With Rev. Derrill Blue & Dr. Dara Delgado

The workshop will explore the legacy of the Black Church in the United States, focusing on the importance of community and its contributions to Black Americans' health, survival, and well-being. Together, the facilitators will use social-historical and practical approaches to examine the history of the community in the Black Church through the lens of civic and social engagement, leadership development, and digital discipleship in a post-pandemic/COVID age. The concept of community broadly will serve as a means for engaging where the Black Church has been, where it is, and where it is going.

With Fredrick Johnson and Marie Moy

They will share about church partnering with the community in their contexts. Embedded in Christian Community Development, Fredrick and Marie will provide tools for engagement that are easily transferable to urban, suburban, or rural settings to connect churches with their surrounding neighbors.

With Elizabeth Gerhardt and Scott Sittig

This workshop will present ideas to understand the role patriarchy has played historically, and presently, that undermine, devalue, or otherwise marginalize the voice and role of women in leadership in the church. How to recognize overt, and less obvious patterns, and offer some ideas for developing a plan to change it.