Below are a list of resources that Pastor Glenn and Mark Jennings referenced in their June 2, 2020 “Testimony Tuesday” with Nadiyah Albee.
Messages on Racial Reconciliation
At Makers, we believe every human being is uniquely made in the image of God; we choose to be united by our commonalities rather than divided by our differences. Get a sense of how our team looks to practice Justice + Peacemaking. Additional messages can be found in resource library at the bottom of the page.
Message by Stephanie Mahan, given on January 19th, 2020
Message by Pastor Derrick Miller, given on August 18th, 2019
Trusted Voice: Bryan Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a human rights organization in Montgomery, Alabama and trusted resource. Click the image below to watch one of his dynamic talks on social justice.
Just Mercy: Race and the Criminal Justice System
We Need to Talk About Injustice
Further Listening: “Grace, Justice and Mercy: An Evening with Bryan Stevenson and Rev. Tim Keller”
Trusted Partner: Be the Bridge
Be the Bridge’s Vision is that people and organizations are aware and responding to the racial brokenness and systemic injustice in our world. Their resources are recommended to equip you with the tools to be bridge-builders in racial healing.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
Recommended Reading: From Global Immersion Project
Global Immersion Project is training people of faith to engage our divided world in restorative ways and have an extensive list of recommended books for you to learn to catalyze a peacemaking movement within your organization, church, and context.
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- Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion And The Problem of Race in America by Michael Emerson and Christian Smith
- Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep us Apart by Christena Cleveland
- Radical Reconciliation: Beyond Political Pietism and Christian Quietism by Curtiss DeYoung and Allan Boesak
- The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone
- Roadmap to Reconciliation: Moving Communities into Unity, Wholeness, and Justice by Brenda Salter McNeil
- America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the Bridge to a New America by Jim Wallis
- The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right by Lisa Sharon Harper
Recommended Listening for Families: Parent Cue Podcast
Take a listen to this podcast episode on Why You Need to Talk to Your Kids About Race.
Recommended Reading for Families: Parent Cue Blogs
Click the image below to read Parent Cue’s blog on Teaching the Value of Everyone.
Webinars
- Seeing & Lamenting Whiteness with Andre Henry
- Dear White Peacemakers with Osheta Moore
Books
- God of the Oppressed by James H. Cone
- A Black Theology of Liberation by James H. Cone
- Race: A Theological Account by J. Kameron Carter