Rev Dr Israel Oluwole Olofinjana
Rev Dr Israel Oluwole Olofinjana is an ordained and accredited Baptist minister and has led two multi-ethnic Baptist churches and an independent charismatic church. He is the founding director of Centre for Missionaries from the Majority World, a mission network initiative that provides cross-cultural training to reverse missionaries in Britain. Israel is an honorary research fellow at The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education in Birmingham and is on the advisory group on Race and Theology at the Society for the Study of Theology (SST). He is a consultant to the executive team of Lausanne Europe, advising them on matters related to diaspora ministries in Europe. He is on the Christian Aid working group of black majority church leaders exploring the intersection of climate justice and racial justice.
Can we dare to have a vision of justice and hope?
3 December 2024Rev Israel Olofinjana sets out the vision of the new One People Commission resource and why it is so timely for building the intercultural church
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Spotlight: Our One People Commission team
28 June 2024Rev Israel Olofinjana, director of One People Commission, sheds light on how we are supporting our members in equipping them to help build an intercultural church.
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God's intercultural kingdom in the island of Ireland
10 May 2024Rev Israel Olofinjana shares the progress of Intercultural Ministries Ireland and why he is encouraged by the example of God’s intercultural kingdom
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Intercultural justice: The gospel implications
18 March 2024Rev Israel Olofinjana shares his perspective on why racial injustice cannot be ignored if we are to progress the intercultural church
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How can the intercultural church remember together — when our history and experiences are different?
8 November 2023Rev Israel Olofinjana, head of One People Commission and South Asian Forum, shares why it is important as one church that we intentionally recognise one another's history
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2021 Census: Implications for public theology and the mission of the church
12 December 2022Rev Dr Israel Olofinjana, director of the One People Commission, Evangelical Alliance, shares his reflections of the findings of the 2021 Census
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The shooting of Chris Kaba
16 September 2022Find out what happened as churches stand with grieving community
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Talking Jesus: The growing number of Christians of colour
16 June 2022The recent Talking Jesus research reveals that 25 per cent of practising Christians are people of colour – how should this shape our evangelism?
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What can the gospel heart of Ruth teach us about asylum seekers?
21 April 2022When there are no easy answers, can the UK church exemplify hospitality, welcome and integration?
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What does it mean to be human and black?
22 March 2022The Child Q report and the racial discrimination with the refugee crisis in Ukraine is challenging us about the need for racial justice – how can churches begin to address it?
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Prioritising rest, prioritising the planet
4 February 2022How the Old Testament convinced me that it's time we gave our planet a break
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