Join us for three diverse discussions about race and the challenges that face our nation and our churches.
In June, 2020, we gathered for three powerful discussions about the intersection of race, the gospel, and the Church. You can watch and share these sessions here:
Session One / Session Two / Session Three
If you have questions about any of these videos, feel free to email us at hello@tablechurchdsm.org.
Understanding Race, Privilege, and Reconciliation
There are many voices and resources available to us as we take a listening posture and choose to learn. If you call Table Church home, we’d love for you to set aside an hour for this Undesign the Redline event from the Polk County Trust Fund. We’ve also included some next steps to keep the conversation going.
THE COLOR OF LAW
America’s Documented History of Segregation
Listen Again
Racial reconciliation is an ongoing conversation at Table Church. To revisit some of those conversations, listen to Pastor Phil and Pastor Megan’s May 2020 conversation, Race and Response. While you’re there, you can also listen to our 3-message series on justice from early 2020, Sit, Walk, Stand: Three Postures of Justice: Message 1: Sit / Message 2: Walk / Message 3: Stand.
LISTEN
Code Switch Podcast from NPR
On Ramp Podcast from Kerri Fisher and Shane Blackshear
1619 Podcast from The New York Times
WATCH
Emanuel Documentary
The Danger of a Single Story TED Talk with Chimamanda Adichie
13TH Documentary
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North Film
God Grew Tired of Us Documentary
Foster Documentary
READ
The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism, by Jemar Tisby
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson (this is also a feature film)
One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love, by John Perkins
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, by Austin Channing Brown
Letter from a Birmingham Jail, by Martin Luther King Jr.
The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong, Karen Gonzalez
Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, by Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah
Emboldened: A Vision for Empowering Women in Ministry, by Tara Beth Leach
Love Anyway: An Invitation Beyond a World that’s Scary as Hell, by Jeremy Courtney, and the short film, Love Anyway
The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical, by Shane Claiborne
Everyday Justice: The Global Impact of Our Daily Choices, by Julie Clawson
Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just, by Timothy Keller
For more titles, Explore Multiethnic Authors with InterVarsity Press