Roots IWC

Our vision as Roots IWC is to celebrate our diverse cultural and ethnic roots and our identity as rooted together in Jesus. We want to learn what it means to be rooted in Jesus and explore the meaning of the Gospel together, and to learn from one another through listening deeply and celebrating each other’s gifts, passions, and unique qualities. This, we hope, will lead to personal and collective growth in understanding, bridging divides, and challenging prejudice within each of us, and articulating our faith in Jesus in everyday ways.

Our values shape our culture and form the basis for all that we are and all that we do. Our values are:

• Respect for one another, and openness to one another.

• Permission to hold differing views, and an attitude of learning from each other’s diverse perspectives.

• Permission to be passionate, and to express views enthusiastically.

• Celebration of each other’s cultures, traditions and worldviews, and intentionally making space for diverse cultural practices.

• Ubuntu - the South African Philosophy which places emphasis on collectiveness: "I am because we are".

• Lament: making space for collective and individual grief.

• Supporting one another: helping each other to feel safe enough to talk openly, and supporting one another through life's various struggles.

We hope that each of our events and sessions will be held within these core values, and we welcome Roots' members ideas as to how we increasingly live out those values in practice within our sessions, events and relationships.