Publisher Description
“Only the power of Christ’s crucifixion on the cross and the glory of His resurrection can heal the deep racial wounds in both black and white people in America.”
Here is a real-life story of the transforming power of Jesus Christ and one man’s response to Jesus’s call to love others.
John Perkins, founder of Voice of Calvary ministries, was born in New Hebron, Mississippi, in 1930. His family was made up of sharecroppers, and he grew up in grinding poverty, part of a system that preserved prejudice and racism. After his brother was killed, Perkins left Mississippi for California, where he found job opportunities, racism of another kind, and faith in Jesus Christ. He returned to Mississippi to share the gospel and help his own people find equality, justice, and economic independence through self-help cooperative efforts. And he made progress — too much progress.
Everything came to a head early in 1970, when John Perkins and others went through an unbelievable night of torture at the hands of white law enforcement officers. Beaten almost to death, Perkins somehow survived and so did his work, which moves ahead today with a threefold strategy:
• Biblical evangelism and Christian education
• The kind of social action that should come out of knowing Jesus Christ as Savior
• Visible community development that is creating new models for black housing, economic independence, education, and health care
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About the Authors
Shane Claiborne graduated from
Eastern University and performed graduate work at Princeton Seminary. His ministry
experience is varied, from a ten-week stint working alongside Mother Teresa in
Calcutta to a year spent serving a wealthy mega-congregation at Willow Creek
Community Church outside Chicago. During the recent war in Iraq, he spent three
weeks in Baghdad with the Iraq Peace Team. He is also a founding partner of the
Simple Way, a faith community in inner city Philadelphia. He writes and travels
extensively, speaking about peacemaking, social justice, and Jesus. He is
featured in the DVD series Another World Is Possible and is the author of the
several books, including The Irresistible
Revolution, Jesus for President,
and Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers.
His work has been featured in everything from Fox News and CNN to the Wall
Street Journal and National Public Radio.
Dr. John Perkins is president of the John and Vera Mae Perkins Foundation of Jackson, Mississippi. He is one of the leading evangelical voices to come out of the American civil rights movement. Dr. Perkins is an author and international speaker and teacher on issues of racial reconciliation, leadership, and community development. For his tireless work he has received honorary doctorates from Wheaton College, Gordon College, Huntington College, Geneva College, Spring Arbor University, North Park College, and Belhaven College. In 2004 he partnered with Seattle Pacific University to launch the campus-based John Perkins Center for Reconciliation, Leadership Training, and Community Development.
About Calvin Robinson
Calvin Robinson is a pastor and a radio host of “Reflections” on UrbanPraiseRadio.org, A pastor for over fifteen years. he feels called to communicate the timeless good news of Jesus Christ and all that it means for our lives and times. His ministry philosophy is simple: Do all we can with what we have, for as many as possible, to the Glory of God in Jesus Christ! His hobbies are reading books, going for long walks, and reading and reciting Celtic prayers.