We often read only those books, articles, or blog posts that reinforce our current opinions.

And we often interact only within our own “echo chamber” where we hear only our own voice and the voices of those who agree with us.

This is especially true when it comes to issues of race and the church.

If we are to make progress in race relationships, racial reconciliation, and racial justice in the church, we need to practice lingering listening to one another—especially to those who think differently from us and look differently from us.

I’ve collated this list of both current and “classic” resources on race and the church to help us “move out of our intellectual neighborhood” and visit some authors who could stretch our thinking a bit. At the end of the post I ask you for your recommendations. Please feel free to share.

Now, in no particular order, here are a dozen resources on race relationships and the church…

1. College Park Church Racial Reconciliation & Racial Justice Resources 

Here are direct links to resources collated and recommended by College Park Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. “As Christians, we are called to represent the biblical unity of the Father,


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