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Josary Moreno Mejia interprets as the Rev. Dr. D.K. Kearney preaches and the Rev. Cesar Moreno prays during a revival on the grounds of Turner Memorial AME in Hyattsville, Maryland. The two pastors and their congregations jointly hosted the four-week event in September. Photos by Pete Marovich

Congregations, Buildings, Reconciliation, Racial & ethnic, Missions & Evangelism

Sharing a building leads to a shared mission for an AME church and a Latino congregation

Two pastors built a friendship across barriers of language and culture, uniting their congregations and together reaching out to their community.

Image courtesy of Chanequa Walker-Barnes

Reconciliation, Racial & ethnic

Chanequa Walker-Barnes: Black women change the conversation on reconciliation

The theologian and psychologist investigates the history of the reconciliation movement and offers, in her new book, a womanist view that recognizes the complexity of racism and centers the conversation on its victims.

Emiliano Lerda speaks at a rally at the Nebraska Statehouse in September 2017 to support DACA recipients in response to the Trump administration's decision to end the DACA program. Photo courtesy of Immigrant Legal Center

Congregations, Reconciliation, Racial & ethnic

Emiliano Lerda: A growing Nebraska nonprofit with faith roots focuses on free legal aid for immigrants

The executive director of the Immigrant Legal Center discusses his own journey as an immigrant and the rapid growth of the legal center founded by Methodists.

Bungishabaku Katho, founder of the Jeremiah Center for Faith and Society in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photos courtesy of the Issachar Fund

Reconciliation, Global, Racial & ethnic, Christian Leadership, Institutional leadership

One man's vision of hope, love, forgiveness and peace in a nation ravaged by ethnic conflict

Bungishabaku Katho is building the Jeremiah Center for Faith and Society in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a place to gather Christian leaders and promote reconciliation and restoration.

Photo illustration by Jessamyn Rubio

Reconciliation, Racial & ethnic, Congregations, Music

Rhonda Mawhood Lee: The present-day call of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'

A white Episcopal priest reflects on singing the “black national anthem” and wonders: What actions would begin to show our black siblings in faith that this message has truly touched our hearts?

Reconciliation, Forgiveness, Racial & ethnic, Congregations

Excerpt: 'Grace Will Lead Us Home'

In this excerpt, gun violence survivor Felicia Sanders, who played dead with her little granddaughter as Dylann Roof shot and killed her son Tywanza, struggles with the lack of pastoral care from Emanuel AME Church’s leaders.

Back cover detail of "Grace Will Lead Us Home" by Jennifer Berry Hawes. Courtesy of publisher

Reconciliation, Forgiveness, Racial & ethnic, Congregations

Jennifer Berry Hawes: A reporter maps the journey to forgiveness in the wake of a church massacre

The Charleston, South Carolina, reporter covered the Emanuel AME Church shooting. Her book now gives the larger picture.

The steel wall on the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, includes phrases and names of deported veterans. The center phrase translated from Spanish says: "Here is where the dreams bounced back." iStock / Photo Beto

Congregations, Reconciliation, Racial & ethnic

Mark T. Mulder and Gerardo Marti: Why don't all Latinx Americans vote 'blue'?

Latinx Protestants defy expectations on issues like immigration, write two sociologists.

Large crane hovers over a construction site near downtown Atlanta

A crane stretches above a building under construction in Atlanta. The author, who lives in the Atlanta area, writes that advocating for affordable housing is part of his call to the community. iStock/stevecoleimages

Congregations, Missions & Evangelism, Reconciliation, Racial & ethnic

David Lewicki: Called to the ministry of affordable housing

Housing is a profound and even holy good, rooted in deeper notions of home, says a Presbyterian minister. Christians are called to re-create communities where people of every income level and race can make our homes together.

David Bailey, founder of the nonprofit Arrabon, onstage at the closing concert of a songwriting internship. Arrabon's programs provide leadership opportunities to minorities, women and others who don’t normally have a leadership development pipeline. Photo by Mike Morones

Reconciliation, Racial & ethnic

David Bailey: Christians and the work of reconciliation

We underestimate the brokenness brought about by racism -- and the creativity needed to reverse it -- but Christianity offers a way forward to healing and reconciliation, says the executive director of Arrabon.

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The ministry of reconciliation is fundamental to what makes Christian leadership Christian. The stories of Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela set a moral compass for our aspirations, says L. Gregory Jones.

A learning resource for Christian leaders and their institutions from Leadership Education at Duke Divinity