Why Would an Atheist Start a Secular Church?

Secular Church and Objective Morality: How atheists might organize around shared ethics without religious belief.

If you don’t believe in God, what could a church still offer - and what might replace its traditional moral framework?

Tom has founded the Church of the Best Possible World, a secular initiative based on his model of morality. He wants to explore how people might organise around shared ethical principles without relying on religious belief, and what it means for atheists to defend objective morality rather than assume morality is merely subjective.

Why book him: It is an unexpected premise that challenges both religious and atheist audiences. It opens up a conversation about community, ethics, meaning and whether secular alternatives can offer something beyond simply rejecting religion.

About Tom Jump

Tom Jump, podcast guest

Atheist Philosopher, Debater & Author

Tom Jump is an atheist philosopher, debater and author whose YouTube channel, TJump, has 32,000 subscribers. He tackles some of the biggest questions at the intersection of religion, reason and ethics, engaging with Christian theologians, philosophers and other thinkers on the existence of God and the foundations of morality.

What sets Tom apart is his distinctive approach to debate: rather than relying solely on familiar atheist objections, he evaluates religious arguments from the perspective of the people who make them. His work challenges the assumption that objective morality requires belief in God and explores how people distinguish sound evidence from flawed reasoning.

Tom is the co-author of Objective Morality Without God? and founder of the Church of the Best Possible World, a secular initiative built around his model of morality. He is especially suited to podcasts that welcome rigorous but accessible conversations about atheism, Christianity, evidence, objective morality, the meaning of life and whether belief in God is reasonable.

Podcast hosts can expect a guest who is comfortable with disagreement and direct debate. Tom is particularly interested in speaking with Christian or religious audiences and discussing questions such as whether there is evidence for God, what morality is, how moral claims can be grounded without a deity and how competing worldviews should be evaluated.

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