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Study guide: Unpacking white privilege
Ryan Stopera — Shari Seifert (left) and Yolanda Denson-Byers work together to explore areas of white privilege within the church.

Study guide: Unpacking white privilege

The important work of making the church less harmful

The ELCA has been working hard to help educate and inspire Lutherans to promote fairness and racial equity in our churches, our communities and our country. But it has become more apparent how much work remains to be done. With 96% of our membership Caucasian, we remain the least integrated of the nation’s major Christian denominations.

Download a study guide for “Unpacking white privilege: The important work of making the church less harmful,” which appeared in Living Lutheran‘s January 2020 print edition. The guide includes six pages of discussion questions and a copy of the article.