All authorized clergy:

To meet our six-hour per five-year cycle (2023-2027) requirement for Anti-Racism Training, we have contracted with Rev. Dr. Marsha Williams, Conference Minister, New York Conference to offer her Culturally Responsive Ministry Training (CRMT) on Race.

The CRMT on Race focuses participants on the importance of culturally responsive ministry, how we are socialized and how culture shapes us, how we examine our own bias, and the challenges of race/racism/whiteness in congregations. We end our training by breaking participants into racial affinity groups where white folks learn about the deep impact of microaggressions on our siblings of color, while People of Color have the opportunity to check in about their ministry and the impact of race/racism on it. A two-person multiracial team, Rev. Dr. Michael Sloan and Rev. Barb VanOlpen, leads the training.

Culturally Responsive Ministry Training (CRMT) on Race is a six-hour learning experience designed to help pastors gain greater understanding about how the church can take culture into consideration in order to better communicate its transforming message of God’s love and acceptance for all. The CRMT on Race provides pastors with the tools to be more culturally responsive to issues related to race and culture, to better understand their own biases, and to explore how white Supremacy Culture still appears in churches (while offering antidotes to reduce and/or eliminate it). The training concludes by breaking participants into racial affinity groups where white folks learn about the deep impact of microaggressions on our siblings of color, while People of Color have the opportunity to check in about their ministry and the impact of race/racism on it.

The cost is $35 per person.

There are two opportunities during fall 2026 for you to choose from. Register for only one:

Click here for August 7, 2026, 8:00 am–3:00 pm NM / 7:00 am–2:00 pm AZ.

Click here for October 9, 2026, 8:00 am–3:00 pm NM / 7:00 am–2:00 pm AZ.

We’ll send out the Zoom link to all registrants the week before the session.

Please contact Dr. Derrick with any questions.