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How do Christians follow Jesus' command to love our neighbor in the political realm? How can the local church help form members for responsible Christian citizenship? Perhaps now more than ever, many Christians are recognizing the need to engage in advocacy work. If you feel called to lead your church or faith-based nonprofit toward the mission of advocacy, but don't know where or how to begin, this toolkit is for you. Based on a partnership between the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, this toolkit offers concrete examples and tips from veteran advocates for leading a church or nonprofit to deeper engagement in advocacy and public witness. By firmly grounding advocacy in the mission work of the church, this toolkit helps pastors and members recognize advocacy as a natural extension of church ministry and includes examples of predatory lending, immigration, and racial justice work.

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Stephen K. Reeves serves as associate coordinator of partnerships and advocacy for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship where he works to encourage, educate and equip advocates. He has spent his career at the intersection of faith and public policy. A member of the State Bar of Texas, Reeves previously served as lobbyist and director of public policy for the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission in Austin and as a staff attorney for the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty in Washington, D.C. A lifelong Baptist, he has served as an ordained deacon and Sunday School teacher. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas Tech University School of Law. Katie Murray is an ordained minister who has been active in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship as a member, intern and staff member of several churches in Texas. In addition to service at Wilshire Baptist Church, Murray served as associate director of mobilization for the Baptist Joint Committee. She holds graduate degrees from Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary (MDiv) and the Garland School of Social Work (MSW).

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