“ Racial and ethnic hostility is the foremost social problem facing our world today. From the systematic horror of “ethnic cleansing” in Bosnia to the random violence savaging our inner cities, our world seems caught up in a tidal wave of racial and ethnic tension. This hostility threatens the very foundations of modern society.” – Billy Graham
- A Department of Justice study indicates that in 2005, homicide victimization rates for blacks were 6 times higher than the rates for whites.
- In a 2006 Opinion Research poll, almost half of black respondents — 49 percent — said racism is a "very serious" problem, while only 18 percent of whites shared that view.
- A 2006 U.S. Census Report indicated that 45% of the nation's children under the age of five are racial or ethnic minorities.
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Welcome to Salter McNeil & Associates
From: Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil
Welcome to the Salter McNeil & Associates (SMA) community! Salter McNeil & Associates partners with Christian leaders to transform organizations into reconciling communities. Our mission is to produce inter-culturally competent leaders and communities on college campuses, in churches and in organizations around the world. We do this through a biblically based process that includes speaking, training, leadership development, diversity assessments, strategic planning, consulting and executive coaching.
I personally welcome you and thank you for visiting us. I hope that you will visit often to find cutting edge information; helpful tools and inspiring stories that will empower you on your reconciliation journey.
Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil's new book is AVAILABLE NOW for purchase!!!
“Introducing people to Jesus” is an incomplete notion of evangelism. Brenda Salter McNeil believes we have ignored the most significant barriers to the gospel—barriers of gender, race and social status.
Presenting “my friend Sam”—the story of the Samaritan woman at the well—as an image of gospel reconciliation, Brenda explains why our evangelism must be an expression of our twofold reconciliation with God and each other.
“The good news brings us to God,” Brenda writes, “and it also brings life and healing to a broken, dying and divided world. Anything less is not the gospel.”
You may purchase this book online from the following places:
» Amazon.com
» IVPress.com
» Read Book Details
Reconciliation Stories...
Here is an excerpt from Jodie S. who tells how she was impacted by a message of reconciliation that she heard.
"... You gave an alter call (sort of) and spoke powerfully about reconciliation and the Samaritian woman in John 4. I became a Christian that night. I didnt stand up BUT prayed with you and every one else with all of my heart. Its been an adventurous couple of years. I have been working in the area of cross community reconciliation in Northern Ireland for many years and this summer had the privilege of taking three months off to work in the Anglican diocese of Gahini in the eastern province of Rwanda...."
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Why Dr. Brenda is Better Than Pizza
By: Julia Nicholls, Editor of etc magazine, Seattle Pacific University
I anticipated our Intercultural Competency conference for weeks. I wasn’t itching to work in groups with my office mates or discuss counter-cultural social action. I just heard delicious free food would be available all day – and that did it for me!
I had only been a staff member at Seattle Pacific University for a few weeks, when Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil came to speak. At SPU, we talk a lot about reconciliation, but it hadn’t been made tangible to me yet. I didn’t know how to go about “reconciling.” Brenda gave me some ideas.
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Watch This
Second-hand information will sometimes suffice, but there are times when only a personal encounter will do. Hearing Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil’s unique voice, insightful perspective and powerful message of racial reconciliation is a transformative event that you must experience for yourself.
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