Racial Justice Sunday

Racial Justice Sunday

9 February 2025

30 years ago, in April 1993, Black teenager Stephen Lawrence in southeast London was murdered because of racist. The Lawrence family attended a local Methodist Church in that part of the capital, and the Methodist Church agreed to support the family's justice campaign to find young Stephen's killers.

A few years later, the Churches' Commission for Racial Justice (CCRJ), a Churches Together in Britain and Ireland programme, agreed to mainstream the special Sunday so that all the churches could engage with it.

We will discover more about this history from the Revd David Haslam, a former Methodist minister and head of the CCRJ during these times, who reflects on the anniversary and what it means for racial justice on these shores today; and today we see it marks the 30th anniversary of RJS.

This year has the title 'Coat of Many Colours', reflecting the increasing diversity that exists in the churches in Britain and Ireland. Both the Old Testament, or the Hebrew Bible, and the New Testament are replete with references to diversity, in this world and the Kingdom to come.

Find The Resource Here

https://ctbi.org.uk/resources/racial-justice-sunday-9-february-2025/