Southern Christian Coalition

06/09/2026

Gov. Bill Lee: Stop these notices.

No child battling a life-threatening illness should be forced to choose between healthcare and the threat of deportation.

As people of faith, we believe caring for the sick and protecting the vulnerable is not optional. It is a moral obligation.

We urge Governor Lee to immediately halt these notices and ensure that medically fragile children can continue receiving the care they need.

Call Governor Lee today: (615) 741-2001

Children deserve care. Families deserve dignity.

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Original post by TN Justice Center

06/08/2026

In response to recent attacks on Metro Nashville's funding for immigration legal services, SCC has drafted the following letter supporting immigrant families, access to justice, and organizations that help our neighbors navigate lawful pathways toward stability and citizenship.

As people of faith, we believe access to justice is a moral issue. We cannot remain silent while immigrant communities are scapegoated and used as political targets.

If you're willing to add your name as a signer, please review the attached letter and then click the link in the comments to add your name.

An Open Letter from Tennessee Faith Leaders in Support of Immigrant Families and Access to Legal Services As faith leaders serving communities across Tennessee, we write to express our strong support for immigrant families, for organizations that provide critical legal services to our neighbors, ...

05/19/2026

The State of Tennessee is preparing to execute Tony Caruthers on May 21.

A man who had to help try his own case.
A man whose DNA evidence still hasn’t been fully tested.
A man who has maintained his innocence from the beginning.

And still, the state is moving toward ex*****on.

Today, we delivered over 100,000 petitions to Governor Bill Lee calling for a stay of ex*****on.

Because a system this flawed should never have the power to kill.

Abolish the death penalty.

05/16/2026

In Selma, today:
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05/05/2026

Here’s what happened today.

At 2 PM, the House approved the rules for the extraordinary session and then quickly recessed until tomorrow at 9 AM CST. But the deeper story is not just what was decided. It is how it was decided.

Throughout the day, it became clear that the Republican majority was not interested in hearing opposition. Appeals for due process were brushed aside. Voices were present, but not received.

We have seen this before.

Scripture warns us about moments like this. The prophet Amos spoke to a people who kept the forms of worship and order, while neglecting the weightier matters. “Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” Not efficiency. Not control. Justice.

And Jesus Christ himself confronted leaders who honored process while abandoning mercy and truth, reminding them that faithfulness is measured not by appearances, but by love, justice, and humility.

This is why today should concern us.

Because this is not simply about rules. It is about whether our common life makes room for voices that challenge power, or whether those voices are treated as obstacles to be managed. When process is used to silence rather than to listen, it ceases to serve the common good.

This is why presence matters.

Not as spectacle. Not as disruption for its own sake. But as witness. As sacred resistance. As a way of saying that what happens in these rooms is seen, and that it matters deeply. It is, in its own way, an act of faith. A refusal to let injustice have the final word.

Join us tomorrow at the Tennessee State Capitol at 9 AM CST.

Come as you are able. Come with courage. Come with conviction.

Stand for justice. Stand for dignity. Stand because every voice bears the image of God.

05/05/2026

We need to be honest about what we are witnessing.

At this morning’s 10 AM Rules Committee meeting, the pleas of Democratic members for due process were ignored.

When procedure is stripped away in ways that silence voices, especially in a process already tied to the dilution of Black political power, we cannot pretend this is neutral.

We saw something deeper at work. Specifically the outworking of racism and white supremacy.

This is exactly why your presence matters.

Be at the Tennessee State Capitol today. Session at 2 PM.
And join us again Wednesday and Thursday at 9 AM CST.

We need bodies. We need voices. We need faithful resistance.
Don’t let this happen quietly.

05/05/2026

Today is the day.

The special session begins at the Tennessee State Capitol. Committees are meeting throughout the day, with the full session at 2 PM.

It will be busy. It may feel chaotic. That’s expected.

What matters is that we are there.

We need bodies. We need voices. We need faithful resistance.

Come when you can. Stay as long as you’re able.
And if you can, join us again Wednesday and Thursday at 9 AM CST.

Don’t sit this one out.
Stand for justice. Stand for dignity.

04/14/2026

This evening, Tennessee’s HB 2532, a sweeping school voucher expansion, passed while the room sat mostly empty, except for the lobbyists. Decisions that will shape people’s lives were made without them in the room, quietly shifting resources in ways that will be felt long after the vote. There is something in that worth naming, not just politically, but morally. When decisions are made at a distance from those most affected, it rarely leads to justice.

Jesus is always with those who will bear the cost, among the children, the teachers, and the communities who will feel the weight of what was decided. And if we want to be more like him, we should be found standing where he is standing.

03/24/2026

There are laws that protect the dignity of our neighbors.
And there are laws that teach us who we are willing to expose, to manage, to control.

HB754 does the latter.

It expands the reach of the state into the care of trans bodies, turning what should be sacred into something monitored and reported.

That is not neutral. It forms us.

And we will not be formed by fear.

Join the sacred resistance. HB754 out the door!

03/24/2026

The Church does not gather only on Sundays.

There are rooms this week where decisions will be made about our neighbors. About who belongs. About who gets to live without fear.

And the question is not just what lawmakers will do.
The question is whether the people of God will be present.

Scripture does not leave us guessing.

“Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers” (Hebrews 13:2).
“Open your mouth for the mute… defend the rights of the poor and needy” (Proverbs 31:8–9).

If those words mean anything, they must take on flesh.

Not in theory.
Not in private agreement.
But in embodied presence.

So come stand in the room.

Not to perform.
Not to dominate.
But to bear witness to a different kind of kingdom.

A kingdom where the stranger is not a threat.
Where children are not questioned before they are welcomed.
Where dignity is not earned, but recognized.

Together we can become a the sacred resistance.