by Michael Waters | May 2, 2021 | How To Heal Our Divides, Voices
The following is an excerpt written by Michael W. Waters, trainer for Vote Common Good, for the forthcoming book How to Heal Our Divides. Around midnight on October 16, 1915, William Joseph Simmons, a Methodist minister, ascended Stone Mountain in Georgia with fifteen...
by Doug Pagitt | Apr 22, 2021 | Press Coverage, Voices
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepared to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of people gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims...
by Doug Pagitt | Mar 24, 2021 | Press Coverage, Voices
Christian flags and symbols were prevalent at the January 6 Capitol attack. Selcuk Acar/NurPhoto via Getty Images The following is an opinion written in Business Insider by Ani Zonneveld and Doug Pagitt, executive director of Vote Common Good: With the Senate’s...
by Vote Common Good Team | Mar 10, 2021 | Press Coverage
Jeremiah Johnson said he will end his ministry, Jeremiah Johnson Ministries, after apologizing for inaccurately prophesying former President Donald Trump’s re-election. In this screenshot, Johnson speaks in a YouTube video from a series titled: “I Was Wrong.”...
by Nick Brock | Mar 4, 2021 | Voices
The following is an opinion written in the Holland Sentinel by Nick Brock, community organizer for Vote Common Good: Perhaps you’ve paid attention to the impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump? Whether you agree or disagree with the acquittal verdict of...
by Doug Pagitt | Feb 25, 2021 | Voices
Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. The mob proceeded to breach the Capitol. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) In post-9/11 America, the word “radicalization” has usually conjured images of...
by Vote Common Good Team | Feb 24, 2021 | Press Coverage
Tasos Katopodis/Getty “More than 100 evangelical Christian leaders signed an open letter Wednesday in which they admitted that there were Christian elements invoked during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.” —From “100 Evangelical Leaders Slam ‘Heretical Version’ of...
by Vote Common Good Team | Feb 24, 2021 | Press Coverage
“More than 200 faith leaders in the evangelical Christian movement signed on to a letter this week decrying ‘Christian Nationalism’ and its role in the Jan. 6 riot that overwhelmed the U.S. Capitol.” —From “Evangelical leaders launch nationwide push against extremism”...
by Vote Common Good Team | Feb 24, 2021 | Press Coverage
A Trump supporter carries a Bible outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) “More than 500 evangelical pastors and other faith leaders have signed an open letter decrying ‘radicalized Christian nationalism,’ arguing that the...
by Vote Common Good Team | Feb 24, 2021 | Press Coverage
Capitol Rioters (Screengrab) “People from our very communities called people to this action in the days before, unleashed them into the Capitol, and then chose to baptize that action in the name of Christ. And this is our time where we need to stand up.” —Doug Pagitt,...
