We will be joined by Rev. René August and Professor Robert Beckford to look at 'Unity in a Racialised Society'.

The event will be held on Zoom with joining instructions sent prior to the evening. It will also be live streamed to the Faith Forum Facebook page, which you can access here.

Churches Together England

Churches Together in England is the national ecumenical instrument supporting and encouraging churches from a wide range of traditions to work together in unity. With churches drawn from the Anglican, Catholic, Pentecostal, Charismatic, Orthodox and Lutheran traditions, as well as Free Churches, Quakers and others, we unite one of the broadest range of churches in the whole of Europe.

Sankofa Collective UK

The Sankofa Collective exists to create a space for Christians to be able to come together to work towards racial justice. As Christians, we have received the “ministry of reconciliation”, so we want to serve, encourage and equip the UK Church to engage in a journey of repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation.

Faith Forum

Faith Forum is a Theological platform for critical reflection on matters relating to Faith and Practice. It is often argued that some Church traditions do not create space for critical reflection hence the tendency to embrace whatever is passed on to them hook, line and sinker. Among others, Faith Forum seeks to change this narrative by normally pairing Academic Theologians with Practioners to critically reflect on contemporary issues.

Rev. René August

A veteran of the anti-apartheid movement and an Anglican priest, René August is a reconciliation trainer with The Warehouse, a worshipping community organization in Cape Town, South Africa that walks alongside churches as they seek to respond to the issues of poverty, injustice, and division in a city that struggles with some of the worst inequality in the world.

Professor Robert Beckford

Robert Beckford PhD is Professor of Black Theology at The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education. He is a scholar-activist researching the intersections of faith and racial justice in and through diverse media texts. He is also an author and BAFTA award winning documentary filmmaker. He has written and presented over twenty films for the BBC, Channel 4 and Discovery USA.