Racial Reconciliation

Learn the painful history of this country, listen to the stories of injustice, and reflect what it means to live out the gospel in the current context. 

The book When Helping Hurts has changed the way mission agencies do ministry. But are its steps to authentic transformation relevant elsewhere, and especially when applied to racism?  

Congregations in Classis Grand Rapids North are invited to join a reading group on the book White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo. 

As a white Christ-follower in the United States, I must step out of my denial and face the meaning of my whiteness.

Church, if we cannot lament, we cannot be true to ourselves. If we do not speak loudly about hard things, we do not let them change us.

We at Youth Unlimited do not want to turn away from this pain, but instead, would like to do a better job of pointing you towards resources to use with your Youth Group or during SERVE. 

A prayer in the wake of the current awareness of racial brokenness.

As we consider how to walk alongside families in our church regarding racism in America, what resources have churches or individuals found helpful?

Celebrating the Sabbath de-centers our understanding of life as we proclaim that a brown man from the Middle East is our Lord. 

White Americans often ask, “What’s the problem”? “Why do you make everything about race”? This is largely because they cannot see or feel the unseen world in which black people live.

Here you'll find the CRC Office of Race Relations vision and mandate. 

The denomination has made great strides and considerable progress in the process toward ethnic and cultural diversity, however the road that remains to be traveled is still quite long.