All God's Children bookcover

All God's Children

How Confronting Buried History Can Build Racial Solidarity

Terence Lester 

(Author)

Daniel Hill 

(Foreword by)
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Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist

The more you understand someone's history, the better you can see their humanity. This is true for individuals as well as for society at large. Race relations have suffered because of the erasure of important Black history and cultural context. As we fill in the gaps of our collective knowledge, communities can grow in understanding, empathy, and solidarity.

Terence Lester shares the buried history of the struggles Black people have faced against unjust systems. He tells powerful stories of courage, injustice, pain, and triumph, including ones from his own history. He also unpacks the sociological and cultural dynamics of unconscious bias and inattentional ignorance that keep us apart, and how they can be overcome. This honest account of what it's like to be Black in America paves the way for the church to move beyond showing support from a distance toward loving one another in long-term solidarity, advocacy, and friendship.

Product Details

PublisherIVP
Publish DateJune 20, 2023
Pages240
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781514005958
Dimensions8.4 X 5.4 X 0.7 inches | 0.7 pounds

About the Author

Terence Lester is the founder of Love Beyond Walls, a not-for-profit organization focused on poverty awareness and community mobilization. His campaigns on behalf of the poor have been featured in USA Today, Black Enterprise, Essence, and Reader's Digest, and have been viewed globally on The Today Show, Good Morning America, and "The Bright Side" with Katie Couric. He was named by Coca-Cola as one of their History Shakers. His books include I See You and When We Stand, and he lives with his family in Atlanta.

Daniel Hill is the founding and senior pastor of River City Community Church, a vibrant, multiethnic church in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. He is the author of 10:10: Life to the Fullest.Prior to starting River City, Daniel worked in the business world before serving five years on the staff of Willow Creek Community Church in the Chicago suburbs. He has a business degree from Purdue University, an MA in theology from Moody Bible Institute, a certificate in church-based community and economic development from Harvard Divinity School, and a DMin from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is married to Elizabeth, who is a professor of psychology, and they are the proud parents of two children.

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