Mixed Ministry Resource Collection

Finding Mixed Identity in the Community of God

What does it look like for those of us from multiethnic backgrounds (family backgrounds from two or more cultures or ethnicities) to bring our full selves into our ministry? And what does it look like for those of us from monoethnic backgrounds to support our multiethnic brothers and sisters?

Explore a growing collection of stories, Bible studies, prayer guides and other resources to learn more about this important ministry.

What are you? Finding mixed identity

Mixed Ministry Table Talk for Native InterVarsity

Want to host a gathering for Mixed Native students? Use this discussion guide to get started!

Mixed Ministry Table Talk for LaFe

Want to host a gathering for Mixed Latino/a students? Use this discussion guide to get started!

Mixed Ministry Table Talk for Black Campus Ministries

Want to host a gathering for Mixed Black students? Use this discussion guide to get started!

Mixed Ministry Table Talk for Asian American Ministries

Want to host a gathering for Mixed Asian American students? Use this discussion guide to get started!

Mixed Ministry Holiday Resource

This resource offers insight on how to care for Mixed folks during the holidays. It provides conversation starters and prayer points that can be used when discussing the holidays with Mixed students and faculty.

Mixed Stories Through Scripture

This Bible study is designed with students of Mixed ethnic and racial backgrounds in mind. The four studies focus on different ways God interacts with our ethnic and racial stories, helping us to reflect on our own stories and how God is at work in us.

Guide to Praying for Mixed Students

This resource offers prayer points that can be used to guide prayers for Mixed students and faculty.

A Mixed Blessing

This is a prayer for Mixed individuals.

Mixed Ministry Table Talk

Want to host a gathering for Mixed, multiethnic students? Use this discussion guide to get started!

5 Tips for Leading a Mixed Small Group

This resource will help you contextualize as you prepare to lead a Mixed small group.

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.

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.

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.