Thank you for responding and wanting to learn more about Racial Justice!
The Final Report of the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice, summarising three years of work in response to the report ‘From Lament to Action’ is available here.
Before you click through to take a look at the report, here are a few words introducing the concept of Racial Justice:
Racial Justice is a priority because the church was founded by Jesus to love God and to love our neighbour (Matthew 22:34-40). We know that we can’t we say we love God but underneath despise our neighbour (1 John 4:20-22). So, attitudes based on racial prejudice can have no place in the life of the church. However, the evidence shows that patterns of behaviour within the church that privilege some and disadvantage others are still widespread. The mission of the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice was to show the church the actions and attitudes that we need to adopt, to enable the church to live up to Jesus’ standards! So, please read the report and start to make change happen where you are…
The Racial Justice Unit exists to continue the work of the Commission by resourcing people across the Church of England so they can adopt an effective anti-racist stance in their local context.
For further information, visit:
www.churchofengland.org/mission-ministry/inclusivity/racial-justice
or write to:
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