Kingdom Diversity Resources

Pastor David Anderson responds to prejudice and injustice with the principle of gracism: radical inclusion for the marginalized and excluded. A Christian alternative to secular models of affirmative action or colorblindness, gracism is an opportunity to extend God's grace to people of all backgrounds. Watch the book's trailer.

In United By Faith, the authors argue that multiracial Christian congregations are key to opening the still-locked door between the races. Examining their argument from biblical, historical, and theological perspectives, they provide a path for once again making the church the basis for racial reconciliation in our nation.

In Bloodlines, Piper guides us through the difficulties of racial sin, turning us to the gospel as our source of a common bloodline. Through Christ's blood, race and ethnicity become secondary for a common people of God. Also available as an e-book. Watch the book's trailer.

In For God So Loved the World, Hartman and Strickland provide a blueprint for Christ-centered diversity that is both descriptive and constructive. Convicting and hopeful, this book motivates readers to seek reconciliation in light of biblical warrant, personal sanctification, and the church's corporate witness. Read an excerpt here.

Sociologist George Yancey surveys a range of approaches to racial healing that Christians have used and offers a new model of "mutual responsibility", one which acknowledges majority and minority cultures have their own challenges and sins, and that people of different races approach racial reconciliation in differing but complementary ways.

United will challenge and encourage readers to pursue the joys of diversity through the author's own journey and a theology of diversity. Newbell reveals the transforming power of really knowing someone who is equal yet unique. As we identify in Christ rather than our commonalities, we experience the power of gospel unity. Read the book's discussion questions or preview Chapter 1.

For many, the dream of true equality has dissolved into a reality of prejudice, fear, and violence. Despite recent setbacks, Perkins finds hope in the young people he sees hard at work bringing about reconciliation in God's name. Dream with Me is a look back at his life devoted to seeking justice, and a look forward to a breakthrough for peoples of every race. Read an excerpt or listen to Chapter 1 audiobook.

The Southern Baptist Convention has a historical stain. It once affirmed slavery and openly opposed abolitionists. The gospel of Jesus Christ commands we do our part in removing racism from our midst. This book offers a powerful call to sacrifice, humility, and perseverance with a commitment to Christian unity for the sake of the gospel and our brothers and sisters in Christ.

In this stirring book, two friends discuss the stereotypes and sins that inhibit interracial friendships. Believing the church is called to reconciliation, Anderson and Zuercher strive to understand each other, hashing out their differences and sharing feelings most of us would never express. The most effective way of dealing with racial reconciliation is through real, connected friendships.

In Divided by Faith, Emerson and Smith probe the grassroots of white evangelical America, finding that the evangelical emphasis on individualism, free will, and personal relationships makes invisible the pervasive injustice that perpetuates inequality between the races.

One New Man endeavors to help Christians understand what the gospel says about race and race relations by focusing on selected Pauline texts. Paul argues sin has broken humanity's relationship with God and his fellow man. Recognizing Jesus as God's provision for the problem of sin, Christ's death is God's only solution to racial hostility.

Dr. Perkins' final manifesto on race, faith, and reconciliation. There is a great opportunity right now for culture to change, to be a more perfect union. However, it cannot be done without the church because the faith of the people is more powerful than any law government can enact. Racism won't end in America until the church is reconciled first. Watch the book's trailer.

Here is a timely reminder that in the Bible, lament is a prayer that leads to trust, which can be a starting point for the church to "weep with those who weep" (Rom. 12:15). As Vroegop writes: "Reconciliation in the church starts with tears and ends in trust." Read Chapter 1 online.

Bailey & Wiersbe are men with a penetrating understanding of history, culture, and church tradition--and they are friends who genuinely enjoy and respect each other. The warmth of their relationship shines in this book, matched by a depth of honesty and humility as they address topics of vital interest to pastors and church leaders of all ethnic backgrounds.

The theme of race runs throughout Scripture, constantly pointing to the global and multiethnic dimensions inherent in the overarching plan of God. In response to the neglect of this theme in much evangelical biblical scholarship, J. Daniel Hays offers this thorough, nuanced exegetical work.

Animosity and hostility among various ethnicities have always existed. Who better to enter into the ethnic tensions of our day than God's own people who have experienced true reconciliation? In Intensional, Horton offers practical guidance for Christians longing to embrace our Kingdom ethnicity and combat hatred with the hope of Jesus. Read an excerpt here.