Chandra Crane

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Chandra Crane served with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for 20+ years, working with grad students & faculty at Emory, Georgia Tech, and Mississippi College Law School. She is a founding member of the Mixed Ministry Leadership Team, was Mixed Ministry national coordinator in Multiethnic Initiatives/Creative Labs, and a national resource specialist in the dearly departed Discipleship & Leadership department.

Chandra is a multiethnic/multicultural/transracial adoptee: ethnically Thai and white, with white and Black cultural roots. Growing up in the Southwest and now happily transplanted to the Deep South, she is passionate about diversity and chosen family. She enjoys reading, gathering her receipts, and cheerfully defying stereotypes. Chandra is the author of Mixed Blessing: Embracing the Fullness of Your Multiethnic Identity (IVP 2020) and host of the podcast Mixed Blessing: Breaking Bread at the Multiethnic Table. Follow her at substack.com/@chcrane and other social media @ChandraLCrane.

Content created by this author:
Ethnic Reconciliation & Justice Guide

Mixed and White Reflections

Some of us are multiethnic with a “white and—” ethnic story. What does it mean to have this complicated family history? What does it mean to reject the harms of whiteness without losing a part of ourselves? Use these reflections to ask these questions and explore the “Mixed and white” experience.
Community Podcast

Mixed Blessing Podcast

With her mixed multiethnic and multicultural background, Chandra Crane has keenly felt the otherness of never quite fitting in. Join her as she interviews guests, has lively and honest discussions and helps us to find out how a mixed identity can be a blessing.
Discipleship Article

Being Mixed Reflections

In thinking about mixed ethnic identity, what does it mean to be a “mixed blessing?” Use these two reflections (alone or in groups) to ask this question and sit at the feet of our Brown, multiethnic, Middle Eastern/North African savior, listening to what he has to say about how we have been made for good.