Rev. Jimmie Hawkins Archives

Baltimore premiere of PDA’s ‘Flint’ shows water issue bigger than one city

Posted October 8th, 2019

It’s a line that appears twice in the documentary, “Flint: The Poisoning of an American City.” “What happened here is now happening in other places. It could happen in any city in the United States. It did happen in the city of Flint, Michigan.”

PC(USA) Washington office preparing to bring church to Congress

Posted July 10th, 2019

Located just across the street from the U.S. Capitol building, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness (OPW) staff regularly meets with members of Congress in their offices and at events to share the church’s point of view on issues of the day.

National faith leaders call for diplomatic approach toward Iran

Posted July 9th, 2019

Faith leaders including the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and the Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, director of the Office of Public Witness, say that diplomacy and not warfare is the nation’s best policy toward Iran.

‘Healing the Nations’ is the work of Christian denominations pulling together

Posted May 31st, 2019

Ecumenical leaders who are gathered in Louisville through Saturday are exploring how God continues to call the church to be a faithful witness, even during the current troubled times.

Presbyterians add their voices to Poor People’s Campaign events

Posted April 26th, 2019

The Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, director of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Office of Public Witness in Washington D.C., says “we have third-world conditions in parts of the United States of America,” reflecting on his travels to cities some might find surprising.

‘Doing the work we were called to do’

Posted April 2nd, 2019

“We have seen a vision for what can happen,” the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II told the Presbyterian Mission Agency board last week, “and we are beginning to live into that possibility.”

A workaround for the cold shoulder

Posted February 21st, 2019

Now that they’re both about three years into their work leading, respectively, the Office of Public Witness in Washington, D.C., and the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations in New York City, the Rev. Jimmie Hawkins and Ryan Smith say they’ve found ways to work around a White House that often doesn’t welcome their input.

A night of ‘trepidation and enlightenment’

Posted July 19th, 2018

The director of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness recently found out what life is like behind bars. The Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, along with other clergy, was arrested earlier this summer while praying outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.

A night of ‘trepidation and enlightenment’

Posted June 29th, 2018

The director of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness recently found out what life is like behind bars. The Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, along with other clergy, was arrested earlier this month while praying outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.

Jimmie Hawkins looks back at his first year with Office of Public Witness

Posted January 24th, 2018

The Rev. Jimmie Hawkins packed his bags in early 2017, said goodbye to his North Carolina congregation at Covenant Presbyterian Church in New Hope Presbytery, and made his way to the nation’s capital as the new director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Office of Public Witness. His new appointment coincided with the swearing in of a new U.S. president.