“I have an issue with reconciliation.”

Neville Naden is the Indigenous Ministry Officer for the Bush Church Aid Society and he doesn’t mince words.

He also doesn’t indulge in a perspective that might deliver temporary and flawed gain. Neville’s strong view on reconciliation between white and indigenous Australians is a reaction to the concept itself. How can these people groups be reconciled, when they’ve never had a good relationship to start with?

“How do we as the church respond?” – Neville Naden

According to Neville, this issue is an essential one for the Australian church to address because many churches received land taken from the aboriginal population. Neville asks: “How do we as the church respond … as people who are supposed to represent a holy and righteous God?”

Neville explains what he believes to be the best way forward, in the video above.

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