As a church, we seek to grow in our awareness of racial and ethnic differences in order to experience the richness of human community made whole in Christ. Below you'll find a number of books, videos, articles and other resources that we hope will be a valuable resource as we seek to better understand and pursue racial reconciliation. 

Books for Kids

racial resources for kids

  • The Skin You Live In - With the ease and simplicity of a nursery rhyme, this lively story delivers an important message of social acceptance to young readers 
  • God's Very Good Idea - This book will help children see how people from all ethnic and social backgrounds are valuable to God and how Jesus came to rescue all kinds of people. 
  • When God Made You - This book inspires young readers to learn about their own special gifts and how they fit into God’s divine plan as they grow, explore, and begin to create for themselves. 
  • When God Made Light - This message of a God-made light that cuts through darkness to bring vision and hope to all young readers. This light appears in each child--an inner God-given spark that grows and will be used to change the world.

Books for Adults

racial resources for adults

  • Heal Us, Emmanuel - This resource is a collection of essays from PCA pastors, feel free to read the essays that catch your interest. 
  • All Are Welcome - A practical follow up to the collection of essays in Heal Us, Emmanuel.
  • Be the Bridge - This book has spurred a growing ministry of reconciliation, focusing on the points "listen, lament, learn, and leverage." 
  • The Beautiful Community - Dr. Ince boldly unpacks the reasons for our divisions while gently guiding us toward our true hope for wholeness and reconciliation.
  • Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson recounts his work with the Equal Justice Initiative, in particular the case of Walter McMillan, a man wrongfully on death row for over ten years for a crime he did not commit. 
  • Divided by Faith - The seminal study to which leaders refer when seeking racial unity within the American church.
  • The Color of Compromise - This unapologetic book recounts the strenuous history between Black and White America, especially within the Church.
  • White Awake - This book is a helpful eye-opener to the realities of the dynamics that exist between minority and majority cultures, and what the gospel has to say about that.

Videos, Podcasts, & Other Media

racial resources for media

Articles and Reports