A COMMUNITY OF
Reconciliation
IN A CULTURE OF DIVISION
Annual Report 2022 - 2023
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 a new action.
Arrabon Training
42 elders, deacons, and staff received training from Arrabon.
“As Christians, we are called to join in the work of Christ in reconciling all things, in bringing wholeness and flourishing—shalom—to the places we live and the people around us. Going through Arrabon’s Foundations of a Reconciling Community course empowered us to better understand the racial brokenness of our world and immerse ourselves in the work of becoming a reconciling community.
One of the main goals coming out of our action plan is getting people in relationship and solidarity across racial and socio-economic divides and doing that through closer relationship and service with our mission partners who are already doing the work of Biblical justice well.”
In February 2023, the Race & Biblical Justice Team hosted a screening and discussion of Till, a profoundly emotional movie about the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley’s pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was brutally lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.
Till Movie Screening
50 people attended the Till Movie Screening.
Honoring Juneteenth
Members of our Race & Biblical Justice Team attended OneRace’s event commemorating Juneteenth and mobilizing for future progress. It included celebration, worship, and meaningful conversations.
8 people attended OneRace’s Juneteenth Gathering.
We began serving Portrait Coffee on Sundays, a local, black-owned roaster in the historic West End. Portrait shares a portion of their profits with our ministry partner, Peace Prep.
We participated in AAPI Heritage Month (May) through Vinna Clavo’s Engagement Guide.
Be the Bridge used our building to film 5 stories for their annual Bridge Builders’ Ball.