The Heart of Racial Justice – How Soul Change Leads to Social Change

Brenda Salter McNeil is a dynamic speaker, an author, and a trailblazer with over thirty years of experience in the ministry of racial, ethnic, and gender reconciliation. She is an associate professor of reconciliation studies in the School of Theology at Seattle Pacific University and is also the author of Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0 and A Credible Witness. Rick Richardson is director of the Billy Graham Center Institute and its Church Evangelism Initiative and professor of evangelism and leadership at Wheaton College Graduate School. His books include You Found Me, Reimagining Evangelism, and Evangelism Outside the Box. John Perkins, the son of a sharecropper, grew up in Mississippi amid dire poverty and rampant racism only to become a recognized civil rights leader as an adult. He is the founder of Voice of Calvary Ministries in Mendenhall, Mississippi, Harambee Ministries in Pasadena, California, and the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA). His books include Let Justice Roll Down, With Justice for All, and Making Neighborhoods Whole.

Foreword by John M. Perkins

Preface to the Signature Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Is There Still a Race Problem?

2. Mission Impossible?

3. A Better Way

4. A New Model

5. How Worship Builds Bridges

6. Embracing Our True Selves

7. Receiving and Extending Forgiveness

8. Denouncing the Powers and Principalities

9. Ongoing Partnerships

10. The Trumpet Call

Appendix 1: Definitions

Appendix 2: The Principalities and Powers

Appendix 3: Exploring the Heart of Racial Justice: A Strategic Tool for Leaders

Notes

Bibliography

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