About Dr. Cheryl R. Coleman

In 1995, she realized her unique calling would not be accomplished until she helped faith-based organizations achieve their potential by becoming more aligned, by truly embracing agape love across racial lines. Through personal experiences, Dr. Coleman has experienced frequent moments of frustration due to limited perceptions of her identity as a person and notably, as a Christian, while engaging with mainstream American churches. These moments were often manifested when she recognized that she was valued solely for her potential to influence Black communities toward mainstream social and political ideologies, which, appeared to work against their own interests of civil and human rights, toward maintaining hierarchal systems of the culture, which informed American Slavery and the notion that Black (and non-White) people were only meant to be subservient to Whites in society and the church, rather than toward their Identity in Christ and honorable members of the Body of Christ. The church that Jesus Christ is building of “every nation, tongue, kindred and people.” 

Within two years of being conflicted by racial divisions, which, appeared to be cultural rather than Biblical; and processing her own issues of race through an honest assessment and changes of mind, heart and purpose, becoming solely dedicated to honesty, research, truth, integrity, and character before God. Dr. Coleman published a newspaper, Christ (Christian Resource and Information Station) Publications, that was distributed in the United States and Canada. It was in this publication that the term “Identity in Christ” was first created to represent that one’s identity in Christ, transcends all other identities; most notably, on the matter of race (a social construct) in the church. Please note: Identity in Christ has become a global term now, with many meanings, except what it was published and copywritten to mean. It has been plagiarized. 

The process of growth, clarity, and development before God on matters of race was among the most difficult things she experienced, having been taught, conditioned, and raised in the US, where race as a social construct dominates and negatively influences human relations. These experiences are what lead to another term she coined, Eurotheism, which lends in part to the perception among mainstream Christianity that Non-whites hold second class citizenship to Whites in society and in the Christian church, while the Bible reveals, in Romans 2:11, there is no respect of persons with God. 



In 2023, Dr. Coleman retired early from academia to focus on addressing racial challenges in the church, particularly within White American evangelicalism, which perpetuates racism and hinders unity in Christianity, as evidenced in history and through current mainstream social and political factors. Her commitment to honesty, research, and truth remains unwavering as she navigates the intersection of faith, race, and societal complexities.

Now she wants to help faith-based organizations take their God-ordained responsibility by truly addressing the racial issues in America by taking the lead in DEI.