Church leaders reflect on their peaceful protest experiences
In big cities and small towns across the Synod of the Trinity region, people are taking to the streets to protest the racial injustice that continues to make headlines for all the wrong reasons. We also understand that there are many who are only seeing the footage of these gatherings on the nightly news and…
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My Peaceful Protest Experience: Rhonda Kruse
“Participating in this very public display of repentance and atonement for my own silence and inaction, as well as that of the White church as a whole, served as a wake-up call.”
My Peaceful Protest Experience: Gregg Hartung
“In having this conversation in the town square outside the four walls of the church, it has people reflecting on racial injustice way beyond those who just attended the vigil.”
My Peaceful Protest Experience: Dawn Adamy
“I show up to stand with our neighbors, to listen and to learn. I hope to take these experiences and interpret them through a gospel-lens for my congregation so that we can journey together into these troubled but hopeful waters.”