Race & Christian Community Initiative cohorts are communities where Christians can learn about racism from a biblical perspective and develop the capacity to respond to it as an outworking of their faith. RCCI cohorts for fall 2020 are designed for White leaders shaped by the evangelical tradition, and aim to create a space where they can come together to learn and do the self-work needed to engage issues related to race more effectively. RCCI understands leadership broadly and welcomes formal and informal leadership alike. 

Cohorts are six-month commitments through which people examine and respond to the ways racism impacts ourselves, our society, our Christian communities, and faith. They are run in a seminar-style format for small groups of 6-8 people and utilize various methods, including engaging books and media, guest speakers, discussion, spiritual disciplines, creative exercises, and field trips. Cohorts value experiential and peer learning and aim to get beyond an intellectual understanding of race by engaging the whole person in mind, body, emotions, and spirit.

At the end of each cohort, participants go through an individual and communal discernment process regarding how they can take actions to contribute to the dismantling of racism in their sphere of influence. All alumni are also invited into RCCI’s support and accountability groups to receive ongoing resources to move from knowing and caring to action.

RCCI will be offering two online, inter-ministry cohorts for White people starting in mid-Oct. 2020. One group will be held on Tuesday evenings and another will be held on Thursday evenings from 6:30pm – 8:30pm. These cohorts are offered at no financial cost to participants.

Visit www.egc.org/racecohort to learn more or apply.

If you are interested in having RCCI offer a customized cohort experience to your organization’s leadership team, email mlietz@egc.org.

We are also visioning and building so we can offer cohorts for people of color in the future.