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9f5364 No.636495

Churches stop calling cops 'in name of social justice'…

The churches call their drastic approach “divesting” from policing.

http://archive.today/2018.04.20-012650/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/04/19/churches-make-a-drastic-pledge-in-the-name-of-social-justice-to-stop-calling-the-police/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d62ba907bf88

First Congregational Church of Oakland shares a neighborhood with many homeless people who often come to the church in times of mental health crises. Sometimes church members feel unequipped to deal with the erratic behavior: The most heart-wrenching scenes, volunteer leader Nichola Torbett says, are the times when the church is closing for the day, and a person with nowhere else to go absolutely refuses to leave the building. At least once or twice a month, at their wits’ end, the church members call 911. Now, the church has joined a small handful of like-minded congregations with a radical goal: to stop calling the police. Not for mental health crises, not for graffiti on their buildings, not even for acts of violence. These churches believe the American police system, criticized for its impact especially on people of color, is such a problem that they should wash their hands of it entirely.

“Can this actually be reformed, when it was actually created for the unjust distribution of resources or to police black and brown bodies?” Torbett asked. For her and for her fellow church members, the answer is no — the police don’t just need reform. The police need to be abandoned altogether. The churches call their drastic approach “divesting” from policing. They say that one headline after another about policing around the country shows that it’s necessary — most recently, events include a notorious call to police about two African American men at a Philadelphia Starbucks and the fatal shooting of Stephon Clark, shot eight times as he was holding an iPhone, not a gun.

The project of divesting is organized by Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), a nationwide organization that tries to get white Americans working on behalf of racial justice. The four Unitarian and Protestant churches that have joined so far include three in the Bay Area and one in Iowa City. The Northern California Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ has signed on to recruit from among its member churches, and the Bay Area churches are talking to more congregations in their area, from denominations including the Disciples of Christ and the Presbyterian Church (USA). “It’s a challenging ask,” acknowledged the Rev. Anne Dunlap, a United Church of Christ minister who leads SURJ’s outreach to faith communities. “It’s a big ask to invite us, as white folks, to think differently about what safety means. Who do we rely on? What is safe? For whom? Should our safety be predicated on violence for other communities? And if not, what do we do if we’re confronted with a situation, because we are, as congregations? … How do we handle it if there’s a burglary? How do we handle it if there’s a situation of violence or abuse in the congregation?” Those are hard questions. The churches that commit to ending their use of police resources are training members in alternate responses to danger. Torbett said at First Congregational, church leaders have invited experts from several nonprofits to train members on de-escalating mental health crises, and on self-defense in the case of a violent person at the church. “Our goal is to never call the police,” she said. As members discuss self-defense, they’ve also decided that they will not arm anyone at the church with any weapon.

df0fc3 No.636497

>>636495

Sadly they aren't doing it because the police are unchristian, but whatever.


f1b4fa No.636508

It boggles the mind to think that these liberal heretics genuinely believe that police have never helped black people, that the black community has never been helped by a criminal being caught


d3bbf6 No.636509

>These churches believe the American police system, criticized for its impact especially on people of color, is such a problem that they should wash their hands of it entirely.

>“Can this actually be reformed, when it was actually created for the unjust distribution of resources or to police black and brown bodies?” Torbett asked. For her and for her fellow church members, the answer is no — the police don’t just need reform. The police need to be abandoned altogether. The churches call their drastic approach “divesting” from policing.

Paul:

>13 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

>2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

>3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

>4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

>5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

>6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

>7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

>The project of divesting is organized by Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), a nationwide organization that tries to get white Americans working on behalf of racial justice.

Jesus:

>And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

These people rioting and marching down the streets chanting for dead police officers are not of God. Any "church" that buys that ticket can take that ride.


cc2d77 No.636512

>>636508

>that the black community has never been helped by a criminal being caught

It hasn't because the black community is entirely criminal


bad94b No.636525

Meanwhile it's being reported that feeding the needy is being banned in many cities to keep too many homeless from gathering in nicer looking neighborhoods.


f1b4fa No.636527

>>636512

The fact that Black americans commit a disproportionately large amount of crime does not mean that each and every one of them is a criminal. Stop bearing false witness.


d3bbf6 No.636530

>>636527

Blacks who respect and obey the law are cast out as Uncle Toms and are not part of the black community.


0a2f48 No.636532

>>636530

That's not even remotely true.


d3bbf6 No.636539

>>636532

No, it's absolutely true. Black police officers and other law enforcement workers are totally ostracized from the hood and have to live elsewhere in mixed or middle class neighborhoods. Black Republicans who respect the rule of law are persona non grata to both the hood and middle class blacks. Black ghettos have been utterly consumed by criminality and anyone who stands against that evil is run out on a rail. Have you never lived in a ghetto?


67ca97 No.636558

Black Christians are wary of cops, gee that sure is news

>>636497

Also this


8e713a No.636577

>>636539

>police officers and other law enforcement workers are called uncle toms so all blacks who respect and obey the law are regarded as the same

that's not how it is. also, not all black people live in ghettos.. however there are sad black people who regard ghetto and hood culture as = being black american, when there are black americans who grew up middle class, in suburbs, while maintaining their identity and marrying inside their race. i live in a place where people of all races have "hood" culture and i just see them as annoying. there are very fine things but a lot of things went to shit after the 70s. even the religious identity is weakening and all of the entertainment is perverted with highly demonic culture idolizing drugs, violence, and sex in reckless abandon. there's many things that enrage me but this place is neither here nor there.. it's not like anyone will listen to me anywhere anyway.


629d23 No.636578

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>The most heart-wrenching scenes, volunteer leader Nichola Torbett says, are the times when the church is closing for the day, and a person with nowhere else to go absolutely refuses to leave the building. At least once or twice a month, at their wits’ end, the church members call 911.

That's so sad, i'm not a Sikh, but i really like their mass volunteer feeding that they have, it would be cool if Christians had something similar.


6fe5a0 No.636696

>>636495

The Bible supports justice and encourages it. To hell with BLM, bunch of Christ haters with their stupid pride of false history and culture.


8eb6ea No.636712

>>636495

Have they totally forgotten about that Texas church mass shooting?



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