![]() Moreover I can personally testify to numerous incidents that raised my awareness of racism. If anyone doubts this was real it is vividly described in Leroy Logan’s book Closing Ranks (2020) and Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” film based upon it. The Faith in the City report (1985) highlighted the growing importance of black majority churches and of racism in society in part it was a Christian counterpart to the Scarman report which highlighted how urban deprivation, social exclusion and racism in policing had been the trigger for the Brixton uprising of April 1981. ![]() This article will explore the theme out of a personal experience as a white, male, Christian with forty-five years of life experience in multi-ethnic churches and neighbourhoods and of academic and research engagement with the topic of ethno-religious diversity and relationships. Some of this has been about theology and the politics of race and ethnicity but a more interesting theme is around the desire to develop and strengthen multicultural church congregations. ![]() Greg Smith writes: Following the international emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, the recent publication of the UK government Sewell Report followed by the Church of England Lament into Action report into tackling institutional racism in the Church of England, there has been considerable debate in evangelical circles. ![]()
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