FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ...

SCHOOL FINANCE Senate Bill 1 - The State Budget - Passed The legislature adopted a budget of $248.5 billion for the 2022-2023 biennium....

May 24, 2021 Dear Speaker Phelan and Texas House Members: Pastors for Texas Children would like to thank the members of the House Public...

The session is not yet over. But at this point, we know the outcome of most of the bills we've been watching. It FEELS like it's been a...

This has been a hard session, but we are holding the line on private school vouchers. This happened two times during the 87th session. It...

Yesterday the Senate Education Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 28. Pastors for Texas Children submitted written testimony to...

Here is a letter we sent last week to the federal Department of Education about charter schools. This is timely, as we continue to see...

Yesterday's attack on the nation's Capitol makes us realize that we must not take democracy for granted. The formalities and rituals of...

As this strange year draws to a close, our hearts at PTC turn to gratitude for all who so generously support our mission. Faith-based...

Contact: Rev. Charles Foster Johnson Pastors for Texas Children charlie@pastorsfortexaschildren.com Because many have asked us, we want...

George Herbert, early 17th century British poet and pastor, wrote: Thou that hast given so much to me, Give one thing more, a grateful...

We had a highly successful virtual fundraising event last week, thanks to our many generous sponsors and even more generous friends that pur

Raise Your Hand Texas Huckabee & Associates 5 Energy Texas Association of School Boards Texas AFT Texas Association of School...

This week, Pastors for Texas Children is celebrating the courageous action of the Texas State Board of Education to veto three of the...

By Charles Foster Johnson August 17, 2020 If Old Testament theologian Walter Brueggemann is correct in defining justice-making as...

By Rev. Daniel Camp August 11, 2020 The Rev. Daniel Camp is Pastor of the South Garland Baptist Church of Dallas. We are making his...

By Mary Wilson August 5, 2020 We are in an anguishing predicament concerning in-person school reopening. On the one hand, we are not...

By Charles Foster Johnson July 18, 2020 The ink was hardly dry on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s authorization for local health authorities to...

By Charles Foster Johnson July 14, 2020 The White House is requesting that a portion of the next stimulus bill be used for private school...

Here are two Christians who don't want him to. By Meli Barber and Charles Foster Johnson May 15, 2020 President Trump, along with members...