Social Justice & Advocacy Column: Building the Beloved Community
Building the Beloved Community
When Bishop Michael Curry was elected Presiding Bishop, he began with three priorities: “…evangelism, racial reconciliation, and care of God’s creation. Evangelism is a word with a lot of baggage that to me simply means modeling Jesus’s love in our daily lives and finding opportunities as a church to share that love. Racial reconciliation means healing the wounds that divide and separate us as children of God. And care of God’s creation means helping to heal the planet from destruction and harm. These were all one with the foundational mission of the church: to follow the way of Jesus and his love to foster a loving, liberating, and life-giving relationship with God, with each other as children of God, and indeed with all God’s creation. Therein is the work of building God’s beloved community. That’s e pluribus unum for real.”
Bishop Michael Curry, Love is the Way
