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The Church should also have the courage to speak against injustice, hear voices that are often overlooked, respond to human need with love, and care faithfully for God’s creation and the environment.
Paramount though, is our commission to mission as exemplified in the Five Marks of Mission, where we show Christ’s love to others in service, in combatting injustice, in caring for our world and in the proclamation of his good news and the nurture of those who have come to faith.
Furthermore, I believe that continuing to teach (in some churches) that God created men to lead and women to submit to that leadership makes it hard for the Church to speak out about gender injustice.
I cannot bear injustice of any kind.
The current situation remains unsustainable, damages the Church’s mission, and makes the Church look increasingly like a place of injustice.
I live this by my work with Micah Liverpool at St Bride's, a joint initiative with the Catholic and Anglican cathedrals to relieve Liverpool residents from social injustice and poverty.
shared, people are nurtured, need is met with compassion, injustice is challenged, and God’s creation is cherished.
• 1988 - 1992: Experienced how others were shown injustice in
"...Jo's questions are always rooted in love, kindness and a desire to understand, in order to bring people together rather than to divide...." "...Jo has a deep and genuine commitment to justice and equality for all people...." "...She has the courage to challenge injustice..." "...Jo speaks out the voice of those who go unheard." All quotes from a recommendation of Rev. Jo Jones, Retired LGI Chaplain and Parish Priest.
should be adding its voice to calls to spend more in this area – responding to the need to be global neighbours and to tackle injustice.
We see greed and wickedness, disease and disasters, poverty and injustice, lies and deception, and sometimes feel helpless.
I remain convinced that the Church has a vital role in fostering cohesion, challenging injustice and offering hope in an increasingly divided world.
This involved significant culture change and proactive leadership in areas of poverty injustice, refugee integration, climate change, modern-day slavery, reconciliation in a colonial context and addressing the housing crisis in practice as well as advocacy.
Public witness: I want the Church to speak and act with those affected by poverty, injustice, conflict and environmental harm, while keeping the good news of Jesus Christ and his offer of salvation central.
General Synod and the Church as a whole, needs to be that beacon of hope and light to the nation, calling out injustice, supporting those marginalised in society, being good stewards of God’s creation, and drawing all people to God.
It was here that a deeper passion to see an end to injustice began and a more full vision of the Kingdom was planted in my heart.
This quinquennium is when we must build the structures that will make it real: a Faith in the City for our own day, working to the maximum the gifts we have as an established church, with our presence in every neighbourhood, our voice, our buildings and our wealth – putting them to work against the systemic injustice of poverty and homelessness.
Churches are essential to connecting with people and solving many of our societal issues today including loneliness, financial pressures, food insecurity, racial injustice, mental health challenges, abuse and more.
The church must not place further stresses upon its clergy and needs to better support clergy and their families when they struggle. ● Justice in National and International Life: God laid a deep passion for justice on my heart at an early age and I believe that the church has a vital role in challenging social injustice both nationally and internationally.
This has given us an insight some of the social injustice within our community and an opportunity for the church to be a voice of the voiceless and if elected I will be an advocate for those on the margins.
I believe in a faith-based and community-led approach to tackling poverty, injustice and violence, prayer and faith in action, providing support and love free of judgement.
I am deeply committed to a Church which challenges injustice, including the sexism, racism and disablism which persist inside and outside of our churches.
My heart and focus and preferences do remain with those people and places that are suffering the most from injustice and exclusion, poverty and isolation.
The church needs to positively respond to social injustice and discrimination experienced by marginalised groups
Synod must continue to engage with issues of social injustice which form such a stain on our national life.
Throughout history, Christians from different backgrounds have spoken prophetically on issues such as slavery, poverty and injustice because they understood that faith has public consequences.
Having grown up in Glasgow and having worked in numerous areas of deprivation, I have seen the effects of poverty and social injustice first hand.
I believe the Church has a responsibility to be a practical support to those who are in need through programs such as debt centres and food banks but also to speak to the very heart of injustice in our society.
🌍 Put the climate crisis at the heart of our response ⚖️ Work for true gender equality across the Church ✊ Challenge racial injustice and discrimination 🏳️🌈 Stand firmly for a fully inclusive Church 🧠 Raise awareness of neurodiversity in all God‘s glorious variety
It is a privilege to stand with lay and ordained colleagues on the Inclusive Synod platform. “I am committed to equality for everyone, at all levels and roles within the church, regardless of disability, economic power, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, learning disability, mental health, neurodiversity, or sexuality." I am an excellent orator, unafraid to name injustice where I see it and give voice to the concerns of those who have no voice.
It should speak against hate, injustice and untruth.
Colleagues tell me I am courageous and not afraid to speak up against injustice; if elected I will use my voice to advocate for those people who are often excluded; working class, LGBT community members and BME amongst others.
As I learn more and notice instances of racial injustice, I aim to increase awareness and take action for those of us who are marginalised or made to feel inferior because we are in the minority.