Color Courageous Discipleship

MICHELLE SANCHEZ

For some time, we have mostly taken a “colorblind” approach to discipleship. Yet did you know that new research demonstrates that colorblindness actually leads to racial inequality? To effectively minister to our generation, our entire approach to discipleship and disciple-making must better reflect the kingdom by moving from color-blind to color-courageous. Grounded in reflections from her recently released trilogy of books on Color-Courageous Discipleship, Rev. Michelle T. Sanchez will take us on a biblical, research-based journey to help us understand the vital intersections between race, discipleship and justice. Many believe this to be the greatest racial challenge of our generation. Hear, for example, this quote from the National Museum of African-American Heritage and Culture in Washington, D.C.: “If the problem of the 20th century was, in W.E.B. Du Bois’s famous words, ‘the problem of the color line,’ then the problem of the 21st century is the problem of colorblindness, the refusal to acknowledge the causes and consequences of enduring racial stratification.” Jesus wasn’t color-blind—and we are invited to follow in his steps. Let’s discover how God has always called disciples not to be color-blind, but color-courageous.