We are Heartbroken
To the people of color in our house and beyond, we see you and we love you. Mill City Church stands heartbroken and angry at racism, injustice, and evil as they continue in our nation and our world. We recognize the senseless violence, discrimination, and inequality in our history, and today. We grieve, we lament, and we take responsibility to contribute to healing, to reconciliation, and to becoming the change for God’s glory and the good of all people.
What does the Bible say?
The Bible is clear – every human being is created in the image of God. So how we treat each other really matters. Here are some important biblical themes that inform what we believe and how we respond to inequality.
So what’s next?
Here’s what we are doing
Here’s what you can do
Letter from our Lead Pastor
“Dear Mill City,
Racism breaks my heart, and the heart of God. It is evil and real today.
This is an issue we have not adequately addressed or engaged in fighting. I am sorry for not leading us better, and repent for my inaction. We must do better, we will do better…”
Looking for more?
Below is an incomplete list of resources we recommend as you continue your journey.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Be the Bridge
Pursue Racial Reconciliation by Latasha Morrison
Beyond Colorblind
Redeeming Our Ethnic Journey by Sarah Shin
The Third Option
Hope for a Racially Divided Nation by Miles McPherson
Insider Outsider
My Journey as a Stranger in White Evangelicalism and My Hope for Us All by Bryan Loritts
Oneness Embraced
Reconciliation, the Kingdom, and How We are Stronger Together by Tony Evans
Where Do We Go from Here
Chaos or Community? by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I Am Enough
by Grace Byers
(Great for Families)
A is for All the Things You Are
A Joyful ABC Book by Anna Forgerson Hindley
(Great for Families)
Colors of Us
by Karent Katz
(Great for Families)
ColorFull
Celebrating the Colors God Gave Us, by Dorena Williamson
(Great for Families)
Let the Children March
by Monica Clark-Robinson
(Great for Families)