read my column at sojo.net/articles/opi...
September 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I wrote for @sojo.net this week on the need for a surge of solidarity for our immigrant neighbors. Read my column at sojo.net/articles/opi...
Thanks to @rns.org for the opportunity to write about Johnson Amendment protections for faith communities and non-profit organizations. I appreciated the chance to give my perspective both as president of @sojo.net and board chair of @independentsector.bsky.social. religionnews.com/2025/09/17/w...
Churches can be exploited without Johnson Amendment
(RNS) — The entire nonprofit sector risks being corrupted and captured by partisan politics and polarization.
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September 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thanks to @rns.org for the opportunity to write about Johnson Amendment protections for faith communities and non-profit organizations. I appreciated the chance to give my perspective both as president of @sojo.net and board chair of @independentsector.bsky.social. religionnews.com/2025/09/17/w...
My prayers are lifted for the family and loved ones of Charlie Kirk. Violence has no place in our body politic. As much as we can and will disagree politically, we must find a way to end this vicious, heartbreaking cycle of gun violence www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Live Updates: Charlie Kirk, Charismatic Right-Wing Activist, Fatally Shot in Utah
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September 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My prayers are lifted for the family and loved ones of Charlie Kirk. Violence has no place in our body politic. As much as we can and will disagree politically, we must find a way to end this vicious, heartbreaking cycle of gun violence www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
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"If Christians are honest with themselves about the gospel message of Jesus, they should know that protesting can be a holy act of righteousness." sojo.net/articles/jes...
Jesus Was a Protester
Protesting is the antithesis of being apathetic, complicit, callous, and passive. Jesus was very good at it.
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September 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"If Christians are honest with themselves about the gospel message of Jesus, they should know that protesting can be a holy act of righteousness." sojo.net/articles/jes...
Proud to march and protest today with the We are all Dc calling for self rule and an end to the occupation in DC. We must work ensure these authoritarian style tactics end here and don’t spread to other cities.
September 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Proud to march and protest today with the We are all Dc calling for self rule and an end to the occupation in DC. We must work ensure these authoritarian style tactics end here and don’t spread to other cities.