Racial reconciliation and church membership development: a model for leadership education to support the development of a multiracial congregation

Phebe L McPherson

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Racial reconciliation and church membership development: a model for leadership education to support the development of a multiracial congregation

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Phebe L McPherson. Racial Reconciliation and Church Membership Development: a Model for Leadership Education to Support the Development of a Multiracial Congregation. Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/1c83aa9f-937b-4de6-bcdc-f6c36656e09b.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

P. L. Mcpherson. Racial reconciliation and church membership development: a model for leadership education to support the development of a multiracial congregation. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/1c83aa9f-937b-4de6-bcdc-f6c36656e09b

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Phebe L McPherson. Racial Reconciliation and Church Membership Development: a Model for Leadership Education to Support the Development of a Multiracial Congregation. Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/1c83aa9f-937b-4de6-bcdc-f6c36656e09b.

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This thesis project is a model for the development of leadership capable of supporting and institutionalizing the vision of ministry of racial reconciliation in an ordinary congregation. The central thesis of this paper is that a vision and ministry, no matter how impressive, cannot belong to one leader but must be embodied in the community through its leadership. Grounded in the theology of Howard Thurman, it calls attention to the pervasive injustices of living in a society of white privilege, racial prejudice, segregation, and discrimination, and to our blindness as members of Christian congregations within this society. It identifies a resistance of the soul and psyche of individuals and society as the 'will to segregate' and argues the need for conversion to the 'will to unite' in order to develop discipleship capable of developing and sustaining multiracial congregations.

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