SPU's Martin Luther King, Jr. Chapel

January 17, 9:30 am, FFMC

Our director, Tali Hairston will be speaking at this year's MLK Chapel.

Latreia Service Day

January 21

Join us for Latreia's Winter Quarter service day on Saturday, January 21.

SPU Welcomes Tent City 3

January 21-March 24

Tent City 3 will be staying on SPU's campus for a 9 week period. Find out more information and ways to be involved through TC3 webpage. Join in on upcoming conversations through TC3 Winter Quarter forum events.

Recent Events

 

Sense of Place: Relocation and Community Forum

Urban Involvement and the John Perkins Center hosted a forum on the Relocation principle on November 21, featuring Urban Involvement partners and SPU graduates. Seattle UGM partner staff Katie Russell and John Phoenix Leapai spoke to questions such as: What’s so important about Relocation and Incarnational ministry? What challenges does Relocation present? How do we hear and understand God’s call to Relocate? What’s the “way in” or the “way to stay”?

Taproot's West Coast Premiere of Brownie Points

Taproot Theater partnered with SPU’s John Perkins Center to foster discussion around the West Coast premiere of the play Brownie Points. In addition to viewing the play, the experience included opportunity for discussion on the play's themes of race, identity, and motherhood on Thursday nights.

Learn more about these discussions.

Community Forum: Redeeming Mulatto

The Perkins Center partnered with Quest Church to present SPU Theology Professor Brian Bantum on his new book, Redeeming Mulatto, on April 6.  Review the video to learn about his exploration of Christ and Christian faith in a world of race, culture and intermixing.

Perkins Center in the Media

 

Deeply Embarassed White People Talk Awkwardly About Race

Jen Graves, within The Stranger, reflects on race, specificly whiteness, in the Seattle context after the Neighbors and Strangers event with Taproot Theater.

Reconciling Differences

Jennifer Ferrero in The Christian Examiner wrote about the work of the John Perkins Center.