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Race Relations

Social Concerns
Attendees of the Nov. 14-16 Facing the Future conference in Atlanta pose with blank masks before decorating them as part of an exercise. The conference drew about 300 pastors serving in cross-cultural ministry to share their experiences and learn new ways to be effective. Photo courtesy of the United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race.

Clergy of color ‘have to keep on pushing’

Hope and hurt comingled at a United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race conference about cross-cultural ministries, where hard discussions about bias and race took place.
Social Concerns
Bishop Julius C. Trimble. Photo by Tessa Tillett for the Indiana Conference.

Why the church should speak up for affirmative action

Christians should mark recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action as a “setback in the goal of ending systemic racism,” writes United Methodist Bishop Julius C. Trimble.
Racism
United Methodist Bishop LaTrelle Easterling leads a prayer during a June 3, 2020, anti-racism rally near the White House in Washington. File photo by Melissa Lauber, Baltimore-Washington Conference.

Methodism overdue for becoming ‘woke,’ author says

The Rev. Dr. William B. Lawrence embraces a controversial word and lays out the history of racism within Methodism in his new book “When the Church Woke.”
Multicultural Ministry
The Rev. Miguel Padilla. Photo courtesy of the author.

A Human Relations Day to remember

Three San Antonio churches of different racial/ethnic membership model “beloved community” by coming together for a special service ahead of MLK Day March.

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