M1Bank is proud to partner with Civil Righteousness for the Kinloch restoration. Along with the help of locals and other great organizations we have begun to restore Kinloch, MO.
Kinloch was a once a thriving middle class African American city in the 1950s and 1960s. Unfortunately, it became collateral damage from the St. Louis airport expansion in the 1980s. Residents were forced by the government to sell their homes due to sound ordinances and other related issues. Kinloch has continued to shrink over the last 30 years and now is being used as a dump by many. There are less than 300 people still living inside the city limits. The streets are overrun with heaps of trash, overgrown foliage, and littered with bullet casings.
About the CR
Civil Righteousness, Inc. is a movement that is pursuing reconciliation and restorative justice through spiritual, cultural and economical renewal. They work to see all persons, places and things restored. The organization works through moral excellence according to the biblical pattern.
History
In September 2014, over 60 Christian ministries in the St. Louis area joined together to engage in prayer, worship, and evangelism amidst the civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri for what became known as the Ferguson Response.
In January 2016; over 100 spiritual leaders gathered from around the country to pray for the emergence of new leadership to address the racial divide. They prayed for a multi-cultural spiritual awakening. This gathering which culminated on January 18th, (Martin Luther King, Jr.day); catalyzed a new civil righteousness movement .
For the next several years, Pastor Jonathan Tremaine Thomas traveled the country carrying the Civil Righteousness message to churches and conferences. Meanwhile, in Kalamazoo, Michigan; a city-wide unity movement called Jesus Loves Kalamazoo (JLK) began to host annual Civil Righteousness Conferences and embrace the emerging pillars of the movement. As more local Civil Righteousness expressions began to emerge in several cities, Civil Righteousness Inc. was formed as a 501(c)3 non profit charitable organization in February 2018.
