One of our church members has been working in humanitarian relief for decades and is an employee at USAID. As of Monday morning, her access to all USAID systems was cut and her position was discontinued. She’s heartbroken and angry—not because she lost her job, but because untold numbers of marginalized people will suffer.

She told me: “The people we’ve helped for decades are now cut off from our help. No food, no vaccines, no protection programs, no more restoring water systems, etc… it’s beyond tragic, and to have this done by an administration that is supported by evangelical Christians is heartbreaking.” (this is all shared with her courageous encouragement, even though she knows DOGE could retaliate)

Watching people use the name of Christ to justify taking support for basic needs away from the most vulnerable people in our world is abhorrent. It’s blasphemous. It’s evil.

Father James Martin put it best when he wrote, “In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of USAID s the result of the world's richest man ending a program that helps millions of poor people. You don't need a Ph.D. in moral theology to see why this is an evil. You can just read Jesus's parables on the rich and the poor.”

If you are a follower of Jesus, the time is now to stand up and speak out against this evil.