Overcoming Cultural and Systemic Challenges: Exploring How Minority Pastors Overcome Leadership Challenges In Majority Culture Congregations

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But there is hope for true gospel transformation. In this qualitative research, I interviewed six minority pastors serving in predominantly white congregations in the PCA (Presbyterian Church in America) to explore how they overcome leadership challenges unique to their particular callings and contexts. Sadly, the Christian church lacks credibility in the matters of meaningful racial reconciliation. Minority pastors experience unique leadership challenges in majority culture congregations. Increasingly, both majority culture congregations and minority pastors are seeking to labor together for the sake of the gospel in our racially divided communities. For some, their stories wouldn’t be complete without the courageous gospel-shaped leadership of their fellow white pastors. My hope is that all pastors, regardless of color, will begin to gain biblical, historical, cultural, and practical insights from these pages for their own callings and make a la