Church of the Saviour. Washington DC
The Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC is a network of nine independent, ecumenical Christian faith communities and over 40 ministries that have grown out of the original Church of the Saviour community founded in the mid-1940s. The current ministries and faith communities are the result of an alternative approach to “church” and church structures, which is the hallmark of the Church of the Saviour.
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| Our Current Irrational Response to Crime |
Speaker(s): David Hilfiker |
Description: David Hilfiker (1945- ) is introduced by Rev. Gordon Cosby. He begins speaking at 3:20. Hilfiker is a medical doctor who founded Joseph's House in 1990 for homeless men living with AIDS -- and envisioned it as a place where the lines between black and white, rich and poor, would be blurred.At the time of this sermon at Church of the Saviour, Hilfiker had been working with the poor for 20 years, for more than half of that time with the urban poor at Joseph's House in Washinton DC. He is introduced by Rev. Gordon Cosby. Hilfiker begins speaking at 3:20. Here, he speaks about inequities in the U.S criminal justice system. | Length: 32:41 | Recording Date: November 27, 1994 | Recorded at: Church of the Saviour, Washington, DC |
