Windrush Day is an opportunity for all Christians in Britain and Ireland to celebrate the humungous contributions that those hailing from the Caribbean have made to churches on these shores. Indeed, Windrush Day is a celebration of the Windrush generation, the men, women and children who came to these shores from 1948 to 1972, and the way they have transformed life in Britain and Ireland in so many positive ways. Various historians and scholars have revealed how these folks have breathed new energy into the spiritual life of the Church. Windrush Day is also a celebration of all those who continue to make their homes on these shores, and are now mainstays of the Church.
Immigration and asylum have become major public-policy issues in both Britain and Ireland, invariably characterised by a toxicity of discourse. However, the movement of people – going from one place to another for a variety of reasons – is a common characteristic in the Bible – in both the Old and New Testament. What is more, God invariably encourages his people to be hospitable to those who are ‘strangers’ or ‘travellers’. If that is God’s attitude, what should be ours regarding asylum seekers, and those looking to start a new life on these shores?
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Watch Richard Reddie's talk during Wells Cathedral's Racial Justice Sunday service, part of its 'Resistance, Racial Justice and Reconciliation' exhibition.
Richard Reddie pays tribute to Revd Jesse L Jackson, the civil rights leader and activist who has died at the age of 84.
What do reparations mean in practice? This was explored in this discussion, co-hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Afrikan Reparations an...
Thanks to those who took part in Racial Justice Sunday on 8 February 2026. Resources can be used throughout the year with a theme of 'Love Your Neighbour'.