The Warehouse

In this episode we explore the idea of spatial justice as it relates to suburban churches- how churches are grappling with this concept, where some of the challenges lie, where hope is emerging, and what a fresh imagination could look like as we think about spatial justice in the context of 'the church on the corner'. These reflections emerge from Caroline Powell's recently completed master’s project on suburban churches and spatial justice.

In this conversation we chat to Liesl Stewart and Abby Plaatjes Fehrsen about their journey with the Good Food Club, a solidarity food purchasing community which seeks to challenge some of the injustices present within our food systems.

Check out this conversation with Sithembiso Zwane, director of UKZN's Ujamaa Centre for Biblical and Theological Community Development and Research. In this episode we chat about the history of Contextual Bible Study in South Africa, the bible as a site of struggle, how context influences the ways in which we read and interpret the bible, and how to read scripture faithfully as we grapple with the realities of our contexts and our commitments to follow the way of Jesus in the world.

In South Africa, both our history and our present is rife with stories of displacement and the destruction of home- from stories of forced removals with the group areas act, to stories of evictions under Covid-19 lockdown. In this conversation with Ntando Mlambo, Thami James, Precious Bikitsha, Sesihle Manzini, Ayanda Nxusani and Thandi Gamedze, we use this idea of displacement to think about the particular experience of black women in the church, and begin to explore what it might look like...

Food has a crucial place in the wider systems of injustice that create poverty and marginality, thus if we are to re-imagine a liberated society, this is perhaps the most important place to begin. In this episode, Thandi chats to Zukile and Monwabisi about food systems, food security and theology. Our Father who art in heaven, give us today our daily bread...

Eight people (Ayanda Nxusani, Sesihle Manzini, Helene Visagie, Ashley Visagie, Wendy Lewin, Gillian Barlow, Lana Franks and Thandi Gamedze) who have been on a journey of collaboratively and reflectively reading Emmanuel Katongole's book, The Sacrifice of Africa: A Political Theology for Africa, got together to record a conversation to reflect on their journey through part one of the book, exploring what it might mean for the story of Christianity in our context.

In this episode, we chat to Ntando Mlambo and Caroline Powell -- both of whom are doing really interesting and important research into the topic of church land and spatial justice -- about spatial justice and how the church can engage and participate in this conversation in order to create spaces and cities that are more just and inclusive.

The Warehouse coordinates a network of church and faith-based organisation partners called RESPOND in responding to disasters largely local to Cape Town but increasingly further afield. In this episode we chat to Lester Cedras and Craig Stewart, who both play significant roles in the work of RESPOND, to unpack and engage with some of the dynamics in moments of disaster, some of the larger stories and realities in which disasters take place, as well as how the church can respond in ways that...

Last month we launched Rene August's book, Seeking Peace. This episode contains the interview that was conducted at the book launch with Rene about Seeking Peace. This book uses the methodology of pilgrimage to deepen engagement with scripture through reading it in particular geographical spaces with diverse groups of people. It encourages an exploration of the Bible in conversation with both the historical and contemporary contexts, in order to help us live more faithfully as those trying...

Earlier this year we hosted a conversation exploring the Pentecostal movement, and the insights that it can give us in our work of justice. The conversation was hosted by Megan Schilder, and the panelists included Nadine Bowers Du Toit, Luthando Tofu and Jonathan Martin, three Pentecostals from very different contexts

Earlier this year we hosted a conversation exploring the Pentecostal movement, and the insights that it can give us in our work of justice. The conversation was hosted by Megan Schilder, and the panelists included Nadine Bowers Du Toit, Luthando Tofu and Jonathan Martin, three Pentecostals from very different contexts

In June we hosted an event seeking to celebrate the legacy of Black Theology and explore its gifts, its relevance and its shortfalls, and what we can learn from it as Jesus followers in our contexts. We heard a range of insights from various voices, including those of Nkosi Gola, Godfrey Harold, Tsakani Sibanda, The Legacy and Thandi Gamedze.

In June we hosted an event seeking to celebrate the legacy of Black Theology and explore its gifts, its relevance and its shortfalls, and what we can learn from it as Jesus followers in our contexts. We heard a range of insights from various voices, including those of Nkosi Gola, Godfrey Harold, Tsakani Sibanda, The Legacy and Thandi Gamedze.

In June we hosted an event seeking to celebrate the legacy of Black Theology and explore its gifts, its relevance and its shortfalls, and what we can learn from it as Jesus followers in our contexts. We heard a range of insights from various voices, including those of Nkosi Gola, Godfrey Harold, Tsakani Sibanda, The Legacy and Thandi Gamedze.

In June we hosted an event seeking to celebrate the legacy of Black Theology and explore its gifts, its relevance and its shortfalls, and what we can learn from it as Jesus followers in our contexts. We heard a range of insights from various voices, including those of Nkosi Gola, Godfrey Harold, Tsakani Sibanda, The Legacy and Thandi Gamedze.

In June we hosted an event seeking to celebrate the legacy of Black Theology and explore its gifts, its relevance and its shortfalls, and what we can learn from it as Jesus followers in our contexts. We heard a range of insights from various voices, including those of Nkosi Gola, Godfrey Harold, Tsakani Sibanda, The Legacy and Thandi Gamedze.

In June we hosted an event seeking to celebrate the legacy of Black Theology and explore its gifts, its relevance and its shortfalls, and what we can learn from it as Jesus followers in our contexts. We heard a range of insights from various voices, including those of Nkosi Gola, Godfrey Harold, Tsakani Sibanda, The Legacy and Thandi Gamedze.

In June we hosted an event seeking to celebrate the legacy of Black Theology and explore its gifts, its relevance and its shortfalls, and what we can learn from it as Jesus followers in our contexts. We heard a range of insights from various voices, including those of Nkosi Gola, Godfrey Harold, Tsakani Sibanda, The Legacy and Thandi Gamedze.

In June we hosted an event seeking to celebrate the legacy of Black Theology and explore its gifts, its relevance and its shortfalls, and what we can learn from it as Jesus followers in our contexts. We heard a range of insights from various voices, including those of Nkosi Gola, Godfrey Harold, Tsakani Sibanda, The Legacy and Thandi Gamedze.

In this episode, Thandi Gamedze and Nkosi Gola chat about Youth day, commemorating struggle, centring the voices and struggles of the marginalised, and organising for support of Early Childhood Development centres in townships towards the creation of safe, nurturing and educational spaces for the most vulnerable.