At our last Peace and Justice Project Shine Bright Storytelling Event, we heard Tracie Hunter’s story of racism and corruption in the court system in Hamilton County, Ohio (where she was the first black Juvenile Court Judge and still is a pastor at Western Hills Brethren in Christ Church, Cincinnati) Much more about her case […]
Category Archives: Racial reconciliation
Tell us your stories of confronting racism
How have you, or your community, or anyone you’ve seen responded to racism and worked to embrace your anti-racist identity as God ordained ministers of reconciliation? Pastor Tracie Hunter touched on so many systems where racism is so clearly entrenched. We are so grateful for her courage and we praise our God who strengthens her […]
Shine Bright Story Share Peace and Justice Zoom Call 8:30 pm (EST) Thursday, June 25th
We need to talk. We believe that dialogue will give us the courage and motivation to keep at the hard work we are given to do. We must shine bright — for each other and for the watching world. This conversation will get kicked off with a story from Tracie Hunter, pastor at Western Hills […]
The Church, Race, and Reconciliation
by Julie Weatherford In January 2019, a dozen or so of us from two Brethren in Christ churches (Crest Community and Madison Street Church, both of Riverside, California) participated in a gathering of about 150 people of a beautiful variety of races and ethnicities, called “Workshop 1.0: Church, Race and Reconciliation.” The workshop is offered […]
Kinship
by Ryan Showalter A few weeks ago my wife and I took our eight-month-old foster son to Homegirl Cafe in downtown Los Angeles. As soon as we sat down our waitress recognized us from the last time and quickly swept up our son in her arms and proudly showed him off to all the other […]
Racial Justice and the Sower
by Keith Miller We who hold faith in Jesus are at a turning point in our generation. There is such ambivalence I see expressed among white Christians in particular during a time of deep racial pain in our country. White supremacists marched publicly and proudly weeks ago, leading to fatal violence, which was minimized. A […]
A Congregational Conversation About Race
by Julie Weatherford I was recently asked to explain why Madison Street Church folks are interested in the topic of racism and to describe the kinds of things we’ve been doing to encourage conversation, discernment, and action around Jesus’ call to love across boundaries. I had to share some of our history in order to […]