Tag Archives: Theological reflection
Sweet Charity?
Details of the 2019 David Goodbourn Lecture, organised by the Centre for Theology and Justice. Controversy about “white saviours” around this year’s Comic Relief has …
The truth about poverty?
Last year, we took members of several Poverty Truth Commissions to the Greenbelt festival for the first time. It was an exciting and inspiring experience …
Bringing our neighbourhoods into church
Revd Al Barrett is vicar at Hodge Hill Church in Birmingham, and a member of a collective which helps Church Action on Poverty to reflect …
What does a ‘church of the poor’ look like?
Some inspiring thinkers have been helping us to develop our vision of how churches could engage better with poor communities. Communications Manager Liam Purcell shares …
What did Jesus mean by ‘the poor in spirit’?
A guest post reproduced from the ‘Simian in the Temple’ blog, exploring questions that relate to our ‘Church of the Poor?’ project. Blessed are the …