Breaking the Silence

Category              : Spiritual book

Title                      : Breaking the Silence

Subjudul              : Overcoming discrimination and violence on the path towards a just and inclusive community

Edited by             : Norita Novalina Sembiring, Félicité Ngnintedem and Dr. Dennis Solon

Publisher             : BPK Gunung Mulia

Publication Year: 2025

Size                       : 15 x 23 cm

Pages                    : 272

Cover                    : AC 230

Paper                    : HVS 70

The Beam in Our Eye: Discrimination in Church and Diaconia

Is the church a safe place?

Some words seem to be so distant from one another. Yet, the United Evangel-ical Mission has opted for such a provocative theme, bringing to the scene the examination of discrimination as experienced in the church and diacon-al environment. Does the church discriminate against? Suppose the church has received the mandate to serve people as the Lord Jesus Christ has served. How can diaconia, as service to the people by the church, become an expression of discrimination, alienation, or violence?

The United Evangelical Mission has decided to shed light on the life of the church to examine its practices and confess where it has become an instru-ment of oppression and discrimination. The theme “The Beam in Our Eye: Discrimination in Church and Diaconia”, officially launched at the General Assembly in Tanzania 2025, will guide the work of the Church and Diaconia of the UEM members. This theme is a self-criticism of abuses within the church and Diaconia, so that they provide services to all in virtue of God’s humanity, which transcends all people, irrespective of their gender, cultural and educational background, social, economic, and political status, or race.