Race Relations

The PCCNA Race Relations Commission created this list of resources to facilitate a conversation on race relations in your church, ministry, or organization. The commission plans to publish a quarterly e-mail newsletter covering the latest news, events, and scholarship related to race relations. To subscribe, send an email to communication@pccna.org.

• PCCNA Race Relations Commission brochure
• PCCNA Race Relations Commission Social Media Tool Kit
• Racial Reconciliation Manifesto (October 1994), Drafting Committee: Bishop Ithiel Clemmons, Leonard Lovett, Cecil M. Robeck, Jr., Harold D. Hunter
• The Past: Historical Roots of Racial Unity and Division by Dr. Cecil M. Robeck, Jr for the "Pentecostal Partners: A Reconciliation Strategy for 21st Century Ministry" (October 17-19, 1994 Memphis, Tennessee)
  • Responses from Dr. Oliver Haney and Dr. Lamar Vest
    The Present: The Problem of Racism and Discrimination and Our Racial Division in the Pentecostal Movement by Dr. Leonard Lovett
  • Responses from Dr. Robert Franklin and Rev. Thomas Trask
    The Ideal: The Biblical Pattern of Unity by Dr. William Turner
  • Responses from Dr. Ray Hughes and Bishop Barbara Amos
    The Future: Strategy for Reconciliation by Dr. Vinson Synan
  • Responses from Dr. Clifton Buckrham and Bishop Charles Blake
• How to Actually Fight for Racial Reconciliation - 5 Steps to Becoming a Racial Reconciler by Christena Cleveland
• 7 Signs that Jesus Reveals Himself Most Clearly to the Oppressed - by Christena Cleveland
• MEMPHIS SAVING GRACE - ROWING COMMERCE AND WEALTH AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS - by Bernal E. Smith II
• The Case For Inner City Ministry
• THE RADICAL NATURE OF BIBLICAL HOSPITALITY - by Brad Brisco
• What is Kainos?
• 3 Reasons Why I Hate Diversity - by Christina Cleveland
• Worship God by Serving the Poor - by Steve Sjogren
• 3 MLK Quotes That Convict Me Today - by Christena