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The Rev. Jim Winkler, general secretary of the United Methodist Church’s public policy arm.

Ron Ribiat

“I could tell there was this real need, real hunger, at least in my denomination, for there to be some response that is not only prayers and expressions of sadness, but also a call to action,”

— The Rev. Jim Winkler, general secretary of the United Methodist Church’s public policy arm, the General Board of Church and Society, talking to The New York Times about religious groups mobilizing for stricter gun control policies.

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