Racial Justice and Healing2021-05-27T13:33:16-05:00

CONVERSATIONS ON RACIAL JUSTICE & HEALING

Despite the challenges of COVID, we continue to press in to the learning journey on race we’ve begun.

Though we weren’t able to finish our original series “Renewing Our Minds on Race” in person, we continue to engage prayerfully through a series of conversations.

READING THE BIBLE IN COLOR

One of the core affirmations of the Christian faith is that all human beings are created in the image of God — and that God always intended to create a people of all nations, tribes, ethnicities, and languages to worship him. One of the implications of that ‘biblical anthropology’ is that the image of God is expressed more fully when people of multiple cultures are represented. This Fall we are offering a series as part of our Conversations on Race in which we have the opportunity to “read Scripture with” — with Christians who come from other racial/ethnic backgrounds than many of us at Redeemer. We’re excited to see what we might learn through these conversations — about God, about Scripture, and about us.

“Reading the Bible with Asian-American Christians”:

We welcomed Pastor Juliet Liu of local church Life on the Vine for a conversation with us in May 2021. Pastor Juliet and Redeemer leader Anthony Wang gave us insight into some of the experiences of Asian-American Christians and helped us learn more about the gifts that these brothers and sisters offer to the body of Christ. If you missed this session live, you can watch the recording below. As a follow up to this session, we’ve also compiled a brief list of resources for further learning that can be accessed clicking the button below.

Resources for further learning

Previous Conversations:

“Reading the Bible Latinamente

Pastor Oscar DuPuy joined us in February 2021 for a conversation on “Reading the Bible Latinamente.” Oscar serves in leadership at Journey Church in Waukegan and also works in public education. He and his family are also Redeemer ‘alumna.’ Thank you, Oscar! If you missed the conversation, you can watch the video below.


“Reading While Black”

Dr. Esau McCaulley — an ACNA priest and professor at Wheaton College — joined us on October 20, 2020 for a conversation about his book, Reading While Black: African-American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope. You can watch the video below, or read a rough transcript of the conversation here.

RACE, DISCIPLESHIP, AND THE WHITE CHURCH

In September 2020 we had a wonderful conversation with Pastor David Swanson, author of Re-Discipling the White Church.  You can watch both parts of that conversation below or via our YouTube channel, or read a rough transcript of the conversation here (Part 1) and here (Part 2).

RESOURCES FOR “RENEWING OUR MINDS ON RACE”

Just Mercy Movie Discussion:

Statements from our Clergy and Bishops:

Resources Related to Race & COVID-19:

Other Resources:

RACIAL JUSTICE AND HEALING: 11 THINGS YOU CAN DO

Recordings:

*Please note that all resources are copyright and and intended for use at Church of the Redeemer only.  They may not be reproduced for public use without the explicit permission of the author or authors.*