Christian leaders denounce Trump actions, warn of 'crisis of faith' [View all]
Source: USA Today
Feb. 23, 2026, 9:52 p.m. ET
Hundreds of Christian leaders and scholars nationwide are denouncing President Donald Trump’s administration and urging more active resistance among the faithful to “the injustices and anti-democratic danger sweeping across the nation.”
“We are facing a cruel and oppressive government,” their collective statement begins. “In moments like this, silence is not neutrality — it is an active choice to permit harm.”
Titled “A Call to Christians in a Crisis of Faith and Democracy,” the letter says the nation is facing a profound moral, spiritual, and democratic emergency. Its release coincides with the start of the Christian season of Lent, a period of repentance, self-reflection and resistance to temptation.
“We thought it was important to tie into a season where many Christians go deeper into their faith,” said Adam Russell Taylor, president of Sojourners, a Christian social justice organization. “Part of what we’re critiquing is the way in which many White evangelical Christians succumb to an unconditional support of the administration, despite the fact that its actions are completely antithetical to the teachings of Jesus.”
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/23/christian-leaders-denounce-trump-crisis-faith-democracy/88787800007/
Link to LETTER - A Call to Christians in a Crisis of Faith and Democracy
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