Why Some Indigenous Christians Still Have Hope in the Church

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🗓️ 16 July 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Half a dozen Canadian churches have been set on fire or burned down this summer. This arson has come at a time when multiple mass graves have been found across the nation on the grounds of now-defunct residential schools. Operated by multiple churches, including the Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and United, the Canadian schools were part of a 20th-century government program to assimilate its First Nation community. The government forced students to attend, separating them from their families at a young age. Once there, they were forbidden from speaking their native language and punished severely if they ran away. Many died at the school from disease and suffered from hunger and physical abuse. The trauma brought on by these schools has carried on for generations. Much of it was shared during a Truth and Reconciliation Commission where survivors told stories of their time. Jimmy Thunder teaches indigenous ministry at Horizon College and Seminary in Saskatoon and is the founder of Reconciliation Thunder, a nonprofit focused on helping leaders respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action. Thunder joined global media manager Morgan Lee and executive editor Ted Olsen to discuss the Christian history of Canadian residential schools and learn how many First Nation people regard Christianity today. What is Quick to Listen? Read more Rate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Twitter Follow our hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Ted Olsen Learn more about Reconciliation Thunder Music by Sweeps Quick to Listen is produced by Morgan Lee and Matt Linder The transcript is edited by Bunmi Ishola Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.3	Half a dozen Canadian churches have been set on fire or born down this summer.
0:32.1	This arson has come at a time when multiple mass graves have been found across the nation on the grounds of now defunct residential schools.
0:36.7	Operated by multiple churches, including the Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and United,
0:43.1	Canadian schools were part of a 20th century government program to assimilate its First Nation
0:47.5	community.
0:49.2	The government forced students to attend separating them from their families at the young age.
0:54.3	Once there, students were forbidden from speaking their native languages and punished severely if they ran away.
1:00.1	Many died at the school from disease and suffered from hunger and physical abuse.
1:04.6	The trauma brought on from these schools has carried on for generations.
1:07.8	Much of it was shared during a Truth and Reconciliation Commission where survivors
1:11.3	told stories of their time at the schools. We wanted to dive into the Christian history of
1:17.3	Canadian residential schools and learn how many First Nation people regard Christianity today.
1:25.5	You are listening to Quick to Listen, where we go beyond hashtags and hot takes to discuss a major cultural event.
1:32.5	I'm Morgan Lee, Global Media Manager at Christianity Today.
1:35.6	And I'm Ted Olson. I'm executive editor at Christianity Today. All right, Ted, as it's not surprising, we have a heavy subject to discuss this week on the show.
1:56.8	We are currently in a period where it has felt like, especially in June, that every week there was an announcement of more mass graves being found at a former residential school.
2:08.1	And there's also been news of these churches burning.
2:11.2	What type of reaction are you having to all of this?
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