My name is Baek Hee Kim. I was born and raised in a Christian family in the Republic of Korea, and I came to the United States to pursue theological studies. I joined the Disciples of Christ while attending Brite Divinity School. The reason I embraced being a Disciple was because of the Open Table. … Continue reading Affirming NAPAD identity during AAPI Month
Chapelle Ste-Marthe: Deep Christian spirituality and a passion for God’s love and justice in Montréal
The current religious landscape of Québec, Canada is one of duality, dominated by the historic Roman Catholic Church and the growing secularism that got its start in the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s. Before this binary dynamic took hold, indigenous faiths were practiced first by the Kanien’kha:ka, Haudenosaunee, Anishinabeg, and Algonquin peoples living … Continue reading Chapelle Ste-Marthe: Deep Christian spirituality and a passion for God’s love and justice in Montréal
WHOSOEVER: “God did not create you to hate you”
The Greater Kansas City region is the most compact regional ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada. There are open and affirming congregations as well as places of worship where most of the members are people of color (POC). But before 2017, if you were searching for a faith community of … Continue reading WHOSOEVER: “God did not create you to hate you”
Celebrating Earth Day
There has never been a more important time for the church to be the church and live out the transforming love of Christ Jesus. Climate change is now impacting our local communities, congregations, and their ministries in a myriad of ways including financially, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Yet, throughout the Bible, we are told that the … Continue reading Celebrating Earth Day
Disciples church uses radical acceptance for drug misuse recovery, support for adults with intellectual disabilities
When you cross the Ambassador Bridge from Detroit, MI to Windsor, ON, you may think that you’re leaving behind the Motor City and entering a quaint Canadian town. But as residents of Windsor know, that assumption couldn’t be farther from the truth. While its American neighbor to the south garners more of the attention for … Continue reading Disciples church uses radical acceptance for drug misuse recovery, support for adults with intellectual disabilities