Racial and ethnic hostility is one of the most pervasive problems the church faces. It hinders our effectiveness as one body of believers. It damages our ability to witness to and serve seekers.Why won't this problem just go away?Because it is a spiritual battle.What should our response be in a world torn apart by prejudice, hatred and fear?We must employ spiritual weapons--prayer, repentance, forgiveness.In this book Brenda Salter McNeil and Rick Richardson reveal a new model of racial reconciliation, social justice and spiritual healing that creates both individual and community transformation. Read this book if you want to learn how to
- use your faith as a force for change, not as a smoke screen for self-protection
- embrace your true self and renounce false racial identities
- receive and extend forgiveness as an act of racial reconciliation
- experience personal transformation through the healing of painful racial memories
- engage in social action by developing ongoing crosscultural partnerships
This second edition also includes a complete discussion and action guide for study groups.
Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil is an ordained Christian minister, teacher, evangelist and frequent speaker at churches, colleges and conferences nationwide. She is the founder and principal of Salter McNeil Associates, LLC, a reconciliation training, consulting and leadership development company. She is also the author of A Credible Witness.
Rev. Rick Richardson is an ordained priest with the Anglican Mission in America. Rick runs the evangelism program at Wheaton Graduate School and is associate national director for evangelism with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. He is also the author of Evangelism Outside the Box and Reimagining Evangelism.
John Perkins, the son of a sharecropper, grew up in Mississippi amid dire poverty and rampant racism. Though he had fled to California after his older brother was murdered by a town marshal, he returned after his conversion to Christ in 1960 to share the gospel with his community. His leadership of civil rights demonstrations earned him repeated harassment, beatings and imprisonment. However, in recent years Perkins has received recognition for his work with seven honorary doctorates from Wheaton College, Gordon College, Huntington College, Geneva College, Spring Arbor College, North Park College and Belhaven College. He continues to speak and teach around the world on issues of racial reconciliation, leadership and community development.Perkins is the founder of Voice of Calvary Ministries in Mendenhall, Mississippi, Harambee Ministries in Pasadena, California, and the Christian Community Development Association. His books include Let Justice Roll Down, With Justice for All, A Quiet Revolution and Linking Arms, Linking Lives.
