Thank you so much to everyone who participated in our Journey Toward Racial Justice “Faith and Race” survey.  With 380 responses (between our Frisco and Grace Chapel campuses) we now have a good foundation to inform how to proceed with this important work.  Below you can find the breakout of the congregational responses to a few of the more representative questions.  As you can see, there is an undeniable majority of responses that are supportive of this work with 85% either neutral, somewhat agreeing or strongly agreeing with the church playing a role in the journey.  Conversely, 88% express that our church is not yet fully equipped to do this work.  We are excited to see both the commitment as well as the understanding that this is challenging work not to be taken lightly. 

As one of the many next steps in the journey, we invite you to participate in an event on July 22nd.  Grace Avenue is hosting a cultural competency program for the congregation led by members of the Conference JTRJ team that is focused on race, culture, and the church.  We are asking everyone to attend even if you already feel versed in anti-racist work or have participated in other programs of similar content.  It is important that we all have similar vocabulary, particularly as it relates to faith and race, as we lead each other through this work.  Register HERE or at the link above.