Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico’s sacrilegious church gives members copies of the “Inclusive Bible” — a modern WEF-approved translation designed to remove what its creators describe as “sexist” language and “stupid stuff,” according to undercover footage.
Rev. Jim Rigby, the head pastor at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian in Austin for over 35 years and a spiritual mentor to Talarico, tells an undercover Daily Caller reporter that the church typically gives people a copy of the Inclusive Bible when they join, in the undercover footage.
“It’s good on the gender stuff,” Rigby says in the video. “The more, like, metaphysical stuff, it’s not a very good translation, if that makes sense. I think it’s really important to have a good translation so you can let go of the stupid stuff.”
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The Inclusive Bible’s translators say the version goes beyond simply swapping out male pronouns. They describe it as a “re-imagining” of Scripture intended to find “new and non-sexist ways” to express biblical language.
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In a section explaining its translation choices, the book states that it avoids using “Son of God” to describe Jesus, instead preferring “Only Begotten,” “God’s Own,” and “Eternally Begotten.” It also changes other traditional gendered references to God, including “Lord,” which the translators say is “sexist” and “classist.”
The undercover footage, captured in August 2026, shows the church putting its policy into practice. During a service, a new member identified as Larry is presented with a copy of the Inclusive Bible.
“And Martha’s here to give Larry his Inclusive Bible,” an unidentified woman says. “It’s the Bible that we use at this church.”
“It’s been rewritten so that there is only inclusive language and that it doesn’t use the gender-fueled language that the King James Version uses,” the woman explains.
Talarico has deep ties to St. Andrew’s and Rigby. Talarico was baptized at St. Andrew’s and has been attending services there since he was a child. Rigby also married Talarico’s parents and delivered the invocation when Talarico was sworn into the Texas House.
A Texas Monthly profile from December 2025 notes that Talarico “took to Rigby at a young age,” and reports that the two attended several political protests together in the early 2000s.
“He always told us our love for God has to grow into justice and move us from the sanctuary to the streets,” Talarico said in a February 2024 interview with Good Faith Media. The outlet reported that Rigby has “mentored and inspired” Talarico throughout his life.
Rigby’s theology has repeatedly departed from traditional Christian doctrine and practice. He avoids Christian creeds and prayers in services to avoid being unwelcoming to non-Christians, has described Jesus as closer to a “loving atheist than an indifferent theologian,” compared fetal remains to “extracted teeth,” and appeared to deny the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection of Jesus.
Talarico has similarly described St. Andrew’s as formative to both his faith and politics.
“Politics and religion and causing trouble all was very intertwined and synonymous for me growing up,” he told the Texas Tribune.
St. Andrew’s approach to gender and theology overlaps with several public statements Talarico has made about his own faith.
Talarico stated in a 2021 Texas House floor debate that “God is non-binary.” Asked about the remark in March 2026, he described it as “cringey” and “deliberately provocative,” but rejected that it is “controversial theologically” because “God is beyond gender.”
In a 2021 appearance on the “Activist Theology” podcast, Talarico described himself as a “Christian who hates Christianity.” The state representative also argued in an interview with Joe Rogan that there is “a lot of biblical evidence” that supports being pro-abortion.
Talarico is running for Senate in Texas against Attorney General Ken Paxton; current polling has both candidates within striking distance of each other.
