The MORE ministry team seeks to take prayerful and humble steps towards becoming “MORE inclusive, MORE aware, MORE loving, MORE healing, and MORE like Jesus” through its racial equity work.
The Ministry on Racial Equity (MORE) Team seeks to imitate Christ by loving all of our neighbors and by making our church’s commitment to racial justice more intentional and more visible—through prayer, through education, through fellowship, and through service, and by facilitating opportunities for all of those things in our church and our wider community.
Resources
Bible
I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
You Are Your Best Thing by Brené Brown and Tarana Burke
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
NICE WHITE PARENTS All episodes.
From the makers of Serial and The New York Times: “Nice White Parents” looks at the 60-year relationship between white parents and the public school down the block.
UNLOCKING US WITH BRENÉ BROWN
Brené chats with Austin Channing Brown on I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness Austin Channing Brown’s anti-racism work has been critical to changing our world, and her ability to talk about what is good and true about love, about our faith, and about loving each other is transformative.
FOR THE LOVE WITH JEN HATMAKER
Unequally Saved: The Church’s Role in Racism with Lisa Sharon Harper Speaker, writer and activist Lisa Sharon Harper comes from a long line of Americans—African-Americans who have been in America since 1687. Slavery existed in her family. Lisa wrestles with the Good News of the Gospel and how that translates to folks who have been victims of race-motivated atrocities—from people who claimed that Gospel as their truth.
BE ANTIRACIST WITH IBRAM X KENDI
Bridging Divisions with Malcom Gladwell. Being Antiracist imagines what an antiracist society might look like and how we all can play an active role in building one.
WORKLIFE WITH ADAM GRANT
How to Build an Inclusive Workplace Many companies have paid lip service to racial inclusion, but what does it actually take to change individuals—and the structures and cultures of organizations? Psychologist John Amaechi shares powerful insights on inclusion—and several experts weigh in on the latest science of privilege, allyship, and opportunity at work.
THE BLACK CHURCH
(PBS 2-part series): Available to rent via Amazon Prime, also available on DVD’s from the church library.
UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH A BLACK MAN
https://uncomfortableconvos.com/watch
FRUITVALE STATION
Netflix (Free). Other platforms for rent. TIME Amazon Prime (Free)
JUST MERCY
Hulu and Amazon Prime (Free)
DO THE RIGHT THING
Peacock (Free). Other platforms for rent.