When injustice happens, it demands immediate reaction. It’s easy in our polarized society to speak past each other, make wrong assumptions, and be misunderstood. And these dangers are nowhere more of reality than when addressing race-related questions in the United States.

In order to gain perspective on an often-perplexing and divisive set of issues, we have, with the help of various great contributors, ministries, and voices, put together a list of recommended resources, including books, podcasts, videos, articles, and more. These resources are meant to illumine the cultural moment we’re in, explain how we got here, and encourage us in the best, most Christ-like ways to move forward.

FEATURED RESOURCE

Check out this powerful and thought-provoking article from our Lead Pastor Doug Sauder that provides biblical insight into racial reconciliation and how the Church can respond.

Same Storm, Different Boat

BOOKS

• Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America 
• United by Faith: The Multiracial Congregation As an Answer to the Problem of Race
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: And Other Conversations About Race
• Notes of a Native Son
• Just Mercy
• A Stone of Hope: Prophetic Religion and the Death of Jim Crow
• The Origins of Proslavery Christianity: White and Black Evangelicals in Colonial and Antebellum Virginia
• Heal Us, Emmanuel: A Call for Racial Reconciliation, Representation, and Unity in the Church
• Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart 
• The Warmth of Other Suns
• Letters to a Birmingham Jail
• Bloodlines
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
• United: Captured by God’s Vision for Diversity
• Beyond Racial Gridlock: Embracing Mutual Responsibility
• The Post-Black and Post-White Church: Becoming the Beloved Community in a Multi-Ethnic World
• The Color of Compromise
• The Gospel in Color (For Kids)
• The Gospel in Color (For Parents)

PODCASTS

• Truth’s Table
• What Ahmaud Arbery’s Death Recalls About Lynching and Church History (Christianity Today)
• Racial Injustice and Ahmaud Arbery (Culture Matters)
• Systemic Racism With Charlie Dates (Culture Matters)
• A Conversation on Race, Justice, and Inequality (Mosaic)
• The Sin of Racism (The Village Church)

VIDEOS AND TEACHINGS

• Racism Is Not a Skin Problem, It’s a Sin Problem (Robert Smith)
• Latasha Morrison on Racial Tension, Reconciliation, and the Church (Barna Group)
• Biblical Racial Reconciliation (Tony Evans and Darrell L. Bock)
• Use Your Kitchen Table to Teach Your Kids About Diversity (Trillia Newbell)
• How to Talk With Kids About Racism (Trillia Newbell)
• Why Racism Is an Imago Dei Issue (Matt Chandler)

ARTICLES

• “What I Wish White People Understood About Being Black in America”
• “Admitting Is the First Step to Racial Harmony”
• “A Call to Justice, Restoration, and Renewal”
• “A Biblical Critique of Secular Justice and Critical Theory”