Why should we pray? How shall we pray? And does prayer do any good? As people of faith longing for a just world, these are some of the questions we will explore at our annual winter conference in San Francisco (or online!) on January 26-27, 2024.
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Join us for a rich, creative, and restorative time of imagining and uttering new prayers to step faithfully into the future. We are thrilled to have Cole Arthur Riley (writer, liturgist) as our keynote speaker, alongside Charlene Han Powell, Riana Shaw Robinson, and Peter Choi. Kinship Commons will be leading our times of worship and prayer.
Registration is now open! In-person space is limited, register today to save your seat! Early bird pricing (save up to $30!) available until 11:59pm PT on December 6, 2023. Can't join us in San Francisco? Get a streaming pass to access the sessions!
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Seeking Faith, Learning Justice
September 2026 Kicking Off the Year on the Network and at Spark Lab NYC The Multivocal Chorus at Our Fall Gathering This past week, our fellows, Network members, partners, and new friends gathered for Spark Lab NYC, a three-day gathering exploring how stories can ignite faith and justice. The Riverside Church has a remarkable legacy of faith in public life, from Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic 1967 address to generations of congregants who have gathered there to imagine a more just world....
Dear Reader, We are turning a new page at the Center for Faith and Justice, and we want you to be among the first to hear about an important next step: CFJ is now an independent nonprofit. The change may sound administrative; what it makes possible is not. It gives CFJ a stronger foundation from which our work can grow and evolve. We are especially grateful to City Church San Francisco, whose creative vision helped make CFJ’s work possible and brought us to this milestone. What will not...
February 2026 Faith and Justice Awarded Key Role in $5M Lilly Endowment Storytelling Grant The Center for Faith and Justice is honored to serve as a key partner in a collaborative project awarded a $5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment. As part of the National Faith Storytelling Initiative, this effort builds on a theological framework we have cultivated for many years, centered on the pluriformity of the Gospel endings, to launch FIRE: Multivocal Expressions of Faith. FIRE seeks to...