For church leaders

I am a church leader trying to understand why land and space matter.

Start with language for the conversation.

Before any decision about a building or a piece of land, you need a language for what is at stake. The connection between church land, faith, justice, and South Africa's spatial story has been under-articulated in many congregations for a long time — but the research has been done, and it is accessible.

These two readings give you the framing. They are the most useful place to start if you are a leader trying to bring this conversation into a church setting.