Redefining Poverty, Reimagining Justice: A Podcast Interview with Dr. Beth Stovell

Vineyard Justice Network Podcast

A worship leader and professor of Old Testament, Dr. Beth Stovell says that caring for the poor and marginalized is not something on the periphery of what we do as Christians, but is deeply woven into how scripture imagines worship. Our love of one another affects how we love God and how we love God affects how we love one another. In this episode and her larger work, she skillfully bridges between the world of the church and academy. For Beth, reimagining “wholistic” justice means redefining poverty. The Vineyard movement has a part in healing this division between worship and Biblical justice. Beth is an Associate Professor of Old Testament at Ambrose University in Calgary, AB, Canada. Within Ambrose, she also serves as a Faculty Associate for The Canadian Poverty Institute, an inter-disciplinary institute “that seeks to heal poverty through teaching, research and public education.” Further, she works for Vineyard Canada as a Theological and Spiritual Formation Catalyst.