PRESIDENT Christine Kangaloo is praising the resilience of the Spiritual Shouter Baptist community.

In her Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day message on March 28, Kangaloo said, “Resilience is the ability to adapt successfully in the face of adversity. It is more – much more – than just the ability to endure. A resilient people know that they will rise above every challenge that life presents. They know that they have the wherewithal to remain steadfast and to persist, even when the road ahead seems impossible. A resilient people never lose sight of their goals and remain committed to achieving a brighter, more hopeful future.”

Kangaloo said this spirit of resilience is exactly what the Spiritual Baptist faithful embodied when on November 16, 1917, the Shouter Prohibition Ordinance came into being, denying them the freedom to worship, congregate and practise their beliefs.