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The Ripple Effect:. The Ripple Effect: God’s love changes Lives, Churches, Communities and Cultures. Onesimus :. Onesimus : A runaway slave? Became a Christian Not free to follow Jesus Result? Injustice of slavery began to be transformed. Robert Raikes : 1736-1811.
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The Ripple Effect: • God’s love changes • Lives, • Churches, • Communities • and Cultures
Onesimus: • A runaway slave? • Became a Christian • Not free to follow Jesus • Result? Injustice of slavery began to be transformed
Robert Raikes: 1736-1811
Robert Raikes: • 1736-1811 • Lived in Gloucester • Wanted to do something for uneducated • Started a school on Sunday in 1780 • By 1830, 1.25 million children attended Sunday schools in UK
Can you see injustice? • Why do you make me look at injustice? (Hab 1.3) • Workplace • Community • Society • Global
What do we do about it? • Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice ? (Isa 58.6) • Pray • Partner • Participate