Dr. Peter Bakken, WCC’s Coordinator for Justice & Witness joined Rev. Breanna Illéné, WCC’s Content Curation and Ecumenical Innovation Coordinator to talk about what churches can and cannot do during elections.

I’ve been asked to sum up what I’ve learned in my 18 years as the WCC’s Public Policy and/or Justice and Witness Coordinator. That is impossible. But I will try to set down a few notes about the nature of this work as I’ve come to understand it, using a phrase from WCC’s mission statement that has been a constant reference point for me: We pray and work together for the unity and renewal of the church and the healing and reconciliation of the world.