By Jon Anderson
Collaboration Project Executive Director

With so much polarization in our country, here’s an uncontroversial opinion: 2020 has been rough. The challenges we faced this year have me thinking a lot about hope. Where do we find hope in the midst of all these troubles? As a follower of Jesus, what does it look like to live a life of hope? And does the Christian faith offer a unique invitation to practice hope?

Hope is the central theme of this year’s Kingdom Justice Summit.

Together we will be exploring how seeking justice relates to having–and practicing–hope. Since its inception seven years ago, the event has brought together followers of Jesus to ask the question, “What is Kingdom justice?” and to create a space to dream about what it might look like lived out in our city.

And while the mission has maintained that same focus, the event looks at Kingdom justice through a different lens each year. This year that lens is hope. 2020 has served as an ongoing reminder that the Kingdom of God is not fully realized here on earth as it is in Heaven. As we scan our social media or read the latest news feed, we can easily feel overwhelmed by the immensity of problems in the world and our limited ability to make a difference. We can feel hopeless. Why strive for justice when the world is so stubbornly messed up?

Yet we believe in a mighty God who cares passionately about justice and desires to work in and through the Church. The very act of doing justice is an act of hope that sees with clear eyes that the world around us is broken but not without the possibility of redemption; it is rooted in the belief that corrupt systems can be transformed, hurting people can find healing, and that the glimpses of hope now will one day be fully realized in the new creation.

Now more than ever, Christians have the opportunity to be a light in the darkness, to offer a story of hope, as we do justice and love mercy, empowered by the Spirit. Imagine if the Dane County Church - people from over 300 Christian churches, were united as agents of hope in our community. Imagine the community transformation that would take place if the broader Church came together to seek the peace and prosperity of all in Dane County, to the glory of God.

That would provide a beautiful hope for a community that is desperate for it. 

Join us at this year’s Kingdom Justice Summit.

Saturday, February 27th from 9-3 pm
Registration closed