Through personal stories, experience and analysis of biblical text, DeYmaz illustrates both the biblical mandate for the multi-ethnic church and the seven core commitments required to bring it about.  He argues the homogeneous unit principle will soon be irrelevant, and the future of spreading the gospel will be through strong, vital, multi-ethnic churches.

Timely narrative of how people of faith have historically, and continue today, have worked against racial justice.  Tisby examines the history of the American church and how it has help create and maintain racist ideas and practices, while offering concrete solutions to improve race relations and inclusivity in our churches. 

Rothstein examines the powerful and disturbing history of how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation.  The book explodes the myth that segregation rose from private prejudices or unintended consequences, but instead were systematically imposed through blatant racial zoning, intentionally segregated public housing, builder subsidies for white-only suburbs, and tax exemptions for institutions that enforced housing segregation.

A compelling account of the deep racial division within American religion. But more than that, it is a penetrating look at the societal and religious-based reasons for this division within the Evangelical Christian sector, and a compassionate plea on the part of the authors for Christians to engage in the issue of race and to lead the country in solving this 'American Dilemma.’

For many, the struggle over civil rights was not just about lunch counters, waiting rooms, or voter access, but was also about Christian Theology.  Both activists and segregationist claimed that God and the bible was on their side.  The book examines the theological struggle over racial justice through the story of the southern town of Americus Georgia, where racial change in the 20th century came to a head and affected the rise of the religious right. 

How do we effectively confront racial injustice? We need to move beyond talking about racism and start equipping ourselves to fight against it. In this follow-up to the New York Times Bestseller the Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby offers an array of actionable items to confront racism. How to Fight Racism introduces a simple framework—the A.R.C. Of Racial Justice—that teaches readers to consistently interrogate their own actions and maintain a consistent posture of anti-racist behavior.

Austin shares her personal stories bearing witness to our complex social fabric and its impact on America’s racial divide.  An illuminating look at how white, middle-class Evangelicalism has participated in an era of rising racial hostility, inviting the reader to confront apathy, recognize God’s ongoing work in the world, and discover how blackness, if we let it, can save us all.

In this classic treatise, Thurman demonstrates how the gospel may be read as a manual of resistance for the poor and disenfranchised.  Jesus is a partner in the pain of the oppressed and the example of His life offers a solution ending the descent into moral nihilism.  Hated does not empower; it only decays.  Only through self-love and love of one another can God’s justice prevail.

An unforgettable account of Stevenson’s founding of the Equal Justice Initiative, dedicated to the defending the most desperate in need: the poor, wrongly accused and condemned, and women and children trapped in the deepest corners of our criminal justice system.  It highlights the case of Walter McMillian, a young black man, and Stevenson’s long battle against the political machinations and unequal treatment McMillan faced in the effort to free him for a crime he did not commit. 

A response to the words and dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The American Church is at a crossroads. Like the church in Acts 15, we are faced with the challenge of prioritizing the gospel message over our own culture. Will we rise to meet this challenged or be blinded by our biases? 

Since it was first published in 2010, the book has been the winner of numerous awards and has spent nearly 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. It is the searing indictment of our criminal justice system and is an unforgettable argument that “we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.” The book explains how we moved from slavery to Jim Crowe to mass incarceration all with the objective of controlling the African American community.

The two authors and friends, one black and one white, engage in a courageous, respectfully honest, challenging exploration of racism in America, including how Black and White Christians can come together to fight the evils of racism within our hearts and our systems, including our churches.

Perkins offers a call to repentance to both the white and the black church, holding that true reconciliation will only come when we become intentional and relational. Perkins call on the church to help turn the nation to God.  Racism in America will not end until the church first reconciles. 

Evans, a black man and leader in white evangelicalism, looks at the division and polarization in our society and contemplates how the pathway toward harmony.  He explains how the gospel provides the way for Christians to find Oneness. It's through the Word of God that we will find a Kingdom based approach to matters of history, culture, the church, and social justice.

A thoughtful, careful study, illustrating how interpretations of scripture by black people can bolster faith in a liberating God.  McCaulley give us more than a theoretical methodology.  He shows how we can approach and apply text without jettisoning our faith. 

An urgent call for Christians in America to confront racism and injustice. An urgent plea to take a hard look at our history and stand together against the indignities and injustice in our world.  To understand that justice is both theological and sociological and that there is no intimacy with God without justice in one’s heart.

Explores the counterproductive reactions many white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reaction work to maintain racial inequality in our society.