Racial Reconciliation is defined in Breaking Down Walls by Raleigh Washington and Glen Kehrein as having 8 principles:
- Commitment to relationship: Commitment to build significant relationships across racial lines
- Intentionality: Purposeful, positive planned activity that facilitates racial reconciliation
- Sincerity: Willingness to be vulnerable with the goal of building trust
- Sensitivity: Relating empathetically to a person of a different race or culture
- Interdependence: We each offer something the other person needs
- Sacrifice: Willingness to relinquish an established status or position to facilitate a cross-cultural relationship
- Empowerment: Use of repentance and forgiveness to create complete freedom in a cross-cultural relationship
- Call: We are all called to be involved in the ministry of reconciliation but some have a special call to be racial reconcilers
