We want to be a body of believers who seek to understand the experience of our sisters and brothers who are people of color. We believe that the best way to approach that is to listen, and to engage in conversations that may at times be uncomfortable as we learn about power and privilege, and how they skew our perspectives and our experiences. We believe that an essential piece of knowing and loving the Gospel, is the act of acknowledging the hurt around us and endeavoring to work against those forces causing it. Below, you may find some resources that we hope and pray will be of service as we quiet our hearts, open our minds, and prepare to listen.
GO DEEPER:
7 Ways to Be a White Ally for the Black Community
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Skin In The Game
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
We Need To Talk About An Injustice
Empathy, Racial Tension, and The Church
What is Whiteness?
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
We Need To Talk About White Culture
The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone
On Racism and White Privilege
White Like Me by Tim Wise