Description
Multiracial churches have grown tremendously in the last 30 years. They are understood by Christians to be a sign of the vision of the Kingdom of God. They can be beautiful symbols but can often manifest an incorrect colorblind ideology, have been found to be assimilationist models for the People of Color involved and recent research finds that may not rearrange earthly earth relationships in or out of the church as their image assumes. New strategies for interrupting racialization and deeper formation are needed as Christians continue to work for justice and to rearrange our social relationships into the Beloved Community.
We will share from a local church that has lived into the sociological difficulties of rearranging race in the body of Christ for over five decades and has practiced race-based caucusing as a strategy to interrupting racism for the last 20 years. We will also share qualitative research from churches who practice race-based caucusing as a way to reimage ourselves as racialized beings and inform the collective work of multiracial churches who not just picture themselves as different but reimagine themselves and the ways they behave in the world.
