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Reconciliation Blues

by Edward Gilbreath (IVP 2006)

The subtitle of this book says a lot about its content: a black evangelical’s inside view of white Christianity. The majority of Ed Gilbreath’s life “has been spent integrating institutions—public schools, white churches, Christian colleges, evangelical ministries.” To this day, he often finds himself in settings where he is the only non-Caucasian in the room.

Yet Gilbreath is not cynical nor militant—in fact, he is easily one of the most humble, gentle souls I have ever been privileged to know. His heart truly seeks to understand the state of racial reconciliation in evangelical churches. In his journey to gain that understanding, he traces the history of evangelicalism and brave African American pioneers in that movement, such as Tom Skinner, Howard O. Jones, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

This book is a must-read for any of us who desire the fulfillment of Christ’s prayer that we all be one. It not only challenges us to racial reconciliation (and our preconceived ideas about what that even means)—it serves as an effective model, a road map of how to get there.

PATTY KENNEDY is assistant web content editor for the national Women’s Ministries Department. She also writes book and music reviews for Pages and Tunes, a free e-newsletter provided by the national Women’s Ministries Department.

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