A new storyline
Sharing Martin Luther King’s dream.
Racial Reconciliation
Reconciliation: my journey of multiethnic ministry
Whereas the religious power brokers of his day used the table to exclude people, Jesus used the table to include people.
Race and the American church
Faculty and staff in the John Wesley Honors College at Indiana Wesleyan University provide a list of information and resources on racial reconciliation.
Racial reconciliation and reconnection
How can we, as individuals, churches and a movement, address systemic racism and racial reconciliation?
Finding common ground in systems and relationships
As Wesleyans, we embrace our heritage by taking compassionate action.
South Dakota pastor engages with faith leader about racism
How can churches collectively join together and spiritually impact the culture in helping those affected by racism?
Lost boys of America: riots, rage & redemption
A deferred dream became a nightmare on May 25 in Minneapolis.
A call to practical action: Houghton’s president reflects
May God help each of us to see the world through God’s eyes in these days.
Racial Reconciliation
The Wesleyan Church and Racial Reconciliation The Wesleyan Church and Racial Reconciliation The Wesleyan Church opposes the denial of basic human and civil rights to any individual regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender or national origin. While our denomination...
A rushing wind
How do we teach our congregations to have biblically-charged conversations about race?
Estoy desconsolado
Este dolor proviene de noticias de vidas que fueron tomadas violentamente y sin motivo.
I’m grieving
This grief comes from news of lives senselessly, violently taken.
A dream not deferred
My teacher fought for justice and equality alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. Just like him, she refused to let his dream die.
White Christians and multiethnic ministry
Here are three crucial factors we must consider when approaching and engaging in multiethnic ministry.
Seeds of King’s Dream, Part 2
Are we willing to leave places of comfort and join others to transform our society in a way that reflects the character and culture of Christ?
Seeds of King’s dream
Is there something within your community where people have been at odds, standing on two different sides of the fence unwilling to listen to each other or work together?
Disruptive racial reconcilers
Today, much of the world and our evangelical church celebrates the courage, work and dream of Dr. King, but it is so easy to forget how disruptive his message was at that time.
21 days of prayer still impacting Charlottesville
While church leaders and congregants began engaging in conversation and serving the community as a result of an August 12 clash between white supremacists and counter-protestors in Charlottesville, a more important course of action took place.
Zip Codes 22901-22908: Charlottesville, Virginia
Only one mile away from Emancipation Park, Charlottesville, on August 12, Christians gathered in a predominantly African-American church to pray and worship.
”She’s 4 Years Old, and Wishes She was White”
A little girl’s desire to change her skin color is taking a Wesleyan pastor and his family on a journey they never expected.
Q&A session on race
Pastors’ friendship leads to expanded conversation about racial tensions in the U.S.
A violent July
Martin Luther King, Jr., explained the cyclical destruction of violence. General Superintendent Wayne Schmidt calls us to be people who drive out darkness and hate with the light and love of Jesus.
Confessions of a white guy
A Wesleyan district superintendent gives his thoughtful and passionate response to the national trauma over racial violence.
Statement from the General Superintendent on Events in Baltimore
I ask that we all take time to pause and engage first in prayer, and then in the righteous, reconciling lifestyle of love that Jesus Christ himself modeled for us.
