Jonathan LeMaster-Smith

Rural Ministry, Methodist Connections

Public Ministry

July 11, 2025

Re: Pastors and Churches Endorsing Candidates

Posted same day on my Facebook Page I will speak briefly on the ability for houses of worship/religious leaders to now endorse candidates and move on. According to the report, when a house of worship “in good faith speaks to its congregation, through its customary channels of communication on matters of faith in connection with Continue reading

Political Theology, Public Scholar, United Methodist, Worship

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July 11, 2025

Preaching on Sunday July 6th, 2025

This post was originally posted on my Facebook the Sunday Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law. I’m not preaching today, I’m off until tomorrow. But if I were leading worship, I would do three things, regardless of what I had planned. First, I would speak to the continuous natural disasters (Texas Continue reading

Public Scholar, Rural Christian Education, Rural Community, Rural Ministry, Worship

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