Healing and Transformation

In the face of deep injustice and suffering, the Freedom Church of the Poor offers a vision of collective healing and transformation rooted in solidarity, care, and resistance. 

Drawing on spiritual traditions, rituals, and organizing practices, it cultivates spaces where the sacred worth of each person is affirmed and the systemic wounds of poverty, racism, ecological devastation, militarism, and Christian nationalism are confronted.

Inspired by leaders of social movements that have come before us and guided by the belief that “social justice organizing is actually healing work,” the Freedom Church tradition embraces holistic healing—tending to both immediate needs and structural change.

Through rituals like foot washing, gathering in gardens, Indigenous prayers of gratitude, and healthcare vigils, communities are invited into acts of radical presence, truth-telling, and mutual support. These practices reclaim our interconnectedness in a society that thrives on division and dehumanization, and they offer tools for building the Beloved Community—where each life is valued, each voice heard, and each struggle honored.

Together, these rituals become lifelines of hope and resistance, forging a path toward a more just and compassionate world.