Shawn Anglim

pastor of First Grace United Methodist Church in New Orleans

Shawn Anglim is the pastor of First Grace United Methodist Church — the merger of a historical Black church and a historical white church in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. During his leadership, the church established First Grace Community Alliance and its two missions: Hagar’s House, a residence for women, trans women and children without homes, and Project Ishmael, a free legal clinic for immigrant children.


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Shawn Anglim

7mos ago
MS NOW Opinion

Why my church got involved with a protest to free Mahmoud Khalil

May 22 wasn’t the first time a delegation left my church for Jena, and, given the facility’s role in holding people snatched by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it won’t be the last.

1year ago
MS NOW Opinion

My church kept ICE from deporting our neighbor Jose. The Bible told us so.

President-elect Donald Trump has plans to end a policy that generally restricts ICE from arresting undocumented people at or near so-called sensitive locations.