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justice requires our voices and our bodies

I believe every Christian, in some way, must speak up and tangibly act out against injustice.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” read more

church planting residency

Immanuel Church, the church I help lead, is an apostolic, church planting community (its leadership has planted 10 churches incubated in the Pacific Northwest, along with years of international urban church planting experience). In collaboration with our denomination, the Evangelical Covenant Church, Pacific Northwest Church Planting, and Whitworth University’s OCE, we have developed a hands-on leadership residency to equip and resource people in real-time on how to plant justice-oriented, missional, incarnationally formed churches. We are a laboratory for learning and after completing the Leadership Residency, we have multiple funding streams available. If you are interested in planting, in particular a woman or a person of color, we have a couple of positions currently available in our Residency program.

If you are interested let us know at the bottom of this page – www.immanuelspokane.org/mission

What is Biblical Justice? by Paul Louis Metzger

Eucharistic Justice

Biblical justice involves making individuals, communities, and the cosmos whole, by upholding

  both goodness and impartiality. It stands at the center of true religion, according to James, who says that the kind of "religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world" (James 1:27). Earlier Scripture says, "The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern" (Prov. 29:7).

via www.christianitytoday.com

This is definitely worth reading. With all the nonsense generated by certain Fox News commenters – ok just one, this is a welcome Biblical rejoinder to help bring clarity!!!