More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the GospelRecipient of a Christianity Today 1994 Critics Choice Award! Here is living proof that white and black Christians can live together. When Spencer Perkins was sixteen years old, he visited his bloodied and swollen father (pastor John Perkins) in jail. Police had beaten the black activist severely, and Spencer never forgot the moment. He couldn't imagine living in community with a white person after that. But his plans were changed. Chris Rice grew up in very different circumstances, of "Vermont Yankee stock," attending an elite Eastern college and looking forward to a career in law and government. But his plans were changed. Spencer and Chris became not only friends, but yokefellows--partners for more than a decade in the difficult ministry of racial reconciliation. From their own hard-won experience, they show that there is hope for our frightening race problem, that whites and African-Americans can live together in peace. This revised and expanded edition includes a new introduction, a new afterword, a new study guide, updated resources and a new chapter by Spencer, "Playing the Grace Card." In compellingly practical detail, Chris and Spencer present their hope, which is boldly and radically Christian. "The cause of racial reconciliation needs yokefellows," they argue, ". . . not solely for the sake of racial harmony--even though it will lead to that--but for the witness of the gospel." |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 44
Page 38
... began to yield to the pressure to comply with the nation's twelve-year-old school desegregation laws. But wholesale school integration wouldn't come for another four years. Instead, Mississippi opted for an ingenious plan called Freedom ...
... began to yield to the pressure to comply with the nation's twelve-year-old school desegregation laws. But wholesale school integration wouldn't come for another four years. Instead, Mississippi opted for an ingenious plan called Freedom ...
Page 49
... began to touch me for the first time. Plunging across the dividing line was at first exhilarating. But there were painful surprises as I went below the surface and encountered the treacherous depths of the damage race has caused to both ...
... began to touch me for the first time. Plunging across the dividing line was at first exhilarating. But there were painful surprises as I went below the surface and encountered the treacherous depths of the damage race has caused to both ...
Page 51
... began what eventually amounted to a big step away from the security of my grandparents' culture and people. Dad's first pastorate, in the white-populated coal-mining town of Amsterdam, Ohio, was followed by an associate pastorate in ...
... began what eventually amounted to a big step away from the security of my grandparents' culture and people. Dad's first pastorate, in the white-populated coal-mining town of Amsterdam, Ohio, was followed by an associate pastorate in ...
Page 54
... began to grow. I ran the warehouse of our Thriftco clothing store, working alongside another volunteer. Later I edited the ministry's newsletter. I was active in Bible studies and discipleship. It was exciting to use my talents to serve ...
... began to grow. I ran the warehouse of our Thriftco clothing store, working alongside another volunteer. Later I edited the ministry's newsletter. I was active in Bible studies and discipleship. It was exciting to use my talents to serve ...
Page 55
... began to prove, they eventually boil over. The Explosion In the summer of 1983 my “progressive” assumptions were abruptly confronted by the hard realities of America's race problem. A series of gatherings that came to be known as “the ...
... began to prove, they eventually boil over. The Explosion In the summer of 1983 my “progressive” assumptions were abruptly confronted by the hard realities of America's race problem. A series of gatherings that came to be known as “the ...
Contents
7 | |
9 | |
24 | |
29 | |
36 | |
49 | |
60 | |
White Blinders | 70 |
Submit | 129 |
From Anger Guilt to Passion Conviction | 131 |
Weapons for the Battle | 143 |
A Reconciliation Story | 151 |
The Character of a Reconciler | 167 |
White Fear | 180 |
More Than Skin Deep | 188 |
Unlikely Comrades | 207 |
School Daze | 85 |
Black Residue | 93 |
Silence Gives Consent | 104 |
A Little Respect | 118 |
Friends Yokefellows 20 Playing the Grace Card 227 | 227 |
Resources Study Guide 265 | 265 |
Other editions - View all
More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel Spencer Perkins,Chris Rice Limited preview - 2009 |
More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel Spencer Perkins,Chris Rice Limited preview - 2021 |
Common terms and phrases
accept action Acts Americans anger asked become began begin believe black and white blinders bring brothers called Chapter choices Chris Christ Christians church color commitment culture develop discussion don’t Equals ethnic experience face fact faith father fear feel felt first folks follow forgive friends friendship Gentile give God’s gospel grace hands heart hope hurt important integration interracial issue it’s Jesus Jews justice kingdom knew lead leaders leadership lives look meetings ministry minority Mississippi move neighbor neighborhood never organization pain parents passion Paul person Peter problem question race racial reconciliation reached reason relationships residue respect responsibility separation side sisters sometimes Spencer step story struggle sure talk things thought tion trust truth trying understand Voice