Justice Initiatives

Since the NBA’s founding in 1887, our mission work has had a central theme: to accompany Disciples as they create communities of compassion and care. Over the last several years, the NBA has heard and responded to many calls for justice, equity, and healing.

Instances of injustice are daily struggles, and the NBA is committed to doing this work in intentional, consistent, long-term ways. In 2021, we launched our Community Engagement Program as we seek to nurture engagement strategies with health and social service ministries to address and transform the root causes of social injustice.

Since launching this program, we’ve hosted webinars that equipped congregations with the tools needed to support justice movements, held workshops that demonstrated the power of restorative justice practices instead of harsh prison sentences, and launched five Peer Learning & Wellness Groups, including La Lucha, a cohort of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) young adults, who were brought together to articulate the theological connections between Disciples’ identity and the biblical call to social justice through the art of storytelling. 

As the cries for justice grow stronger, NBA has identified additional areas that have a direct effect on our partners such as homelessness, freedom of speech and association for non-profits, rights of older adults, and many more. The landscape is changing rapidly and we are committed to continuing this work.

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