More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel (The IVP Signature Collection)

Perkins, Spencer; Rice, Chris

ISBN 10: 0830848649 / ISBN 13: 9780830848645

Published by IVP, 2021

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The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel (The IVP Signature Collection)
• Publisher: IVP
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830848649
• ISBN 13: 9780830848645
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

<p><strong>"The first step in the reconciliation process," Spencer Perkins writes, "is admitting that the race problem exists and that our inability to deal with race has weakened the credibility of our gospel."</strong></p><p>When longtime ministry partners and friends Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice began writing <em>More Than Equals</em> in the early 1990s, their goal was to offer an example of how racial reconciliation is possible―and also critical to Christian discipleship. This landmark book tells the stories of two men from very different backgrounds embarking on the complex, costly journey of healing across racial divides.</p><p>Perkins, who witnessed repeated hypocrisy from white Christians and witnessed his bloodied pastor-activistfather after a brutal police beating, wondered how it was possible to love white people. Rice, who grew up as a white missionary kid and thought of himself as progressive, was surprised by the tensions he encountered as a volunteer at a majority-black church―and by his own blind spots. As they served together in an intentionally multiracial ministry, both gained insight into why this work is so challenging and how Christians can do it well, in dependence on God.</p><p>With biblical grounding, hopeful realism, and practical detail, <em>More Than Equals</em> provides a helpful framework for Christians engaged in the deep ongoing surgery of racial healing. Now available as part of the IVP Signature Collection, this edition includes a new preface by Rice and a study guide for group discussion.</p>

About the Authors

<p>Spencer Perkins, until his death in 1998, worked with the John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development and was editor-in-chief of the magazine <em>Urban Family</em>. For twelve years he and Chris Rice and their families lived together in the Antioch Community and served as elders of Voice of Calvary Fellowship Church in Jackson, Mississippi.</p>

<p> Chris Rice (DMin, Duke University) is director of the United Nations Office of the Mennonite Central Committee, an international relief, development, and peace agency. He served as cofounding director of the Duke Divinity School Center for Reconciliation, and has worked through the academy, churches, and faith-based organizations to heal social conflicts in east Africa, Northeast Asia, and the American South. He is coauthor of <em>Reconciling All Things</em> and <em>More Than Equals</em>, which both won Christianity Today Book Awards. Chris and his wife, Donna, have three adult children and live in New York City.</p>