Build a Reconciling Community:
Be an Agent of Racial Healing
Racial brokenness in the church pushes people away.
Draw people in by demonstrating the power of the Gospel
to bring reconciliation and racial healing.
About Arrabon
Arrabon is a spiritual formation ministry that equips the American Church to actively and creatively pursue racial healing in their communities by offering a discipleship process that results in new action.
Arrabon’s approach has five key distinctives:
An emphasis on hope over shame
Language laced with shame may momentarily create a desire for change but acts as a demotivator in the long run. People cannot creatively reimagine and innovate when mired in feelings of shame. Instead, they must be motivated by a hopeful vision of the future
An emphasis on hope over shame
Language laced with shame may momentarily create a desire for change but acts as a demotivator in the long run. People cannot creatively reimagine and innovate when mired in feelings of shame. Instead, they must be motivated by a hopeful vision of the future
An emphasis on formation over information
Information alone doesn’t change people. To heal areas of racial brokenness, people must be invited into healthier ways of being and engaging in the world.
An emphasis on practice over theory
Churches need both sound theory and sound practice to experience transformation. An overemphasis on theory leads to a disconnect between knowledge and embodied action, ultimately leading to inaction.
An emphasis on the community over the individual
Individuals form communities, and communities form individuals. It is the responsibility of Christian communities to form people into reconciling communities.
An emphasis on peacemaking over partisanship
In polarizing times, people are tempted to fall into in-group vs. out-group thinking – labeling others as “for” or “against” them. The practice of peacemaking in the midst of divides is the place where spiritual maturity is tested and cultivated.
Our work is shaped by years of practice
Our holistic approach to reconciliation guides leaders, communities, and culture-makers together on a path to transform their organization and heal racial divisions.