RESPONDING TO THE CALL
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Listen! The Lord is calling to the city…”
Micah 6:8-9a
Even as we live between the Garden and the New Jerusalem, we as God’s people know we cannot be passive in the face of injustice. Our community has the opportunity to answer God’s call from Isaiah 58: 6-9. Our collective obedience to this call brings healing and bear witness to the Gospel of Christ. At CCC, we believe God has empowered us to be a peaceful presence in our city.
PREPARE YOURSELF
We all find ourselves entering this conversation at different places. We know that we all bear God’s image (Genesis 1:27). We also know that Christ shed his blood for all of humanity, justly atoning for every sin and fulfilling God’s desire for mercy. Jesus redeems us so we can join him in releasing the oppressed and setting the captive free (Luke 4).
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Listen! The Lord is calling to the city…”
Micah 6:8-9a
Even as we live between the Garden and the New Jerusalem, we as God’s people know we cannot be passive in the face of injustice. Our community has the opportunity to answer God’s call from Isaiah 58: 6-9. Our collective obedience to this call brings healing and bear witness to the Gospel of Christ. At CCC, we believe God has empowered us to be a peaceful presence in our city.
PREPARE YOURSELF
We all find ourselves entering this conversation at different places. We know that we all bear God’s image (Genesis 1:27). We also know that Christ shed his blood for all of humanity, justly atoning for every sin and fulfilling God’s desire for mercy. Jesus redeems us so we can join him in releasing the oppressed and setting the captive free (Luke 4).
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and He will say: Here am I."
Isaiah 58:6-9
to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and He will say: Here am I."
Isaiah 58:6-9
Transforums
These transforums took place in 2013-2015 and addressed various issues and how we are called to respond from a Micah 6:8 perspective. Each video has accompanying resources available for you to download.
racial dialogues
A spirit-led and meaningful conversation at CCC exploring the questions, “Is there such a thing as white privilege?” and “Why do people use this term?”
A spirit-led and meaningful conversation at CCC exploring the questions, “Is there such a thing as white privilege?” and “Why do people use this term?”
Other Resources
Sermon Series
Below are some of the sermon series that pertain to justice and how to live it out:
Book recommendations
In this perspective-shifting book, founder Latasha Morrison shows how you can participate in this incredible work and replicate it in your own community. With conviction and grace, she examines the historical complexities of racism. She expertly applies biblical principles, such as lamentation, confession, and forgiveness, to lay the framework for restoration.
Just Mercy tells the story of EJI, from the early days with a small staff facing the nation’s highest death sentencing and execution rates, through a successful campaign to challenge the cruel practice of sentencing children to die in prison, to revolutionary projects designed to confront Americans with our history of racial injustice.
“Free at last!” It has been more than thirty years since Martin Luther King Jr. shouted those words to a crowd gathered in Washington, D.C. His speech, “I Have a Dream,” is now familiar, even famous. But has his dream been realized? In Free at Last? Carl Ellis offers an in-depth assessment of the state of African-American freedom and dignity within American culture today. Updating and expanding his examination (previously published as Beyond Liberation) for a new generation of readers, Ellis stresses how important it is for African-Americans to know who they are and where they have been.
Book recommendations
Here are some books that we recommend.
In this perspective-shifting book, founder Latasha Morrison shows how you can participate in this incredible work and replicate it in your own community. With conviction and grace, she examines the historical complexities of racism. She expertly applies biblical principles, such as lamentation, confession, and forgiveness, to lay the framework for restoration.
Just Mercy tells the story of EJI, from the early days with a small staff facing the nation’s highest death sentencing and execution rates, through a successful campaign to challenge the cruel practice of sentencing children to die in prison, to revolutionary projects designed to confront Americans with our history of racial injustice.
“Free at last!” It has been more than thirty years since Martin Luther King Jr. shouted those words to a crowd gathered in Washington, D.C. His speech, “I Have a Dream,” is now familiar, even famous. But has his dream been realized? In Free at Last? Carl Ellis offers an in-depth assessment of the state of African-American freedom and dignity within American culture today. Updating and expanding his examination (previously published as Beyond Liberation) for a new generation of readers, Ellis stresses how important it is for African-Americans to know who they are and where they have been.