Pro-Reconciliation Anti-Racism Training

2025 PRAR Workshops for Georgia Disciples

There will be several opportunities for Pro-Reconciliation Anti-Racism (PRAR) training in Georgia in 2025.

  • A regional Pro-Reconciliation Anti-Racism Training, led by Rev. Yvonne Gilmore, Associate General Minister & President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), will be offered on March 22, 2025, from 9 am-4 pm at First Christian Church of Atlanta, 4532 LaVista Rd, Tucker, GA 30084. This event is open to Regional Board and staff, clergy, and lay leaders and meets Commission on Ministry Clergy PRAR requirement. No fee, but registration required. More information and registration coming soon.

  • A PRAR training, led by the Reconciliation Commission of the Christian Church in Virginia, will be held on September 13, 2025, from 9 am-4 pm, and is open to lay leaders, clergy, and any interested members of Georgia Disciples congregations. This training meets the Commission on Ministry Clergy PRAR requirement. More information, registration, and location TBA.

  • A PRAR Training for Trainers will be led by the Virginia Region on Friday, September 12, 2025. If you have been wondering how you can get more involved with this work, this workshop is for you. More information, registration, and location TBA.

Reconciliation Ministry

An Anti-Racism/Pro-Reconciliation Initiative was initiated by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in 1998. More than two decades later, its purpose is more critical than ever, calling Disciples to practice faithfulness with regard to the elimination of racism, which exists in all manifestations of the church; to discern the presence and nature of racism as sin; to develop strategies to eradicate it; and to work toward racial reconciliation. Learn more here.

Part of the work of the Christian Church (DOC) in Georgia, as in many Disciples Regions, is to require Pro-Reconciliation and Anti-Racism Training for clergy.  Pro-Reconciliation and Anti-Racism Training is required for standing every five years by the Georgia Region.