Google™ Translate is a free online language translation service that can translate text and web pages into different languages. Where an official translation is not available, Google™ Translate can be used. The home page for French-language content on this site can be found at: These translations are identified by a yellow box in the right or left rail that resembles the link below. We commit to strengthening unity and harmony across the church that we might be one just as the Father and Son are one.A number of pages on the Government of Saskatchewan's website have been professionally translated in French. We commit to being a welcoming city, a super diverse community where all peoples, whatever their background or ethnicity see that God’s people will always provide a home, a community and a generous welcome. We will inspire Christians engaged in business, health, education, arts and media and other spheres to be champions for equity, equality and builders of unity. We will communicate and dialogue regularly and clearly, in an engaging and accessible way to ensure the wider church is kept up to date.
We will ensure our actions and narratives are centred very clearly on Jesus, rooted firmly in the word of God and inspired by the Spirit. We will equip and engage the wider church with material on theology, and key principles around justice, equity and equality, testimonies and events. We will take practical action, developing short, medium and long term plans to equip the wider church to strengthen unity and collaboration and engage the wider community. We will actively mentor and encourage young and emerging leaders. We will build and strengthen representative leadership: Creating systems, structures and processes that encourage representative leadership in our churches and organisations. We will engage the city’s civic leaders as they address this issue. We will inspire changes in structures and cultures to remove racism. We will advocate using our influence and understanding to speak up for racial equality and equity in the church and the city. We will Identify actions to bring healing. We aim for truth, reconciliation and healing through open discussions across the city, that understands and acknowledges the hurts of the past and hopes for the future. We will bridge the knowledge gap, building a shared understanding of what it is like to be black, or of other ethnicity in Birmingham today, understanding the historical context and the damage to their psyche by sustained and systemic racism. We will build a culture of honour, openness and support within our churches, neighbourhoods and workplaces. We commit to relationship building with church and city leaders modelling strong supportive relationships across the city. We will listen to the voices of our black and all ethnic communities, across the generations and the different parts of our city. We will engage in conversations - creating the spaces for open, honest and frank dialogue. We repent – we have caused or ignored hurt and we pray for a deep healing in our city. We will pray: actively encouraging prayer as a group and within and across our churches and neighbourhoods over the issue of racial injustice and disunity. We commit to an honest and open look at ourselves and our churches and where we are in relation to the issue of racial injustice. We commit to challenge racism confidently across Birmingham and see it removed from the church and society. We the churches, Christian organisations and followers of Jesus acknowledge the issue of racial injustice and its systemic and institutional nature.
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