South Africa Pilgrimage

Date: October 15-31, 2025; the optional safari extends the trip 

Cost: $3500; the optional safari is an additional $1,000

Registration deadline: April 15

South Africa Pilgrimage will explore the long history and legacy of colonialism and apartheid, which was a political social engineering project based on racial segregation. 

This pilgrimage will focus on the social constructs created around race and how they so thoroughly defined, and continue to define, South African society. We will:

• Consider the parallels of apartheid to our own context.
• Focus on the role of the church in the struggle against apartheid. 
• Build on what was learned during Chapter One of the Racial Justice Pilgrimage.

One element of apartheid was the way its social construct emerged out of a particular theological foundation and imagination. To struggle against and ultimately overcome apartheid, the South African church had to confront not only the racial segregation and its socio-political construct that became apartheid’s most defining element, but also its theological assumptions. 

We can accommodate 20 people and those who took the United States Civil Rights Pilgrimage will receive priority registration.

The $3,500 costs includes transportation in South Africa, lodging, meals, and entrance fees to museums and parks. The optional safari in Krueger National Park is an additional $1,000. The safari option will extend the trip to November 3.

Sample itinerary—South Africa Pilgrimage

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