R-Squared
practical resources for church leaders seeking to engage and embrace cultural diversity and anti-racism
a resource hub of GCORR
“Gracious and Loving Jehovah Rapha, You are the great healer; the One who can renew all things. You sent Jesus to teach us that healing is not only possible, but what we should expect, even when it seems impossible. In our land, there are so many inequities brought about by racial injustice. Without knowing it, too often, we are a part of the problem. Help us to see when we sin against our neighbors and you by the implicit bias we hold, by our failure to speak when we should; when we choose to do nothing when we should act. Convict us of our sin and lead us in new ways of thinking, new ways of being, and new ways of acting.”
FEATURED WORSHIPNative American Heritage Month
In the United States, Native American Heritage Month is celebrated each November. We enter this time ready to listen to Native voices, honor living Native cultures, and seek right relationship.
White Christian Nationalism
FEATURED RESOURCEGCORR is building a series of resources grounded in Scripture and Wesleyan theology that equip individuals and congregations to recognize distorted forms of Christianity—including white Christian nationalism—that center the Gospel within a white American experience. To start, a set of short form videos invite reflection on how fear, culture, media, politics, loneliness, and social division influence their understanding of faith and discipleship.
Historical Trauma and Healing
FEATURED ARTICLEHistorical trauma shapes how many cross-racial, cross-cultural (CRCC) clergy understand their own stories, their communities, and the ministry contexts they serve, carrying wounds that stretch across generations. This resource invites clergy to name those dynamics with honesty and compassion while embracing practices that support healing, resilience, and justice‑centered leadership.
Advent 2026
FEATURED SEASON
This Advent, guide your congregation into meeting Jesus anew: Reimagine Advent. Discover the Liberating Christ, by the Rev. Dr. B. Yuki Schwartz, guides pastors and laity in designing worship around a Brown child born under Roman occupation, whose family had to flee because his identity as God’s child challenged imperial power. Pair it with Seeking Jesus: The Advent of Justice and Peace, a ready-to-use five-week resource with sermon notes, hymns, a litany, and hands-on activities for children’s church, so your Advent carries from the pulpit to the Sunday school room.
FEATURED COURSES
This foundational course is designed to equip participants with the knowledge, awareness, and tools to recognize, interrupt, and respond to microaggressions in faithful and healing ways.
This course led by Rev. Enger Muteteke, Senior Director of Programs and Education, explores how to recognize the gift of cultural differences in ministry settings and how colorblindness is not a benign framework.
Our Sacred Journey
a project that is dedicated to celebrating the rich diversity of the United Methodist Church community by sharing stories that reflect our cultural identities, faith journeys, and shared humanity