Building Trust: Women’s Partnerships Across the Color Line

This workshop will provide a panel of women discussing their experiences with Christian partners of different racial backgrounds. We strive to explore the strengths and challenges of cooperative missional efforts between white Baptist women and BIPOC women. Through listening to the stories of these women we hope to glean insights into building trust so as to understand, repair and expand partnerships that bear more faithful witness to one fellowship and respectful co-laboring in the future.

Led by:
Lynn Holmes | Associate in Ministry, First Baptist Church - Wilmington Street in Raleigh; Adjunct Professor in the Public Policy School at Duke University

Nichole Parisoe Cella | She has served in various church capacities for over 30 years, including worship leadership and social justice pursuits.