“Free, Safe, and Flourishing: A Faithful Agenda for Texas”

Texas Impact’s board of directors unanimously approved a legislative agenda for 2025-2026 following its biennial legislative retreat. The agenda reflects the shared social concerns of Texas Impact’s member faith traditions around four major policy themes: Economic Justice; Climate Justice: Human Rights; and Civic Participation.

Weekly Witness Ep.527 Crisis and Opportunity for Texas Clergy with Minister Chris Johnson

This week, Scott is joined by Minister Chris Johnson who serves as the director of missions at Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Houston and co-host of Impact Houston Live on KTSU Houston, 90.9 The Choice radio station. Chris is well-positioned to listen to the...

Legislative Priorities 2027

Weekly Witness Ep.526 Call to Feed the Hungry with Diane Hardy-Garcia

This week, Scott is joined by Leadership Council member Dianne Hardy-Garcia, Director of Community Engagement and Advocacy at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Austin. Prior to joining the staff at St. David’s, Dianne served as a social worker and legislative staffer at...

Weekly Witness Ep.525 Dismantling the Structure of Christian Nationalism with Blake Ziegler

This week, Scott is joined by Blake Ziegler, Field Organizer for Texas and National Campaigns at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. Blake joined the Texas Impact team for the Ready. Set. Go! event in San Antonio to talk about Christian Nationalism and its...

Getting Up to Speed on the COP

Main entrance to COP24 in Katowice, Poland

Global climate negotiations have been ongoing since the Earth Summit in 1992, and it’s time for transformation. In Katowice, the COP deeply explore the existing tensions between the long-lingering prevalence of GHG-emitting infrastructure and the now dire necessity for reduction in emissions. READ MORE

Worship Resources for COP24

New!

Just in time for the weekend of the COP, we’ve posted worship resources related to the big issues of the negotiations. Loss & Damage; Just Transition; and Ambition might sound like jargon, but the terms are connected deeply to our common beliefs: • the commandment to care for the vulnerable • the dignity of work and the rights of workers • the responsibility to nurture the Creation