I conclude in my paper that what’s needed now is that churches deepen this reconciliation potential. But it’s also true that some church traditions in the country were complicit in racism and have not fully dealt with their own apartheid legacy. Christian churches have condemned apartheid and have contributed to the process of nation-building through civic education and for example, participating in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission which was set up to uncover the truth about apartheid-era human rights abuses. Religious communities played a critical role in the transition to democracy. In my article I discusses the reconciliation potential of multicultural churches in that they are able to accommodate multiple racial groups, in a society where religious life remains overwhelmingly segregated. They made up 62% of the South African population in 2015. In South African, Christians are in the majority. But there are some – albeit a small number – that have successfully reached across racial and cultural divides to attract new members. They still largely reflect the social divisions of a society. South African churches remain mono-cultural to a large extent.
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