McWilliams Academy is a globally diverse Academy that is committed to racial reconciliation. Our mission is to be a healthy church, changing lives through Christ. Jesus Christ is our hope — as his Kingdom expresses his rule and reign in and amongst the nations. This has immediate and eternal implications for human thriving.

 

As a global Church centered on Jesus and his gospel, we must ensure that all people are treated with justice, equity, and inclusion.

 

Our mission is to make a healthy church; changing lives through Christ is foundational to our ongoing dedication to the work of racial reconciliation. We believe that reconciliation claims every person into the church because “in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5:19).

 

Through Christ’s gift of reconciliation, we have hope that things do not have to stay as they have been.

 

Our prayers of lament for our shared pain-filled pasts are anchored in this hope, every action we take plays a part in the change. Although we are uncompromising in our declaration that “Black Lives Matter,” we recognize that racial injustice has been a consistent global theme throughout history.

 

We believe that racism is a sin, and we do not endorse, support, or accept any form of racism, both implicit and explicit. The very nature of racism is an affront to the Gospel, and we are committed to the journey we began in 2021 of listening, learning, lamenting, and acting to do our part to be the change.

 

We remain committed to building racial reconciliation, diversity, equity, and inclusion, both internally and externally across our church. We have committees that have been and will continue to work collaboratively to provide strategic direction to our globally diverse church.

 

Furthermore, we need to work together to collaboratively address issues and concerns and invite you to reach out to us with feedback and ideas.