FROM MUTED TO MOVEMENT: FAITH-ROOTED ORGANIZATION AND CONGREGATION MINISTRY

Creating Vital Congregations Webinar Series
in collaboration with the LTS Alumni Council
and Justice and Advocacy Ministries
of Disciples Home Missions
presents
FROM MUTED TO MOVEMENT:
FAITH-ROOTED ORGANIZATION AND CONGREGATION MINISTRY
Sept. 11, 2024 @ 6:30-8 p.m. ET
With Rev. Dr. Jack Sullivan Jr.
and Rev. Dr. Aaron Stauffer

Community organizing is arguably the most practiced form of political participation in the United States today. So why do so many congregations avoid the call to social justice? How can pastors develop and activate congregations to take their place in social justice movements across the country? In this webinar, two pastor-organizer-scholars will reflect on the trials, the tribulations, and the triumphs of navigating congregational involvement in community organizing. Come join us for engaging conversation and practical tools on how congregations can find their voice in the social justice movement.

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PRESENTERS

Rev Dr. Jack Sullivan Jr. is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada. He serves as Executive Director of the Columbus-based Ohio Council of Churches. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Sullivan is an ecumenist, church consultant, justice advocate, journalist, and death penalty abolitionist. His work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the 2022 Death Penalty Abolition Award from Restorative Justice International; the 2020 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Social Justice Award from Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine; and the 2018 African American Liberation Award from the National Convocation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

Rev. Dr. Aaron Stauffer is the Associate Director of the Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. His work lies at the intersection of the academy, the Christian church, and community organizing. His current book project with Oxford University Press is Listening to the Spirit: The Radical Social Gospel, Sacred Value, and Broad-based Community Organizing. An ordained Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Dr. Stauffer most recently was the Executive Director of and then Special Advisor for Religions for Peace USA, where he helped launch a national anti-Islamophobia program based in the Southeast, along with organizing national senior religious leaders on issues of common concern such as mass incarceration, immigration, and climate change.

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