Peace & Social Justice

The purpose of the Peace & Social Justice Commission is to help educate, inform, and empower Grantham Church to address injustice without mixing the gospel with partisan politics. We exist to help create a church culture that values peace and justice in the way of Jesus. Browse our page to learn more about what we do.

At Grantham Church we believe that Jesus calls us to promote peace and pursue justice in our church and in our community.

We believe that the gospel is about the redemption of people’s souls and bodies, as well as the redemption of political, economic, and ecological systems. And we have a small team of congregants who encourages and inspires us to live into that vision.

If you’re interested in learning more about what we’ve been doing lately, please check out our current PeaceMatters newsletter.

PeaceMatters Newsletter (Spring2024)

If you have questions or would like to join our work, please contact the chair of our Peace & Social Justice Commission.

CONTACT BRANTLEY

The Israel-Palestine Conflict

Our Peace & Social Justice Commission has compiled some resources to help our congregation understand the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to help us promote peace with our words and our actions.

Resources

The After Party Video & Discussion Class

Do you want to learn how to engage in politics in a way that more faithfully reflects Jesus? Do you want to learn how to interact in a more Christ-like manner with those who disagree with you politically? Come join a six-week hybrid course (in-person or via Zoom) called “The After Party: Towards Better Christian Politics.”

Using videos, group discussions, and individual reflections, we will focus on how to develop a biblically faithful approach to politics that offers a hopeful alternative to the polarization currently besetting so many communities. This class will be led and moderated by members of our Peace & Social Justice Commission.

The goals of The After Party initiative are: (1) to reorient Christian thinking about politics in an effort to heal political divisions in the church; (2) to cultivate key Biblical virtues like humility, kindness, and hopefulness in Christian political engagement; and (3) to reorient our hearts on the person of Jesus such that our membership in his Church comes before any partisan identity.

More info @ https://redeemingbabel.org/the-after-party/

When: Monday evenings, Oct. 7 to Nov. 11, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm

Where: Rooms C8-12 or join us via Zoom

Join the Zoom!