with guests Pastor Ken Nettleton & Andrew McDonald, New Life Church.

How often do you wonder whose hands pick the beans that fill your morning cup of coffee? When we recognize the relational side of consumption—that there is someone behind the clothes we wear and the coffee we drink—we must reckon with our purchasing choices and if they really reflect God’s justice.

New Life Church in Duncan, BC is doing exactly this. After partnering with FH and the community of Acul, Guatemala, they’ve established an equitable supply chain that sends coffee all the way from Acul to Duncan. In this episode, Pastor Ken Nettleton and Andrew McDonald from New Life Church take a look back on this journey, what it means for the church’s Brew Life Cafe, and how it has transformed lives from farmer to consumer. 

And as New Life examines how to apply what they’ve learned from Acul in their own community, it begs the question: Does the Church really have to choose between local and international partnership? Or can Kingdom work happen in both and because of both?

Recommended Readings:

A Field Guide to Becoming Whole by Dr Brian Fikkert and Kelly Kapic

Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger by Ron Sider

Episode hosted by Shelaine and Eric.