Beyond the White Church
Join Rev. Doug Cunningham on a journey of awakening, disruption,
and rebuilding faith communities rooted in justice and liberation.
About
Rev. Doug Cunningham
Rev. Doug Cunningham is a pastor, missionary, and activist whose forty-year journey began in solidarity with the Philippine movement that toppled the Marcos dictatorship in the 1980s.
He has ministered in white, mixed-race, and Black churches in Baltimore and New York, and then started a multiracial, anti-racist church in the Bronx (2008-2019). He joined a Black Methodists for Church Renewal-led anti-racism campaign (2020-2025), establishing the James Lawson Anti-Racism Commission (JLARC) in the New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, where he is a retired, ordained minister.
Beyond the White Church is his first book.
Beyond the White Church: Disrupting Racism, Rebuilding Faith Community
Available July 2025 from SacraSage
Beyond the White Church narrates Rev. Doug Cunningham’s awakening to the harm that racism reproduces throughout the white-dominant U.S. church. From seminary to missionary work overseas to serving as a pastor of Black, multiracial, and white churches, this revelation, combined with the guidance of mentors, ignited a passion to join colleagues in disrupting white supremacy.
These gritty stories explore strategies, reflect on setbacks, and celebrate breakthroughs. They will also spark conversations that energize readers to continue disrupting racism and rebuilding faith communities.
Book Information
- Publication Date: July 2025
- Publisher: SacraSage
- Paperback ISBN: 978-1-958670-99-6
- Ebook ISBN: 978-1-958670-98-9
Speaking Engagements
Rev. Cunningham brings four decades of experience in anti-racism work, community organizing, and church leadership to speaking engagements.
Primary Speaking Topics:
- Beyond the White Church: Disrupting Racism in Faith Communities
- Building Multiracial, Anti-Racist Churches
- Lessons from the Philippines: International Solidarity and Resistance
- Mentorship and Accountability in Anti-Racism Work
Book
Rev. Cunningham
- Churches and faith communities
- Seminaries and theological schools
- Anti-racism workshops
- Community organizing events
