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 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