Ten Essential Strategies for Becoming a Multiracial Congregation Quotes

“When all are as free from bias, violence, and discrimination as are the majority of white people, then it can be said that all lives matter.”
― Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ten Essential Strategies for Becoming a Multiracial Congregation: Ten Strategies for Becoming a Multiracial Congregation

“Any congregation—white, black, or otherwise—that is “more devoted to order than to justice” 2 and disengaged from “breaking down the dividing walls of hostility” (cf. Ephesians 2: 14) has lost its way.”
― Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ten Essential Strategies for Becoming a Multiracial Congregation: Ten Strategies for Becoming a Multiracial Congregation

“It is the task of spiritual leadership to step out and announce the dream of a healed and reconciled world and to confront the dream stealers who are content with the status quo, where the identity of too many faith communities is determined by skin color and where eleven o’clock on Sunday morning is still the most segregated hour in our society.”
― Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ten Essential Strategies for Becoming a Multiracial Congregation: Ten Strategies for Becoming a Multiracial Congregation

“The church must have a voice that advocates for justice, equality, and inclusion. Prayer will not be nearly enough.”
― Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ten Essential Strategies for Becoming a Multiracial Congregation: Ten Strategies for Becoming a Multiracial Congregation

“The church is uniquely called to confront injustice, exclusion, and fear. The truth is that much of the church has not done the work it needs to do on issues of race, class, sexual orientation, and gender. It is also true that much of the church has too often avoided difficult conversations in the interest of congregational harmony. In”
― Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ten Essential Strategies for Becoming a Multiracial Congregation: Ten Strategies for Becoming a Multiracial Congregation