Training Services

Personalized
We do not take a one-size-fits-all approach with our training services. Before we work with organizations, we discuss their current dynamics, existing challenges, and goals for the future. Then, we work with their leadership to craft a training strategy that is based on the Bible, national research, and our experience working with Christian organizations.
Schedule a free 15 minute conversation to learn what a personalized training program could look like for your organization.

Interactive
We have discovered the following approach is typically the most effective:
- Round tables: We center our time around facilitated small group exercises and discussions in small groups.
- Two days: We typically recommend 12-14 hours of content in order to provide enough time for exercises, covering key topics, processing, and relationship building.
- Leadership first: We recommend an organization's leadership is the first group in to participate in the trainings in order to model commitment and teachability.

Action-focused
Our training content focuses on action steps that leaders can take to build a biblical, healthy, racially inclusive organization. Our curriculum incorporates:
- Biblical themes: E.g. love, justice, unity, peacemaking, healthy community, and protections for vulnerable groups.
- Exercises: We incorporate scenarios and exercises that teach key concepts in interactive and practical ways.
- Research and experience: We incorporate data from our national research as well principles and best practices we have learned over the last 18+ years.
Training Services Q&A
Yes! When can incorporate our assessment and coaching services into training programs. Our resources are much more effective when they are used in combination with one another. Please contact us and we'll be glad to explain how the resources can compliment each other.
We typically need a minimum of 3 months advance notice to schedule a training, however a shorter time frame may be possible depending on the location and the amount of preparation and customization you would like for us to do. Please contact us for availability and pricing.
The cost depends on a variety of factors including the amount of time we need to spend on customizing the content, number of training facilitators, travel time, etc. Typically, the cost for a two day training led by two staff members is approximately $6000 + travel. That is significant investment, but keep in mind that it is typically much less expensive than paying for a group of 30 individuals in an organization to travel to another location and participate in a conference. And, the content we provide with our training programs is customized to the needs of the organization and allows time for "internal dialogue" that is not possible at a large conference.
The following are examples of the types of topics we typically cover during a two day training. Our content is very interactive and includes exercises, visuals, book excerpts, videos, and group dialogue.
- Introduction: This section lays the foundation for participants to get the most out of our time together. We cover topics like: speakers' backgrounds, key terms, small group ground rules, our goals, and avoiding common barriers to productive engagement on the topic of racial dynamics.
- Understanding social systems and social hierarchies: We do an extended exercise which helps participants to better understand how social systems and social hierarchies are built and sustained. We also cover key concepts like: prejudice, discrimination, racism, disparities, confirmation bias, power dynamics, etc. We find the exercise lays a helpful framework for everything we cover in the sections that follow.
- Biblical foundations: This section includes exercises and dialogue focused on principles in the Bible related to justice, unity, and racial dynamics in the U.S. For the types of passages and concepts we cover, we recommend the book Generous Justice.
- Learning from the past: We believe understanding the history of racial dynamics in the U.S. is essential to making progress. In this section, we provide a fast, interactive overview of key historical events from the Doctrine of Discovery (1452) up to our present day. We include a variety of examples of how Christians have both perpetuated and opposed racial injustice.
- Magical (ineffective) approaches: With our work and research we find that there are several approaches that Christians often rely on in order to make "racial progress," for example: building cross-racial relationships, helping people to become Christians, colorblindness, equal treatment, generational change, welcoming guests, statistical diversity, training programs, etc. We discuss the strengths and limitations of those approaches.
- Learning from the early church: In this section, we look at some of the powerful principles we can learn from how the first Christians navigated the cultural barriers and injustices in their society and built communities that displayed the power of the gospel to transform our relationships with one another, our Christian groups, and our society. We cover topics like: the power of prayer, social hierarchies in the Bible, healthy communication, power dynamics, leadership sharing, tokenism, cultural assimilation, code switching, healthy approaches to conflict, etc.
- Conclusion: We wrap up our time together with a time of processing and determining personal and organizational action steps.
We typically recommend two training facilitators who have a different gender and race--for example, an African American woman and a White man. We find that having co-facilitators representing different cultural perspectives allows for a more productive discussion.
Yes, we do. We typically recommend 2 days (12-14 hours of content) because we have found that is the "sweet spot" of time that is required in order for us to adequately cover key concepts and also have time for dialogue and processing as a group. But, we often lead trainings that are shorter periods of time. Please contact us and we will be glad to discuss what you have in mind.
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We help Christians to work toward biblical, racial justice and unity in their lives, organizations, and society. The RJUC is facilitated by Renew Partnerships, a Christian ministry founded in 2006.
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