Anti Black Racism Task Force Presentation to Synod May 2021

(Excerpt from the Bishop’s Charge 2021)

A task force was struck soon after and I am so very grateful for their hard work. Tomorrow you will hear more about what’s being planned. All of us in the diocese are asked to take on the work of education and increased awareness of subconscious and conscious attitudes and behaviours that undermine racial justice and equity in our society. I hold up the vision of the Kingdom of God from the book of Revelation where a great multiracial gathering worships the Lamb:

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (Rev. 7: 9-10 ESV)