Pro-Reconciliation Anti-Racism Training

PRAR Workshops for Georgia Disciples in 2025

There will be several opportunities for Pro-Reconciliation Anti-Racism (PRAR) training in Georgia in 2025. Georgia Disciples clergy are required to complete PRAR training every five years to retain standing. All regional staff and volunteers, including administrative, program, and camp, as well as Regional Board members, are also required to complete PRAR training. Continue reading for more information.

“Building Beloved Community: Dismantling Racism"

This 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 workshop is required of all regional staff and volunteers, including administrative, program, and camp, as well as regional board members. If you have taken Anti-Racism/ Pro-Reconciliation Training in the last year, you are exempt. However, all persons, including lay leaders and clergy, are invited to participate. This workshop also meets the clergy PRAR requirement of the Christian Church in Georgia and the Commission on Ministry. Registration is $20; learn more and register no later than March 17, using the link below. 

Description
In this workshop, participants will learn how dismantling racism calls for a commitment to wholeness, equity, and justice-making practices. Anti-Racism as a spiritual practice is not a zero-sum construct, but a process of community transformation and identity formation. This interactive session will provide transformative analysis, explore practical applications, and offer spiritual practices to foster intersectional communication, reduce implicit bias and microaggression, and build community.

Speaker
Rev. Yvonne Teresa Gilmore serves as Associate General Minister, Vice President, and Chief of Staff in the Office of the General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada, where she also directs the Church Narrative Project. From 2013-2020, she served as Associate Dean of Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago (DDH), and as a co-teacher in the MDiv Arts of Ministry sequence at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. Ever committed to the cultivation of thought leadership and community formation, she is also a core trainer with Reconciliation Ministries and serves as adjunct faculty at Lexington Theological Seminary.

PRAR Training in Georgia Led by Virginia Region

A PRAR training, led by the Reconciliation Commission of the Christian Church in Virginia, returns this year for another training on September 13, 2025, from 9 am to 4 pm, after a successful Georgia training led by the team in 2024. This workshop is open to lay leaders, clergy, regional staff, volunteers, and Regional Board members, and any interested members of Georgia Disciples congregations. This training also meets the Commission on Ministry Clergy PRAR requirement. More information, registration, and location TBA.

In addition, 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.