Thank you for joining us for the 2025 Impact Celebration!
We were so heartened by the presence of so many JustFaith graduates from across the country.
We are extremely grateful to our featured speakers, for their powerful and inspiring remarks provide strength for our shared work ahead, and prophetic wisdom relevant to these times.
The Impact Celebration celebrated graduate impact from JustFaith communities across the country. The recording for this special event is below and marks JustFaith Ministries’ 24th year building more just, peaceful, and sustainable communities.
View the Recording of the 2025 Impact Celebration:
- “Gospel Work in Dangerous Times” Panel Presentation (begins 8:35)
- Featurette: “What Impacts do JustFaith Programs Have on Individuals, Churches and Communities?” (begins 58:06)
- End of year impact announcement and invitation (begins 1:06:30)
At the Impact Celebration, we announced a generous opportunity to double your impact! Thanks to the generosity of a group of JustFaith graduates, gifts made by December 31st will be matched up to $50,000! Please consider donating today.
Double your impact today!If you would like information on making a gift from an IRA, a gift of stock, or a gift from a Donor Advised fund please visit the More Ways to Give page on our website. JustFaith Ministries (Tax ID: 20-1377228) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and all donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
Learn more about the 2025 Impact Celebration Speakers
Sister Simone Campbell is a religious sister, lawyer, and a prophetic voice on issues of social justice. As former Executive Director of NETWORK, a Catholic social justice lobby, she became widely known for leading “Nuns on the Bus” tours, which promoted healthcare reform, economic justice, and immigration rights. Sister Simone’s ministry combines legal expertise with spiritual conviction. She was a key figure in advocating for the Affordable Care Act and continues to champion a just tax system and living wages. Her work has been honored with numerous accolades including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her work inspires people of all faiths to engage in courageous advocacy and to live out the Gospel call to serve the poor and vulnerable.
Rev. Dr. Lewis Brogdon is a religious scholar, public intellectual, author, and prophetic voice on the topics of Martin Luther King, Jr., the debate about reparations for African Americans, nihilism in Black America, slavery in the Bible, Black religion, and the complex legacy of racism in America. He has accepted invitations to an advisory body to the United Nations Human Rights Council and the White House, as well as media outlets, churches, colleges, and community organizations nationwide. Dr. Brogdon is currently an Associate Professor of Black Church Studies and Executive Director of the Institute for Black Church Studies at BSK Theological Seminary in Louisville and the author of many books such as Hope on the Brink, and most recently The Bible in the Ashes of Social Chaos: An Introduction to Problematic Texts.
Dr. Cecilia González-Andrieu is a leading scholar of theological aesthetics, which she proposes as a way to bring communities together, respect and celebrate otherness, and lift the theological insights of those who know and express themselves from the peripheries. She is one of the contributing writers for America magazine, penning a number of significant essays on political theology, Latinx theologies, and women’s issues. Dr. González -Andrieu teaches in Loyola Marymount University’s Department of Theological Studies, co-chairs the LMU Latino Theology and Ministry Initiative, is an active supporter of the Ignatian Solidarity Network, an advisor for the Discerning Deacons Project. Cecilia was also recently inaugurated as President of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States.