All Church Book Read, Building Up for a New World

11-2, 6:00 pm, November All Church Book Read, SBuilding Up for a New World: Congregational Organizing for Transformative Impact, Annex Large Meeting Room

11-14, 5:00 pm, November All Church Book Read, Building Up for a New World: Congregational Organizing for Transformative Impact, Annex Large Meeting Room

11-29, 5:00 pm, November All Church Book Read, Section 2 of 3, Building Up for a New World: Congregational Organizing for Transformative Impact, Annex Large Meeting Room

12-13, 5:00 pm, November All Church Book Read, Section 3 of 3, Building Up for a New World: Congregational Organizing for Transformative Impact, Annex Large Meeting Room

Community Organizing from the Pews

The church is an organizing body. No matter how big or small the membership roll, no matter a rural or urban location, churches around the world and across generations organize people:

• to educate in Sunday school or at public lectures;
• to feed at potluck luncheons and soup kitchens;
• to comfort through funerals, visitation, and refugee resettlement;
• to uplift with worship, public witness, and policy advocacy.

There’s not a congregation that doesn’t organize!

But how to organize—effectively and justly for the transformation of the world—remains a frequently asked question. Audre Lorde wrote, “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house,” therefore community-organizing tools from diverse and marginalized groups are essential for the work of liberation.

Congregations will be invaluably equipped through the stories, practical wisdom, and diverse perspectives of Building Up a New World, with chapters such as:

• Organizing Congregations for Impact
• Building a Just Economy
• Resisting White Nationalism
• From Potluck to Policy Reform
• and many more.