• Worth Seeing: Viewing Others Through God's Eyes, By Amy L. Williams
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    Worth Seeing

    Viewing Others Through God's Eyes

    by Amy L. Williams

    While most of society views high-risk youth with fear or disregard, Amy Williams has come to see them through God's eyes—as having tremendous value and potential. With stories and practical tips from three decades of ministry, Amy challenges perceptions and increases compassion for these youth who are often pushed to the margins of society.

  • Just Discipleship: Biblical Justice in an Unjust World, By Michael J. Rhodes
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    Just Discipleship

    Biblical Justice in an Unjust World

    by Michael J. Rhodes
    Foreword by Brent A. Strawn

    Biblical scholar Michael Rhodes argues that the Bible offers a vision of justice-oriented discipleship that is critical for the formation of God's people. Grounded in biblical theology, virtue ethics, and his own experiences, he shows that justice is central to the Bible, central to Jesus, and central to authentic Christian discipleship.

  • The Offensive Church: Breaking the Cycle of Ethnic Disunity, By Bryan C. Loritts
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    The Offensive Church

    Breaking the Cycle of Ethnic Disunity

    by Bryan C. Loritts

    Crises around race have put the church in a reactive, defensive posture, but Jesus wants more. He wants Christians to play offense by discipling people into a new humanity that pushes beyond mere diversity so that the church becomes the aroma of Christ to our culture and gains ground against the demonic foothold of racism in all its forms.

  • In Church as It Is in Heaven: Cultivating a Multiethnic Kingdom Culture, By Jamaal E. Williams and Timothy Paul Jones
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    In Church as It Is in Heaven

    Cultivating a Multiethnic Kingdom Culture

    by Jamaal E. Williams and Timothy Paul Jones

    Heaven is multiethnic, "a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language." But in this diverse community shouldn't have to wait until eternity to begin! It can be a reality now. Here, the authors give biblical warrant for such a community and show how multiethnic churches provide a unique apologetic for the gospel.

    Curriculum Details:

    Curriculum Details

    This book can be used in your small groups and Sunday school classes alongside the free companion video curriculum and downloadable discussion guide. The six video sessions from authors Jamaal E. Williams and Timothy Paul Jones are around 20 minutes each in length, covering topics like:

    • Call to Worship: Learning to Love Multiethnic Kingdom Culture
    • Lament: Grieving What Stands in the Way of Multiethnic Culture
    • Offering: Giving for the Sake of Multiethnic Kingdom Culture
    • Passing the Peace: Welcoming in a Multiethnic Kingdom Culture
    • Communion: Feasting Together on the Victory Jesus Won
    • Benediction: A Blessing for the Road

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  • The Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World, By Sandra Maria Van Opstal
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    The Next Worship

    Glorifying God in a Diverse World

    The IVP Signature Collection

    by Sandra Maria Van Opstal
    Foreword by Mark Labberton

    How do we help our congregations navigate the journey of worshipping in a multicultural context? Innovative worship leader Sandra Van Opstal gives leaders and churches guidance, providing biblical foundations for multiethnic worship and practical tools for planning services that reflect God's invitation for all peoples to praise him.

  • Untangling Critical Race Theory: What Christians Need to Know and Why It Matters, By Ed Uszynski
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    Untangling Critical Race Theory

    What Christians Need to Know and Why It Matters

    by Ed Uszynski
    Foreword by Preston Sprinkle and Crawford Loritts

    What is Critical Race Theory, and how should Christians engage it? Ed Uszynski carefully unpacks what critical race theorists seek to accomplish and what Christians can learn from them. In this guide, he carefully explores CRT's roots, context, and tenets, revealing common distortions and providing responsible answers to legitimate concerns.

  • Healing Conversations on Race: Four Key Practices from Scripture and Psychology, By Veola Vazquez and Joshua Knabb and Charles Lee-Johnson and Krystal Hays
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    Healing Conversations on Race

    Four Key Practices from Scripture and Psychology

    by Veola Vazquez, Joshua Knabb, Charles Lee-Johnson, and Krystal Hays

    Racism complicates our relationships, even when we reject it and seek to walk a better path. In this book, four experts in psychology and social work present a Scripturally-grounded model for building and deepening cross-race relationships. These insights and practices will help Christians grow in Christlikeness and follow his example.

  • A Just Mission: Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality, By Mekdes Haddis
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    A Just Mission

    Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality

    by Mekdes Haddis
    Foreword by Latasha Morrison

    Western mission often centers the senders, without as much understanding of the receivers' experiences. Weaving together theology and stories from diaspora groups, Ethiopian American mission practitioner Mekdes Haddis provides a postcolonial critique of Western mission, upending the white savior complex and arguing for a globally just approach.

  • Young, Gifted, and Black: A Journey of Lament and Celebration, By Sheila Wise Rowe
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    Young, Gifted, and Black

    A Journey of Lament and Celebration

    by Sheila Wise Rowe

    Giving voice to the real-life stories of Black millennials and younger adults, Sheila Wise Rowe goes beyond their struggles to point towards hope, joy, and healing. Drawing on years of counseling trauma and abuse survivors, she provides stories, reflections, and tools for Black readers of all ages as they journey toward healing from the barriers affecting them, their children, and their communities.

  • Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church, By Eric Costanzo and Daniel Yang and Matthew Soerens
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    Inalienable

    How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church

    by Eric Costanzo, Daniel Yang, and Matthew Soerens

    With our witness compromised, numbers down, and reputation sullied, the American church is at a critical crossroads. In order for the church to return to health, we must decenter ourselves from our American idols and be guided by global Christians and the poor, who offer hope from the margins, and the ancient church, refocusing on the kingdom, image, Word, and mission of God.

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