AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - Clergy say Jesus' teachings leave Christians no choice but to resist ICE
Christian clergy are deploying spiritual infrastructure — from organizing prayer circles to acting as human shields — to resist the Trump administration's immigration agenda. Why it matters: The clergy members who spoke with Axios argue that Trump's immigration crackdown contradicts core biblical teachings about protecting the vulnerable, putting them at odds with the Christian nationalists who back the administration's policies. - "I feel a huge responsibility as a Christian pastor to say, not in my name," Rev. Rebecca Voelkel, director of the Center for Sustainable Justice at Lyndale United Church of Christ in Minneapolis, tells Axios. - Voelkel said the "kind of Christianity" practiced by Christian nationalists "is diseased…
Christian clergy are deploying spiritual infrastructure — from organizing prayer circles to acting as human shields — to resist the Trump administration's immigration agenda. Why it matters: The clergy members who spoke with Axios argue that Trump's immigration crackdown contradicts core biblical teachings about protecting the vulnerable, putting them at odds with the Christian nationalists who back the administration's policies. - "I feel a huge responsibility as a Christian pastor to say, not in my name," Rev. Rebecca Voelkel, director of the Center for Sustainable Justice at Lyndale United Church of Christ in Minneapolis, tells Axios. - Voelkel said the "kind of Christianity" practiced by Christian nationalists "is diseased…Open