Dave Roberts interviews Gill about the work of Sanctuary in Eastbourne and the practical, legal and emotional care that they offer to people fleeing war, conflict and more. Gill then shares from the Book of Leviticus about the biblical imperative to care for the stranger or foreigner in your midst. This talk is part of an occasional series on foundational truths for our understanding of biblical justice.
Justice & Compassion
Jesus and Justice – Justice for the Poor
Ray Whitby looks at the gospel patterns that help us to understand poverty and the Christian response. Jesus talks often of the poor and takes practical steps to support them.
Jesus and Justice – Justice for All
Les and Judith lead us through an overview of key principles regarding Jesus as the personification of Justice and his desire to ensure justice for all. They note how this impacts our understanding of racism and remind us how justice finds expression through the local church
Jesus & Justice
If you need to know what God is like you look at Jesus. Jesus says that he does what he sees the Father doing. The prophet Isaiah says that God loves justice. So how would we anticipate that being demonstrated in the accounts of Jesus life. Dave Roberts introduces a new series on Jesus and Justice and suggests that their are rich veins of wisdom, compassion and embodied faith in all that we learn about Jesus and his grace towards women, children, people from other ethnic groups, the excluded and the poor.
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Jesus the Liberator – A new series on Jesus & Justice
If you need to know what God is like you look at Jesus. Jesus says that he does what he sees the Father doing. The prophet Isaiah says that God loves justice. So how would we anticipate that being demonstrated in the accounts of Jesus life. Dave Roberts introduces a new series on Jesus and Justice and suggests that their are rich veins of wisdom, compassion and embodied faith in all that we learn about Jesus and his grace towards women, children, people from other ethnic groups, the excluded and the poor.
Jenni Talks – A conversation with refugee activist James Aldred
Many of you will be aware of James – we’ve met with him several times and he was a guest at one of our socially distanced services. Our very own Jenni Osborn talked to him as part of her regular youth work podcast.
James has an extraordinary story of seeing hope, love and trust amidst destruction and oppression in the refugee camps in Calais and Dunkirk. His journey back to faith and realisation that God is at work in even the most humble of circumstances is inspiring and fascinating to listen to. His plea for 2021 to be a year of welcome without fear and with great love is significant and will stay with me in the coming weeks and months.
Racial Justice – A resource page
Following the death of George Floyd the issue of racial justice has been at the forefront of our thinking and the public debate in the wider culture.
We wanted to alert you to a variety of resources that will help us all understand the wider issues of human dignity at work. But also understand the urgency of affirming that ‘Black Lives Matter’ in a local and national culture that is often marked by overt racism and failure to take seriously the reality of racial prejudice – even in our churches.
Latest News
Articles & Interviews
Nicky Gumbel – Six Ways to Respond to Racism
Christine Cain and Anita Phillips – Race + Restoration in the Body of Christ
UK institutions need more black people, says Pentecostal church leader
Agu Irukwu says police, legal system and politics need greater BAME representation
The pastor was speaking in response to the death of George Floyd, an unarmed man who died after he was pinned down by a white police officer in Minneapolis. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
The leader of the UK’s biggest Pentecostal church has urged black people to take an active role in public life, including serving in the police force, legal system and politics, in response to outcry over the killing of George Floyd.
Pastor Agu Irukwu of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, which has about 800 places of worship in the UK, said institutions that affected our everyday lives needed greater BAME representation.
Books
Suggestions from Gas Street Church
Ben Lindsay — We Need to Talk About Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge — Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Latasha Morrison — Be the Bridge – Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation
Layla F Saad — Me and White Supremacy (Includes study points)
David Olusoga — Black and British – A forgotten history
Afua Hirsch — Brit(ish) – on Race, Identity and Belonging
Akala — Native – Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
Anthony Reddie — Is God Colour-Blind?: Insights From Black Theology For Christian Ministry
Jim Wallis — America’s Original Sin – Racism, White Privilege and the Bridge to a New America
Howard Thurman — Jesus and the Disinherited
Austin Channing Brown — I’m Still Here – Black Dignity in a world made for whiteness
John M Perkins — One blood – Parting words to the church on race
Dhati Lewis — Advocates – The barrow path to racial reconciliation
Also check out the resources at Woodland Hills Church in Minneapolis
Films
Parent Resources
Yoopies offer some tips from their family-friendly resource guide for parents. More here
Why I Took My Children to a Black Lives Matter event.
Christian author Krish Kandiah was nervous about attending a demonstration in Oxford, but he believes it was the right thing to do. We have been in lockdown for 83 days when my son interrupts all our afternoon routines with the suggestion that we take part in today’s Black Lives Matter protest in Oxford. I am shocked. This is the son who has wanted to become an epidemiologist since he was a teenager. Read more
People to follow on Instagram
Suggestions from Gas Street Church (Tim and Rachel Hughes)
Jo Saxton — @josaxton
Ben Lindsay — @bcwlindsay
Latasha Morrison — @latashamorrison
Dr. Dharius Daniels — @dhariusdaniels
Austin Channing Brown — @austinchanning
Cheryl Nembhard — @cherylnembhard
He is For You – June 2020
This series will help you explore an understanding of Jesus as the ‘Prince of Peace’ – one of the titles used by the prophet Isaiah to describe the promised Messiah . We will look at the idea of God’s peace throughout the scripture and its central role in the teaching of Jesus. It will suggest new depth to our usual understanding of the nature of salvation and provoke us to how our prayers of blessing and our commitments to mercy and justice are a message for a pandemic ravaged world.
Dave Roberts is part of the Gather Collective team.
Links to video and audio recordings will appear here.