Race and The Church
We have been confronted again with the reality that anti-black racism is an issue that we must all face together. God longs for us to have a heart like his and embrace justice (Micah 6:8). Hope Bible Church is committed to an ongoing dialogue around racial discrimination. We understand that one of the biggest challenges for many of us is a lack of awareness. So, we want to encourage you this summer to become more informed. The Hope Institute has put together a list of resources that will help you understand the historical issue of anti-black racism. While many of the resources are American in focus there is much to learn in the resources below that can inform the Canadian church and its needed discussions around race today.
Videos
Jemar Tisby, The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism (Video Series on Right Now Media)
Phil Vischer, Holy Post: Race in America
Hope Bible Church, Truth and Troubled Times (Special Edition): Panel Discussion on Race and Justice
Great Commission Collective, GCC - Crucial Conversations - Justice, Race and the Gospel
Jon Kelly, Lamenting the Pain of Blackness
Charlie Dates, I Can’t Breathe
Voddie Baucham, Racial Reconciliation
Books
Jemar Tisby, The Color of Compromise - The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
Bryan Loritts, Right Color Wrong Culture
Tony Evans, Oneness Embraced
John M. Perkins, One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love
John Piper, Bloodlines
Other Titles for Consideration:
Latasha Morrison, Be The Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation
Carl Ellis Jr., Free at Last? The Gospel in the African American Experience
Eric Mason, Woke Church: An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice
Walter Strickland and Dayton Harmon, For God so Loved the World: A Blueprint for Kingdom Diversity,
Articles
Timothy Keller, The Bible and Race
Timothy Keller, The Sin of Racism
Shai Linne, George Floyd and Me
Thabiti Anyabwale, Many Ethnicities, One Race
Podcasts
Uncommontary Podcast: Kathryn Freeman, Truett Seminary student, and Barnabas Piper, author (and son of John)
The Briefing: Thursday June 18, 2020: Black Lives Matter
The Briefing: Wednesday, June 24, 2020: What is Systemic Racism?