RACIAL ETHNIC RESOURCES
 available for loan from The Presbytery of Coastal Carolina Resource Center
807 W. King St., Elizabethtown, NC 28337 1-800-277-7479 or 910-862-8300
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  1. Working with Black Youth: Opportunities for Christian Ministry, ed. By Charles R. Foster
  2. Stony the Road We Trod: African American Biblical Interpretation, Cain Hope Felder, ed. Book. This book combines sophisticated exegesis with special sensitivity to issues of race, class, and gender.
  3. KWANZA, Deborah M. Newton Chocolate. Book. Children's book explaining the holiday.
  4. African Roots: Towards an Afrocentric Christian Witness, Michael I.N. Dash, ed. Book. Knowledge is shared about African peoples, their culture and their experience of the Christian faith.
  5. Praying the Black Tradition, Richard Bowyer, Betty L. Hart, Charlotte A. Meade. Book. This book offers a step toward understanding the sociology of black religion and the deep spiritual qualities of the black Christian.
  6. Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The enduring Legacy of AfricanAmerican Families, Andrew Billingsley. Book. This book reveals insights and historical facts to shed new light on the vitality, strength, and love of the Black family.
  7. Family Reunion Planner, Donna Beasley. Book. This is a comprehensive guide that explore all the facets of creating and hosting a successful family reunion.
  8. Faces At The Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism, Derrick Bell. Book.
  9. Christian Education for the African American Community, Keith A. Chism. Book. This resource is designed to address the needs of the church school in the Afr/Amer church context. Chism presents a teaching/learning model designed to improve the quality of Christian education ministries and teacher training.
  10. African American Presbyterian Clergywomen: The first 25 Years, Karen V. Brown, Phyllis M. Felton. Book. This book celebrates the history of the ordination of Afr/Amer women in the Presbyterian Church.
  11. On the Other Side: African Americans Tell of Healing, Alita Anderson. Book. This is an interesting collection of personal testimonies of how individuals have survived near-impossible circumstances and come out "on the other side of pain."
  12. Faith Journey: Special Edition, revised & ed. By Vincent M. Patton & Stephany Graham. Book. This study for youth provides 5 sessions on special days in the Afr/Amer church. Back to School, Kwanzaa, Black History Month, Lent/Easter, Juneteenth.
  13. Black Congregational Focus, Vol.2 Black Family Ministries: The Heritage, The Present Reality, and the Hope, Office of Black Congregational Enhancement, PCUSA. Book. This includes sections on: Black Family Ministries, Worship Resources, Congregational Models for Family Ministry, Afrocentric Education, Black Family Ministry Leader Training
  14. Dreaming God's Dream: Study materials for Church, Home and School, ed. By Ken Sehested. Book. Celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lesson outlines and learning activities for 6 age groups, plus outline and activities for a day-long intergenerational workshop.
  15. Dreaming God's Dream: Family Activities Guide, Kathleen McGinnis. Book.
  16. The Power of the Pulpit: How America's Most Effective Black Preachers Prepare Their Sermons, ed. By Cleophus J. LaRue. Book.
  17. The Heart of Black Preaching, Cleophus J. LaRue. Book.
  18. African American Special Days: 15 Complete Worship Services, Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan. Book. This is a practical resource for planning special Sundays that congregations celebrate throughout the year.
  19. Men to Men: Perspectives of 16 Afr/Amer Christian Men, Lee N. June and Matthew Parker. Book. This book offers ways to bridge the pitfalls of black manhood to achieve spiritual, personal, and social prosperity.
  20. God Struck Me Dead: Voices of Ex-Slaves, ed. By Clifton H. Johnson. Book. This is a collection of vivid conversion narratives and autobiographies by illiterate but powerfully articulate ex-slaves.
  21. What a Wonder? A collection of poems for Afr/Amer Christians, Diane L. Givens Moffett. Book. This is a collection of poems written by the author.
  22. Steal Away: Journeying Toward Spiritual Maturity, Stephany Graham. Book. This is a collection of devotional materials, biblical wisdom literature, prayers, music, art, and journaling exercises designed to help you develop a strengthened spiritual and prayer life.
  23. Black Presbyterians in Ministry: Lest We Forget, Ed. By Vera P. Swan. Book. Religious heritage of Black Presbyterians.
  24. Soul Survivors: An African American Spirituality, Carlyle Fielding Steward, III. Book. This book asks readers to widen and sharpen the lenses through which they discern black culture…and to reaffirm the strong positive features of Afr/Amer spirituality found in the culture.
  25. Telling the Story: Evangelism in Black Churches, James O. Stallings. Book.
  26. The African American Pulpit - A quarterly journal that serves as a repository for the very best of Afr/Amer preaching and provides practical and creative resources for persons in ministry.
  27. The Prophethood of Black Believers: An Afr/Amer Political Theology for Ministry, J. Deotis Roberts. Book.
  28. William Sheppard: Congo's African American Livingstone, William E. Phipps. Book. This is a comprehensive biography that details Sheppard's efforts to challenge human rights violations, and explores the impact on areas of religion, human rights, education, and art.
  29. All Black Governing Bodies: The History and Contributions of All-Black Governing Bodies, PCUSA. Book.
  30. African Americans in Mission: Serving the Presbyterian Church from 1833 to the Present, Morrisine Flennaugh Mutshi. Book. The story of Afr/Americans serving in mission for the PCUSA.
  31. All God's Children: A Biblical Critique of Racism, Steven L. mcKenzie. Book.
  32. Traveling Light, William B. McClain. Book. The history of racial and ethnic oppression in America - and in North American churches.
  33. Black Theology: A Documentary History, 1966-1979, Gayraud S. Wilmore & James H. Cone. Book.
  34. "And don't Call Me a Racist! A treasury of quotes on the past, present, and future of the color line in America, selected by Ella Mazel. Book. This is a collection of over 1,000 quotes of both blacks and whites dealing with race relations.
  35. The Ministry of Music in the Black Church, J. Wendell Mapson, Jr. Book. Is theology shaping the music today or is music shaping the theology?
  36. Black and Presbyterian: The Heritage and the Hope, Gayraud S. Wilmore. Book. The author takes a hard look at the questions and concerns of the Afr/Amer Presbyterian community at the dawn of the 21st century.
  37. Ethnic Conflict and Religion: Challenge to the Churches, Theo Tschuy. Book. This book contains case studies of nine 20th century ethnic conflicts, in which millions of people have perished.
  38. Dissent and Empowerment: Essays in Honor of Gayraud Wilmore. Book. Ed. By Dr. Eugene G. Turner. Book.
  39. Mother Love: Reinventing a Good and Blessed Future for Our Children, Esther Davis-Thompson. Book. In this book a mother of ten calls mothers and fathers and teachrees, grandparents and mentors to reinvent the future for the next generation.
  40. We Can All Get Along: 50 Steps You Can Take to Help End Racism, Clyde W. Ford. Book. This book shows how, working individually or with others, you can truly help to end racism in the world.
  41. Stones of Promise: Celebrating the Afr/Amer Family, Joseph V. Crockett, Carolyn E. Johnson, Barry Scoot and Mary Love. Video. This video program has 13 segments of visuals, speech, and music in open-ended situations dramas. This program leads participants to a time of personal commitment and family covenanting to accept responsibility for conscious laboring to be a stronger link in the family chain.

Eyes on the Prize: America at the Racial Crossroads (1965-1985). Video series of four videos and eight segments. PBS Home video.