Walk Reclaimed
What We Believe
Walk Reclaimed is a faith based organization, we are motivated by our beliefs ...
...but what does that mean?
Beliefs can divide people through intolerance, but to be effective we need to unite around the things upon which we agree, rather than fight about our points of disagreement. This doesn’t mean we give up our beliefs, it doesn’t mean we accept a relativism that says there is no truth. It simply means we put aside our differences and work together for the priorities we share.
We believe we are all created in God’s image …
This means we should strive to reflect his nature. As God’s instruments in the world we should act according to his nature.
He is a God who sees …
Hagar called him the God who sees in Genesis 16:13, “So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, ‘You are a God of seeing’, for she said, ‘Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.’”
If we are created in God’s likeness, we cannot pretend not to see.
He is a God who hears … and calls us to act …
When God called Moses in Exodus 2 we said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry … Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
We cannot ignore the cries, as God called Moses to bring his people out of slavery in Egypt he calls us to respond to the cries of modern slaves. He calls us to help those in the bondage of sex trafficking.
We are called to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves, defending the rights of those who suffer.
"Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy." (Proverbs 31:8-9)
We must recognize that those we serve are not some other class, they are members of our family, the family of man.
“And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’” (Matthew 25:40)
“The measure of our compassion lies not in our service of those on the margins but only in our willingness to see ourselves in kinship with them. (Fr. Greg Boyle)