Ben Lindsay OBE

Strategic Leader, Social Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Academic

Ben Lindsay

About

Ben Lindsay OBE is the founder and CEO of award-winning charity Power the Fight, where he brings strategic leadership to the issue of violence affecting young people in the UK, working across the sector and advising the Mayor of London and a wide range of institutions. Before this, he has held roles in the charity sector, education, local authorities and church leadership.

He is recognised as a social entrepreneur, winning the KPMG Black Entrepreneurs Award in 2024. Ben is a speaker, author of a best-selling book, We Need To Talk About Race: Understanding theBlack Experience in White Majority Churches, and a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at Durham University. He was awarded an OBE in 2023 for services to communities in SE London.

His latest book, We Need to Talk… About Race: Christian Faith and Racial Justice – A Young Person’s Guide is released on June 20, 2025.

Book

We need to talk… about race, following the murder of George Floyd and the global outcry since, it has almost become impossible not to.

But when Ben Lindsay began talking to his nine-year-old son about the content of his book, he paused: what was appropriate to share? What would help and not hinder?

This book is born from that place: a book that will give young adults the tools to understand themselves better, others and how they can understand the Church’s past and pave the way towards a better future.

Featuring interviews with young black Christians, including Guvna B, Femi Koleoso of Ezra Collective and Premier League footballer Eberechi Eze, this book will introduce young people to the history of the Church, help them explore the complexities of racial and ethnic identity today and empower them to build toward a brighter future.

Available to buy on Amazon
We Need to Talk About Race book cover
We Need to Talk About Race book cover

Book

We need to talk… about race, following the murder of George Floyd and the global outcry since, it has almost become impossible not to.

But when Ben Lindsay began talking to his nine-year-old son about the content of his book, he paused: what was appropriate to share? What would help and not hinder?

This book is born from that place: a book that will give young adults the tools to understand themselves better, others and how they can understand the Church’s past and pave the way towards a better future.

Featuring interviews with young black Christians, including Guvna B, Femi Koleoso of Ezra Collective and Premier League footballer Eberechi Eze, this book will introduce young people to the history of the Church, help them explore the complexities of racial and ethnic identity today and empower them to build toward a brighter future.

Available to buy on Amazon

Resources

Welcome to We Need to Talk about Race, a four-part home group study series based around Ben Lindsay’s book of the same title. You don’t need to read the book to complete the studies, but doing so will help you get the most from the course.

The studies cover a range of topics from the black experience in churches and wider culture, to the history of racism and the role of slavery, to radical solidarity, social action and the road ahead.

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Presenting

Ben Lindsay is an experienced presenter including hosting 4 seasons of the podcast series PowerTalk and Fit for Purpose – Youth and Crime for TBNUK. For all presenting enquiries please email hello@benlindsay.co.uk

PowerTalks
TBNUK

Features/Reports

Articles & Reports by Ben Lindsay OBE

Press

Interviews & Talks

Ben Lindsay OBE speaks to ITV News London – 2 January 2025

Ben Lindsay OBE speaks to BBC Radio London reflecting on 2024 and plans for Power The Fight in 2025

Ben Lindsay OBE: Living In the Light & As the Light | My Spring Harvest 2024

Ben Lindsay OBE Named as One of Britain’s Top Black Entrepreneurs

Ben Lindsay OBE speaks to C4 News to discuss the conviction of two 12 years olds for the murder of Shawn Seesahai

Protecting Young Black Lives, Celebrating Black Professionals – Report Launch 19 April 2024

Ben Lindsay OBE BBC Radio London 1st October 2023 – Elianne Andam, Youth Violence, VAWAG

Protecting Young Black Lives, Celebrating Black Professionals Conference, Cumberland Lodge, Oct 2023

BBC RADIO LONDON INTERVIEW WITH DOTUN ABEBAYO AND BEN LINDSAY OBE – 17 JULY 2023

CEO/Founder of Power The Fight Ben Lindsay OBE interviews Guvna B for #mentalhealthawarenessweek – May 2023

Cultural Sensitivity, Young People and Therapy | TEDxFrensham
– May 2022

COVID 19, Disproportionate BAME Impact and the White Led Church Response
– June 2020

On The Line // We Need to Talk About Race // Ben Lindsay
– June 2020

Bringing down racial and ethnic barriers in our congregations
– May 2020

YC20: Ben Lindsay – Invisible Barriers // Let’s talk about race, O2 Arena
– February 2020

Ben Lindsay, Youth Culture, 02 Arena
– February 2019

Ben Lindsay, St Pauls Cathedral
– October 2019

Endorsements

Contact

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