What’s Jesus got to do with Justice? We are a community committed to following Jesus Christ and living out his teachings under the leading and guidance of the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit. Our work is first and foremost an expression of this commitment. The above quote is the first of six “identity statements” in …
The RESPOND Cape Town region has been activated following a fire in Imizamo Yethu informal settlement during the night of 5 September 2020. Clayten Gouws, from Antioch Church, will be filling the role of incident coordinator and the Bergvliet Methodist Church, with Rev Steven Lottering, will play the role of Lead Church and Liaison Coordinator …
RESPOND Incident – Imizamo Yethu Fires – September 2020 Read More »
Peace, like war, must be waged* The world over, people are recognising that with the crisis that COVID-19 has created, along with the extreme inequalities it has revealed**, has come an opportunity for building a new world: one that treats each human life as precious and wherein the earth on which we live and depend …
The Eastern Zone of the RESPOND Coalition in the City of Cape Town has been activated following severe flooding in the Marikana Informal Settlement. Beautiful Gate is playing the role of ‘Lead Church” in collaboration with the Lower Crossroads LEAN. While local churches, civic and relief organisations are providing food and shelter for the 270 …
“During colonialism and apartheid some people were deified, made to be more than others, and others were dehumanised, treated like less – the great undoing that we are in the midst of, is humanising us all.” Linda Martindale – Micah Global The recent resurgence of the #blacklivesmatter movement has awakened fresh conversation, as realities of ongoing …
Our dear friends It is with rather nervous excitement that we share with you that we are moving out of the building which has been our home for 17 years! This may seem like a very sudden announcement and so we wanted to share a bit of the journey which has led us to this …
(This is an excerpt from a longer piece documenting The Warehouse’s journey in becoming formed as a discerning community and some lessons we have learned as we have journeyed. If you would like to know more about this, please feel free to contact us – we would be more than happy to share.) Identifying as, …
An Introduction to CLAD (Corporate Listening & Discernment) Read More »
Date: 1 July 2020
Time: 14h30 – 16h00
Venue: Zoom Meeting ID: 886 5885 1705
There are many churches and other concerned organisations who are wanting to respond to the food security crisis that has become a serious consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are some complexities around food parcels as a response to COVID-19 at the moment and so we have tried to focus on the food voucher model. …
A disaster-resilient church has a trained incident coordinator who is recognised by the church leadership. In a disaster-resilient church, the congregation has participated in a Generosity Revolution journey and church members have been trained in setting up a hub. The church leadership of a disaster-resilient Church has interrogated and has documented their own capacity to …