How to make sense of the recent wave of anti-Asian violence? Read this brief primer on the history of anti-Asian racism in America from the Chinese Exclusion Act, to the Vietnam War, to the 9/11 surveillance of Muslims
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2020 has been such a challenging year with the coronavirus, protests, riots, police brutality and more. Forefront Church creative director explains how, and why, we have chosen joy!
Join us for our weekly meeting at 12pm ET where we collectively make phone calls to our representatives.
Each week we focus on initiatives that are both important and urgent. We provide new topics and scripts, as well as extensive contact details. It also includes a Guide to Federal, State, and Local NY government, and an archive all previous scripts and calls to action.
What the church can learn from the #OccupyCityHall movement, and how #DefundNYPD is ultimately an act of restorative justice. As Christians, if we believe in a restorative and not punitive God, how can we extend that attitude towards others?
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We developed this lesson to help start the conversation with your youngest about Black Lives Matter and how to be an anti-racist. It is often easier for children to access and discuss big feelings through art- throughout the lesson children, ensure children have access to paper and colorful writing materials.
This lesson provides several activities for kids of all ages.
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You have heard it said, “Love the sinner, hate the sin.”
As a progressive church, we declare: “Love the sinner, hate the system.”
By that we mean that we recognize that the majority of injustices are not committed by “bad apples,” but by decent people, created in the image of God, who are caught up in “bad systems” of racism, capitalism, and oppression.
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Black lives matter. What both Jazz and Hip Hop dance have in common is the level of abandon and freedom in the movement. These styles, created by Black lives, inspire us to make conscious movement.
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We are not preaching the gospel if we are not acting on upending broken systems that are taking the lives of our Black siblings. Let's preach the gospel and get TF to work.
Let's do our part to live out the Gospel message of Jesus Christ, one who used his anger, rejection, and oppression to bring life changing jubilee. I pray that we do the same.
Jonathan Williams
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A Eucharistic resource for what to pray during a time of racialized brutality and violence by the police and protests.
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To my white identifying siblings, we must do more. It's not enough to acknowledge the deep pain we have caused our Black siblings, Indigenous siblings, and all People of Color (BIPOC). The lynching of Ahmaud Arbery is not an anomaly, it's a constant reality and we need to do better. There never was an "other side" or "more to the story" and frankly, we have zero time or patience for anyone who refuses to acknowledge the demon of white supremacy.
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When we walked through the doors the first person we met greeted us with a warm genuine smile. We spoke briefly with him and he walked us to our seats. A few minutes later he was up front introducing himself as one of the head pastors. After service several members approached us to greet us and chat. From day one at Forefront we felt welcomed and accepted and didn’t feel it was necessary to visit the other church.
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We've purposely waited until the end of February to talk about the black authors and activists that influence Forefront.
Our vision is to be a just and generous expression of Jesus Christ. We know that part of that expression is working to create equity for every one of us made in the image of God. We also know that we live out this vision for more than just one month.
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An interview with one of our Forefront community members, Frank, who will be speaking on a panel about race and faith this Sunday at 2/4.
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