Reclamation Faith

We haven’t done an introduction post for a bit, and there are quite a few new folks here, so thought we’d say hi (👋)and let people know what we’re about:

Hey! We are Alison and Josh, Baltimore-based married folks behind Reclamation Faith. We are both in full-time ministry, but also both feel that it’s a crucial time to walk beside people feeling displaced from the Christian faith, and encourage/affirm people for whom institutional Christianity is no longer a viable option. (That might seem like a weird juxtaposition, but it makes sense to us!)

Reclamation is about helping spiritually displaced reclaim their role in God’s story. We feel much of the narrative of God and Jesus has been co-opted by Western Evangelicalism, individualism, nationalism, white supremacy, fundamentalism, and so forth.

People are reeling, justifiably burned, and losing faith in churches as safe communities (with good reason). We want to reclaim and reframe the Story, take a critical look at contemporary faith issues, and affirm a universal and wholly accepting gospel story with love and joy and wholeness at the center.

We aren’t trying to get anyone to return to what has been left, or dictate what should or shouldn’t be believed. We don’t want to set ourselves up as authorities or arbiters of “truth.” We’re not trying to make money. We simply want to offer our thoughts, educational backgrounds, experiences and hearts. We hope you’ll join in, because this is all better done together..rather than alone!

So follow along, listen to our podcast, leave a comment, or shoot us a message. We’d love to be welcomed into your story.

When religious institutions become more valued than individuals, the result is spiritual death. We see evidence of this everywhere.

Ironically, an individualistic gospel fuels this system of harm against individual persons. If the whole gospel story is “your personal relationship” with God, then the church can only exist to produce more and more individual success stories.

The church becomes a factory or a corporation, and the people who are hurt, who question the system, who represent its failings, are seen as threats to the institution.

If we are to truly value people, all people, we need a holistic theology.

Embodied and personal faith.
Corporate and incarnational faith.
Global, just, and restorative faith.

Only when we broaden our view of the Kingdom can we truly value all stories, hear all voices, and break cycles of religious harm.