Ben Lindsay: The tension between race and faith
In a world where racial injustice is on display and racial tensions can be high, how do you navigate discussions of race in the context of faith? In this episode, we spoke to Ben Lindsay an activist, author and Pastor about what led him to write a book on this very topic. Ben spoke to us about how almost being murdered in 1993, changed how he saw the world and how he thinks we can have healthy conversations about race.
The Lowdown on our guest:
Ben is the founder of ‘Power The Fight’, a new charity launched in January 2019 which trains and empowers communities to end youth violence. He has spent more than 17 years working with high risk young people in the field of gangs and serious youth violence in London. In 2010, he worked with Camden council to develop the gangs and serious youth violence strategy. Since 2016, Ben has also been the lead pastor at a church in South East London.