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Stated Clerk discusses attack on the Capitol in online chat

Posted January 14th, 2021

In the wake of last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol and the second impeachment of Donald Trump, the Rev. Jimmie Hawkins and the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, sat down together for a powerful online chat Thursday about the fractured state of the country.

Why are Presbyterians sticking their noses in politics?

Posted October 9th, 2020

They are questions the Rev. Jimmie Hawkins gets over and over doing his work as the director of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness (OPW) on Capitol Hill: Why are Presbyterians getting involved in politics? Isn’t there separation of church and state? Shouldn’t you be preaching the gospel?