Anti-Racist Disciples
Being equipped, getting to work, and offering witness to the work. Disciples intentionally learn and grow toward anti-racist healing.
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Training
Participate in at least one anti-racist formation training annually.
Engage
Engage in ongoing anti-racism and equity work.
Stories
Witness through a story of how your congregation acknowledges racism’s sinful reality and how your community is experiencing healing. Share your story today!
Events & Training
H.E.A.R.T. Experience
This experience will underscore the significance of discipleship and resonate deeply with our shared Christian responsibility to actively engage in the process of personal and societal transformation.
IDI Assessment and Brief
The Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®) is the premier cross-cultural assessment of intercultural competence used by thousands of individuals and organizations to build intercultural competence to achieve international and domestic diversity and inclusion goals and outcomes.
A Summons to Witness, Protest and Promise
An opportunity to publicly state your desire to build the new world God promises as heaven in time descends to earth. (Revelation 21)
A Call to Dismantle Anti-Blackness Supremacy
A series of letters from a group of young clergy in The North Carolina Conference as a call to action in the work of dismantling racism.
Statement Against Anti-Asian Violence
Asians and Asian-Americans of The United Methodist Church
Condemn the Rise of Anti-Asian Violence in the U.S.
Anti-Racist Leaders
Taking part in brave spaces and leading consistent anti-racist formation.
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Awareness
Effective leaders develop an awareness of self, others, place, and direction in a racialized world.
Train
Train to implement anti-racist formation in their congregations.
Create Brave Space
Participate in coaching collectives where brave space is created for pastors and lay leaders to grow in bodily and spiritual self-awareness in order to create brave space.
Intercultural Competence
Build intercultural competence to achieve diversity and inclusion goals and outcomes. Request the IDI assessment and debrief today.
Deep Reckonings
Our stories are powerful! Dive into our podcast, Deep Reckonings to hear first-person stories that explore how we are all affected by racism, and create opportunities for confession and progress.
Anti-Racist Congregations
Relational formation inside and outside the local church. Healthy congregations value diversity enacted at all levels in congregational life that celebrates anti-racist conversion and healing.
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Increase Conversations
Realize within 3 years a 50% increase in congregational conversations that confront racism as an individual and collective sin.
Develop Relationships
Create a plan for developing relationships with diverse people in our communities that acknowledge our churches’ racial impact and our desire for communal healing.
Implement
Implement worship styles, leadership, and decision-making processes that acknowledge racial trauma and enact anti-racist healing.
Our Stories
Read about our diversity, equity, and inclusion work.
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Native American Resources for United Methodists
November is National Native American Heritage Month. Take this opportunity to learn about the history of Native Americans and their relationship to The United Methodist Church. Become inspired by Indigenous wisdom and educated about Indigenous theology. Host a book discussion or study for your congregation. Continue Reading→
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Hispanic/Latinx Resources for English & Spanish-Speaking Churches
Hispanic Heritage Month is from September 15 through October 15. The NC Conference Media Center has books, DVDs, and curricula for use in Hispanic/Latinx Ministries, including resources in Spanish. We […] Continue Reading→
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H.E.A.R.T. Experience
You Are Invited! We extend a heartfelt invitation to you for a transformative journey through the H.E.A.R.T. (Holistic Equity Anti-Racism Training) Experience. Learn more about the H.E.A.R.T. Curriculum→ This experience […] Continue Reading→
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United Women in Faith Event Raises Awareness of the Charter for Racial Justice
The NC Conference United Women in Faith Charter for Racial Justice Team hosted an event for all women on Saturday, August 24, at Garner United Methodist Church. The event was […] Continue Reading→
Creating Systemic Change
Breaking down the barriers that prevent us from moving into a MÁS Diverse conference.
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Review
Analyze current procedures and actions that cause harm and perpetuate ongoing racism.
Change
Change those behaviors and traditions.
Learn
Continue growing as staff toward a MÁS Diverse conference.
Questions?
Contact the Office of Race Equity & Justice Ministries today.