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A word from our Board Chair

The last quarter of 2021 is here and while the year is winding down, the journeys within The Warehouse are definitely not!  Looking back over the last 18 months, our primary invitation as we partner and press into asking questions regarding what it means to seek the shalom of the cities and world we are...

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God of….. By Tristan Pringle

God of the poor and hungry We ask that you forgive those of us who eat while others starve We ask that you release us from the bondage of our own self-centredness We ask that you remove the scales from our eyes so we see human beings in desperation rather than targets for our “righteous”...

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Black Lives vs White Comfort

Nkosivumile Gola The recent events in the world, both in terms of the recent wave of the Black Lives Matter movement that has swept the world due to the continued murdering of black men by police, and the ongoing femicide, have shaken how we should think about the world. The Warehouse Trust’s commitment to being...

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This White Heaven is Built on Black Hell

Once again we are too lateTo see Black Life as Human LifeGet used to being Late —It will be that way until weconnect our whiteheavens to black hells. Can we see?How we talkhow hire private security,what we believe,where we charge entry,how we assume priority,where we livewhere we go to school,what we learn,what we eatwho we...

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Is your Church Disaster-Ready?

If you would like your Church to move further in your journey towards being a disaster-ready church, you can contact respond@warehouse.org.za You can read more about the RESPOND Coalition here

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The Climate Crisis: an Opportunity for Public Health and Creation Care

Day Zero. Cyclone Idai. Amazon Burning. Australian Wildfires. Arctic Meltdown. Greta Thunberg. Extinction Rebellion. These are some of the recent climate-related events and role players that have thrust climate change into global public consciousness and led thousands to protest the vested political and economic interests that are driving climate change and delaying urgent climate action....

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The Wounds of So Many

Trigger warning: Stories of sexual violence The first time I heard someone recount her rape, I had just become a Christian and she had just stopped being one. She had been gang-raped by the youth pastor at her church and some other people. The second time, it was a family member. I doubt I responded...

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The Immigrants’ Creed

(This creed professes the Christian faith through the experience of an immigrant.) I believe in Almighty God,who guided the people in exile and in exodus,the God of Joseph in Egypt and Daniel in Babylon,the God of foreigners and immigrants. I believe in Jesus Christ,a displaced Galilean,who was born away from his people and his home,who...

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What does obedience look like this Easter?

Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”  Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed; ” My father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I...