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Jeff Pickering

Jeff Pickering is the director of the Initiative on Faith & Public Life, a project of the American Enterprise Institute. AEI is a leading public policy think tank in Washington, DC and the initiative exists to equip Christian college students for faithful engagement in public life. Jeff moved to Washington to work for Russell Moore at the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, where he led ERLC’s public policy communications, directed the internship program, and hosted the weekly Capitol Conversations podcast. Jeff previously worked in both local church ministry and government affairs in his home state of Texas. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University. He and his wife, Chelsea, have a son and daughter.

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Jeff Pickering

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A Final Show Part 2: David French on religious liberty, pro-life policy, and January 6th

A Final Show Part 1: Reflections from the Leland House with Jeff, Chelsea, and Travis

ERLC calls Supreme Court ruling in Fulton “a decisive 9-0 win for religious freedom”

Russell Moore announces departure from Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission

National Latino Evangelical Coalition’s Gabriel Salguero on the payday lending debt trap

World Relief’s Matthew Soerens on President Biden’s refugee admissions decision

USCIRF Chair Gayle Manchin on the global threats to religious freedom

Prison Fellowship’s Heather Rice-Minus on the church and criminal justice reform

Three adoption issues you should know about and a farewell to our audio engineer Gary Lancaster

Phillip Bethancourt on how Christians can engage conversations about COVID vaccine hesitancy

Jonathan Hayes on how our government shelters unaccompanied migrant children

Russell Moore on the ethics of the COVID-19 vaccines

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