Q&R: The Ministry of Reconciliation
June 6, 2023 • Rich Villodas & Tyler Staton
Listen to Rich Villodas & Tyler Staton as they discuss further how we can become a reconciling community; reconciling individuals across ethnic, socio-economic, and cultural dividing lines.
Lecture: The Ministry of Reconciliation
June 6, 2023 • Rich Villodas
Hear from Rich Villodas as he discusses how we can become a reconciling community; reconciling individuals across ethnic, socio-economic, and cultural dividing lines.
Justice Summit: Session 3
June 18, 2022 • Jonathan Tremaine Thomas
Listen as we discuss the future of justice, reconciliation, and mercy at Bridgetown Church.
Justice Summit: Session 2
June 18, 2022 • Jonathan Tremaine Thomas
Listen as we discuss the future of justice, reconciliation, and mercy at Bridgetown Church.
Justice Summit: Session 1
June 17, 2022 • Tyler Staton
Listen as we discuss the future of justice, reconciliation, and mercy at Bridgetown Church.
Sonship, Kinship, and Citizenship in the Kingdom of God
June 6, 2021 • Jonathan Tremaine Thomas
Session 3: Ethnic Unity & People of Love
September 20, 2020 • Bryan Loritts
From the "Race & Justice Event with Bryan Loritts." Every New Testament point has an Old Testament picture. In Session 3, Bryan Loritts discusses the Old Testament picture of love and how it intersects with issues of race and ethnic unity.
Session 2: Panel Discussion with Q&R
September 20, 2020 • Bryan Loritts & Guests
From the "Race & Justice Event with Bryan Loritts." In Session 2, special guests Michelle Jones, Dr. Leroy Haynes, David Valenzuela, and Renjy Abraham join Bryan Loritts and John Mark Comer for a discussion about the Black and Brown experience in America, how social media has shaped the conversation on race, how to bring others into the "beloved community" and so much more.
Session 1: Critical Race Theory: An (Un)Necessary Distraction
September 20, 2020 • Bryan Loritts
From the "Race & Justice Event with Bryan Loritts." In Session 1, Bryan Loritts discusses Critical Race Theory and how it must be approached with nuance. He also examines the ideas of white privilege, systemic racism, reparations, and affirmative action. Listen along as we learn about what the Gospel of Jesus has to say about race and justice.
One New Humanity
September 20, 2020 • Bryan Loritts
Pastor and author Bryan Loritts discusses the multiethnic church of the New Testament as we learn from Ephesians 2. Follow along with the Race & Justice community guide as we seek justice and equity within our church family.
A Pastoral Word on Our Cultural Moment
June 21, 2020 • John Mark Comer
We are all reeling from the last few months of life in America. The partisan divide between Right and Left, and the level of anger and acrimony, is at an all-time high, into the global pandemic of COVID-19, into a global recession, which so many out of work, or living in fear of a layoff, into a tipping point in the outcry over systemic racism in our country after George Floyd’s murder set off a wave of protest unlike anything in our nation’s history, where for the first time, the vast majority of the population is ready to do whatever it takes to change, into rioting and violence – the cascade effect has felt like wave after wave.
An Interview with Richard Probasco
June 14, 2020 • John Mark Comer & Richard Probasco
We are honored to have Richard Probasco, founding pastor of New Song Community Church, with us to tell the story of his life in Portland as a Black man, a pastor, a musician, and an adoptive father.
Race & Justice with Mark Strong
June 7, 2020 • Mark Strong
We want to stop and acknowledge the reality that our Black and Brown sisters and brothers experience in our country. We are honored to have Mark Strong, lead pastor of Life Change Church in North Portland, with us to share what the Gospel of Jesus has to say about race and justice.
Saving Justice
January 23, 2017 • Mark Charles
As racial tension continues to build, this is the beginning of an ongoing conversation about how we, as followers of Jesus, can best respond. Listen to the lecture from writer and speaker Mark Charles, in partnership with Imago Dei Community, as we lament the racial injustice that continues to haunt this nation.