"The Christian’s action must be specifically Christian. Christians must never identify themselves with this our that political or economic movement. Rather, they must bring to social movements what they alone can provide." (Ellul, Violence)

Something I've thought about quite a fair amount since shifting to working outside of the church is the question of what role the church might still play in today's social movements. It's something I explored in more detail in this essay looking at how the church can and should support worker's rights. There I suggest that the church needs to first adopt a posture of hospitality (both giving and receiving it) in relation to the rest of society.

We are facing a handful of immense—and interconnected—existential threats. Any hope we have in solving or surviving them requires us working together. They will also call many of us to self-sacrifice on behalf of others and to rely on community. Capitalism will not get us there. It cannot. But within many of our religions, there are truths here we can reclaim. This includes Christianity.

But not a Christianity that is nearly indistinguishable from capitalism. Of that, the church needs to repent.