Our mission at BelPres is to participate with Jesus in furthering the Kingdom of God on the Eastside and the places in the world He sends us. We tend to focus on the very local or on the very global. But what if God is calling us to places in the United States as well. Just like our connection and calling to Congo, we have connections in Montgomery. How has the Holy Spirit been working behind the scenes to bring that about? Is God calling us as a church to some kind of mission to further His Kingdom in Montgomery? What could that look like?

You can learn a lot from books and from hearing about other people's experiences (like this website), but experiencing it yourself brings it to life on a whole other level. Who else from BelPres needs to go on a trip like this one?

Often injustice is hiding in plain sight, but we don't have eyes to see it. We were able to see clearly in Montgomery because of places like the Legacy Sites where people committed to telling the truth through history have done the research and shared what they've learned.

Our own region has its own history of racial injustice - things like the treatment of Native Americans, Chinese exclusion, Japanese internment, and redlining. What do we need to learn about the history of our own region? Who is already working to bring repair to some of these longstanding injustices and how can we partner with them?