The Baptist Union of Great Britain : In search of Freedom - extract from Journeying to Justice, Karl Henlin

In search of Freedom - extract from Journeying to Justice, Karl Henlin

Journeying to Justice – Contribution to the Baptist Tradition across the Black Atlantic is a new book featuring contributions from a variety of scholars and practitioners who together explore Black Baptist relations between England and the Caribbean. It is the first comprehensive appraisal of the journey towards equity and reconciliation among British and Jamaican Baptists since our Union's Apology for Slavery in 2007. We are providing short extracts from the book to help give an understanding of why this is important to read.

Preached at Joint Assembly at the Brighton Centre May 2007
It was this sermon that reignited the conversations on the Apology culminating in the Apology being made in 2007 - the same year

Our theme 'In search for freedom' is salutary not only because of its obvious relationship with the 200th celebration of the ending of the trade in slaves but more so because it speaks to the ultimate quest of human beings in every generation, namely freedom.

The theme speaks about a search, and for me, that in itself is an admission that real freedom is always an unfinished project and thus represents something of an elusive target. Real freedom in all of its definitions is always being realised, and our task is this, to be always engaged in programmes and practices that will aid in the actualisation of freedom in our time. In search for freedom is an invitation never to rest on our laurels and never to become complacent. It is an invitation and a challenge, never to be found congratulating ourselves but instead to make every effort to be used as an agent of real freedom in the world. The theme is to be saluted because it accepts that freedom is a work in progress, for there is always something else to be done, something more to be accomplished and something other for us to experience.

We who gather in this session today have been invited on a journey that has rehearsed the roles played by Protestant missionaries and particularly Baptist missionaries in ensuring not only did the trade cease but also that slavery is an economic system was also to be abolished. I join in giving thanks to men such as William Wilberforce but also for the resistant movements led by men such as Sam Sharpe and Cudjoe and with them countless numbers of slaves who refused to accept that this was their given lot in life.

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In search of Freedom - extract from Journeying to Justice, Karl Henlin

Our theme is in search for freedom is salutary not only because of its obvious relationship with the 200th celebration of the ending of the trade in slaves but more so because it speaks to the ultimate quest of human beings in every generation

Journeying to Justice extract - Lynn Green

For myself I am passionate about the strengths our models bring; we need to discern together and discover ownership in order to move forward.

Extracts from Journeying to Justice

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Journeying to Justice extract - Lynn Green

Posted: 23/08/2017

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