Rev. Tamika Jancewicz on Justice & Liberation: Follow Before You Lead

If you’ve been listening to this podcast for the last few months, you know we have been diving deep into the intersection of Christianity and racial justice. Recently, the town where I live - Kenosha, WI - found itself in the center of the fight for racial justice and equity, and police reform. In the wake of that, Rev. Tamika Jancewicz agreed to sit down with me and talk about this intersection again, bringing in her own powerful and truly profound perspective. 

I want to honor and acknowledge that it was no small ask, and Rev. Tamika was honest about how hard it is to sit in the wake of that kind of tragedy. I’m incredibly grateful for her generosity and willingness to share her heart and her wisdom.

I pray that, as you listen, you do so with an open heart and mind, and that you allow Rev. Tamika’s words to fill you, to teach you, to guide you, and transform you.

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The Rev Tamika Jancewicz is the Associate Pastor at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ellicott City, Maryland. She graduated from United Lutheran Seminary and has hopes of returning to school to earn her Ph.D. in biblical studies and biblical storytelling. Justice, Liberation, and Reconciliation are her passions and she hopes to be a part of the transforming work of Christ in the world with those three aspirations in mind. 

She is the co-founder and co-host of the podcast, For Collard Girls. For Collard Girls is a space to uplift Womxn of Color who are leaders, activists, and advocates in the church and around the world. They discuss what it means to lead and cultivate life-giving and affirming practices that sustain Womxn in mostly male and white-dominated spaces. Their slogan is “For Collard Girls who we’re always told G-d was a man until She showed up and spoke to them.”

She is also the mother of her two amazing, creative children, Nya (12) and Arion (11), who teach her every day how to be authentically human and graciously loving.

Listen to Rev. Tamika’s Pentecost Sermon here.

Read her article on Dancing the Magnificat here.