Statement on Race and Christian Community

Ouachita is called to be an intentional community of belonging based on the Gospel, which transcends racial, ethnic, cultural, socio-economic, and national divisions. Scripture compels God’s people to practice true friendship by loving their neighbors as themselves, striving to emulate the beautiful multitude from every language, ethnicity, and nation who will gather in eternal praise to God when Jesus returns and makes all things new. Bias or discrimination expressed through behavior, speech, or in other ways is inconsistent with the university’s mission and values.