Reflections
INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP MULTI-ETHNIC RESOURCES
By Pete Hammond
InterVarsity has been on a long, often complex, and difficult journey in its desire to be truly multi-ethnic. We have this conviction because of our biblical understanding of the value of every person, and because of our desire to be a witness to—and reflection of—the kingdom of God on earth.1 One aspect of that process has been the development of thoughtful resources on the needs and issues in this field to help our campus staff, students and the church.
Here is a collection of books, videos and publications developed by InterVarsity staff, our Board of Trustees members, guest speakers, alumni/ae or advisors over the past thirty-three years. The first explicitly cross-cultural book about race from InterVarsity Press was published in 1970.2 Some of these works have been released with other publishers (33 listed here), while 63 books on the subjects of multi-ethnicity, racial reconciliation, cross-cultural work or diversity were published by InterVarsity Press (IVP). Eight other publications or videos have been produced by InterVarsity/USA, its Triennial Urbana® conventions, or the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students.3
I have listed these products in four thematic groups based upon the focus of the work. I have also included professional information and InterVarsity involvement about each author where possible, to provide the reader/researcher a bit of context. Titles that I know are currently in print are in bold.
African-American
Bentley, Ruth Lewis, (educator, editor, former IVCF staff in the 1960s) Handbook For Black Christian Students: How To Remain Sane and Grow in a White College Setting, National Black Christian Students Conference, 1974, 1975, pb, 87 pages.
Bentley, William H., (NPO executive) National Black Evangelical Association founder and president. Deceased. The National Black Evangelical Association: Reflections on the Evolution of a Concept of Ministry, Wm. Bentley, publisher, 1979, pb, 151 pages.
.......... The Relevance of a Black Evangelical Theology for American Theology, A BECN Publication, 1981, pb, 39 pages.
Bibb, Stephanie, (educator) Women’s Liberation Jesus Style, IVP, 2001, pb, 139 pages.
Ellis, Carl F. Jr., (evangelist, IVCF alumni and speaker) Beyond Liberation: The Gospel in the Black Experience, IVP, 1983, pb, 202 pages and revised as Free At Last? The Gospel In The African-American Experience, IVP, 1996, pb, 285 pages.
.......... Malcolm: The Man Behind The X, Accord Publications, 1993, pb, 133 pages.
Gee, Alex and John Teter, (pastor, former IVCF board member; IV staff) Jesus & The Hip Hop Prophets, IVP, 2002, pb, 116 pages.
Goodwin, Bennie E., (professor) Pray Right! Live Right! Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer, IVP, 1979, pb, 46 pages.
.......... The Effective Teacher: A Christian’s Guide to Teaching, IVP, 1985, pb, 48 pgs.
James, Kay Cole, (government leader, professor, IVCF alumnae) Never Forget, Zondervan, 1992, hb, 182 pages.
.......... Transforming America from the Inside Out, Zondervan, 1995, hb. 166 pages.
Johnson, Victoria L., (speaker, author) The Sister’s Guide to In-Depth Bible Study, IVP, 2003, hb, 166 pages.
Keener, Craig S. and Glenn Usry, (professor; pastor,) Defending Black Faith: Answers to Tough Questions About African-American Christianity, IVP, 1997, pb, 300 pages, (Includes an excellent bibliography covering several centuries).
Kroeger, Catherine Clark, (professor, scholar, founder: Christians for Biblical Equality, IVCF Alum) Blacks in the Early Church, CBE, paper, no date.
.......... with Mary J. Evans, The IVP Women’s Bible Commentary, IVP, 2002, hb, 874 pages.
Mitchell, Ron, (community worker) Organic Faith, Cornerstone Press, 1998, pb, 175 pages.
Okholm, Dennis L., (editor, professor) The Gospel In Black & White: Theological Resources for Racial Reconciliation, IVP, 1997, pb, 194 pages.
Osaigbovo, Rebecca Florence, Chosen Vessels: Women of Color, Keys to Change, 2nd edition, IVP, 2002, pb, 236 pages (1st edition 1992, DeBaR Services).
Pannell, William E., (evangelist, professor, IVCF speaker, advisor) My Friend, The Enemy, Word Books, 1968, hb, 131 pages.
Perkins, John, (pastor, NPO executive, former IVCF Board of Trustees member) Let Justice Roll Down: John Perkins Tells His Own Story, Regal, 1976, pb.
.......... A Quiet Revolution: The Christian Response to Human Need….A Strategy For Today, Word, 1976, pb.
Perkins, John, with Thomas A. Tarrants III, (former Klu Klux Klan member, now a pastor in Washington, DC) He’s My Brother, Chosen Books, 1994, pb, 224 pages.
Perkins, Spencer and Chris Rice, (NPO leaders, Perkins: deceased, Rice: scholar, writer) More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel, IVP, 1993, 2000, pb, 244 pages.
Pippert, Wesley, (journalist, educator, IVCF alum) Faith At The Top, David C. Cook, 1973, pb, 187 pages (Interviews with recognized leaders, including black evangelist Tom Skinner.)
Rice, Chris, (scholar, writer, IVCF trainer/speaker) Grace Matters: A True Story of Race, Friendship and Faith in the Heart of the South, Jossey-Bass, 2002, hb, 303 pages.
Salley, Columbus and Ronald Behm, (educator, pastor, respectively) What Color Is Your God? Black Consciousness & the Christian Faith, IVP, 1981, pb, 125 pages. (First edition was in 1970 as Your God Is Too White.)
.......... Blacks & The White Jesus, IVP, 1981, pb, 32 pages.
Skinner, Tom, (evangelist, IVCF speaker, Urbana ‘90 speaker, advisor. Deceased) Black and Free, Zondervan, 1970,
.......... How Black Is The Gospel?, Pillar Books, 1970, hb.
.......... If Christ Is The Answer, What Are the Questions? Zondervan,
1974,
.......... Words of Revelation, Zondervan, 1970,
Smith, Glenn C., (editor) What Christians Can Learn From One Another About Evangelizing Blacks, Tyndale House Publishers, 1988, pb., 219 pages. (Includes a chapter by former IVCF Board member James Earl Massey.)
Usry, Glenn and Craig S. Keener, (pastor, professor respectively) Black Man’s Religion: Can Christianity Be Afrocentric?, IVP, 1996, pb., 249 pages. (Great bibliography included.)
Wakatama, Pius, (African professor) Independence For The Third World Church, IVP, 1976, pb, 119 pages.
Warren, Dr. Mervin, (professor) King Came Preaching, IVP, 2001, hb, 223 pages.
Weary, Dolphus and William Hendricks, (pastor, NPO executive, IVCF Board of Trustees member, managing editor of the Word In Life Bible, and communications executive) "I Ain’t Coming Back", Tyndale House Publishers, 1990, hb, 166 pages.
Williams, Harry Louis III, (pastor) No Easy Walk: The Dramatic Journey of African-Americans, IVP, 1998, pb, 167 pages.
Woods, C. Stacey, (IVCF and IFES founding director) The Growth of a Work of God, IVP, 1978, 164 pages. (See especially the section on "Black and White" pages113-118)
Asian American
A team of Asian American and Anglo American InterVarsity Staff, Developing Asian American Leaders in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, (privately published by IVCF alum and former board member David Scott), @ 1999, pb., 143 pages.
Bieler, Stacey and Dick Andrews, China at Your Doorstep: Christian Friendships with Mainland Chinese, IVP, pb, 45 pages.
Fong, Ken Uyeda, (pastor, Urbana 2000 expositor, IVCF Board of Trustees member), Insights for Growing Asian American Ministries: How to Reach the Increasing Number of "Americanized" Asian Americans for Christ, EverGrowing Publications, 1990, pb.
.......... Pursuing the Pearl: A Comprehensive Resource for Multi-Asian Ministry,
Judson Press, 1999, pb. 242 pgs,
.......... Secure in God’s Embrace, IVP, 2003, pb, 131 pages.
Lin, Tom, Losing Face and Finding Grace: 12 Bible Studies for Asian Americans, IVP, 1995, pb.
Mura, Ayako, (writer) The Wind Is Howling: an autobiographical journey from nihilism to Christianity, IVP, 1977, pb, 190 pages.
Shingledecker, Ken, (former InterVarsity staff, missionary and educator in Africa) Let Every Tongue Confess, IVP, 1979, 1981, pb. 132 pages. (See especially former Filipino InterVarsity director Isabelo Magalit’s piece "The Messenger’s Qualifications.")
Tokunaga, Paul, (Coordinator of Multi-Ethnic Ministries, InterVarsity) Invitation to Lead: Guidance for Emerging Asian American Leaders, IVP, 2003, pb, 214 pages
Wakabayashi, Allen Mitsuo, Kingdom Come: How Jesus Wants to Change the World, IVP, 2003, pb, 179pages.
Yep, Jeanette, Peter Cha, et.al. (InterVarsity senior campus staff; IV Board member and professor) Following Jesus Without Dishonoring Your Parents, IVP, 1998, pb, 177 pages.
General
Abanes, Richard, (writer) American Militias: Rebellion, Racism & Religion, IVP, 1996, pb, 296 pgs.
Adeney, Bernard T, (scholar, professor) Strange Virtues: Ethics In A Multi-Cultural World, IVP, 1995, pb, 286 pages.
Adeney, Miriam, Daughters of Islam: Building Bridges With Muslim Women, IVP, 2002, pb, 244 pages.
Bakke, Ray, (professor, pastor, urbanologist) Urbana ‘90s speaker. A Theology As Big As The City, IVP, 1997, pb, 240 pages.
.......... The Urban Christian, IVP, 1987, pb, 202 pages.
Benjamin, Barbara, (missionary, professor, IVCF faculty advisor, campus minister) The Impossible Community: A Story of Hardship & Hope at Brooklyn College in New York, IVP, 1978, pb, 128 pages.
Bolt, Peter and Mark Thompson, The Gospel To The Nations, IVP, 2000, (nip) pb, 429 pages
Canales, Isaac, Multi-Ethnicity (Global Issues Bible Studies) IVP, 1990, pb, 48 pages.
Catherwood, Christopher, (scholar, historian, IVF/UCCF alumnus) Why The Nations Rage: Killing in the Name of God, Hodder and Stoughton, 1998, pb, 188 pages.
Chandler, Paul-Gordon, God’s Global Mosaic, IVP, 1997 and 2000, pb, 144 pages.
Cole, Ruth Lewis, (editor) with Elward Ellis (former IVCF staff, career counselor; former BCM director now a pastor) and Jeanette Yep (senior staff member) A Multi-Ethnic Manual, InterVarsity, notebook, 1984.
Ellis, Elward, (pastor, former director InterVarsity Black Campus Ministry, InterVarsity Marketplace ‘86 speaker) Jesus Gives Power for the Call, InterVarsity’s 2100 Productions, video, 1986.
Elmer, Duane, (professor) Cross-Cultural Conflict: Building Relationships for Effective Ministry, IVP, 1993, pb, 189 pages.
Cross-Cultural Connections: Stepping Out and Fitting in Around the World, IVP, 2002, pb. 215 pages.
Frazier, Sundee Tucker, (musician, former InterVarsity staff member, Urbana 2000 music leader) Check All That Apply, IVP, 2001, pb, 180 pages.
Hammond, Pete, Sue Cotten and Neil Rendall, (creative developer and IVCF staff members) The Word In Life Study Bible, Thomas Nelson, 1993-NKJV, 1994-NRSV N.T., 1996-NKJV, 1998-CEV, hb, 2129 pages.
Harper, Lisa, (IVCF staff) The Colors of Us: Race, Racism, and Racial Reconciliation, unbound manuscript, Jan. 2000.
Hays, J. Daniel, (professor), "From Every People and Nation: A Biblical Theology of Race," as found in The New Studies in Biblical Theology Series, Number 14, edited by D. A. Carson, IVP, 2003
Hopler, Thom, (missionary, IVCF campus worker. Deceased) A World of Difference: Following Christ beyond Your Cultural Walls, IVP, 1981, pb, 223 pages.
.......... Reaching the World Next Door: How to Spread the Gospel in the Midst of Many Cultures, IVP, 1993, pb, 245 pages.
Hunsberger, George, (professor, former IVCF staff member in 1970s) Bearing Witness of the Spirit, Eerdmans, 1998, pb, 341 pages.
Hunt, Gladys, (veteran IVCF Staff, author) Listen to Me, IVP, 1970,
Hunter, Bob and Carol Hunter, Loving Justice (LifeGuide Bible Study) IVP, 1990, pb, 59 pages.
Juster, Daniel, Jewishness and Jesus, IVP, 1977, pb, 40 pages.
Keillor, Steven J., This Rebellious House: American History and the Truth of Christianity, IVP, 1996, paper, 368 pages.
Landrey, J. Paul, et al, (U.S. World Vision director and mission executive) San Francisco Networks, World Vision, 1983, pb, unnumbered. (A guide to most of the ministries in the Bay Area developed for InterVarsity’s San Francisco’83 church in the city student convention.)
Lane, Patty, (church executive) A Beginners Guide to Crossing Cultures, IVP, 2002, pb, 192 pages.
Lau, Lawson, (educator) The World At Your Doorstep: A Handbook for International Student Ministry, pb, 144 pages, IVP, 1984.
LaVelle, Robert, (banker, community development leader, InterVarsity Marketplace ‘86 speaker) Jesus’ Call to Righteousness, InterVarsity 2100 Productions, video, 1986.
Maynard-Reid, Pedrito U. Diverse Worship, IVP, 2000, pb, 259 pages.
McLeish, Jim, (editor, former vice_president of IVCF. Deceased) Faithful Witness: The Urbana ‘84 Compendium, IVP, 1985, pb. 200 pages. (See especially Ray Bakke’s "Faithful to the Cities of the World", Ada Lum’s "Faithful to the Will of God", George McKinney’s "Faithful to the Gospel", and Tokunboh Adeyemo’s "Faithful Until Christ Returns.")
Pannell, William, (evangelist, professor, speaker in IVCF) The Coming Race Wars: A Cry for Reconciliation, Zondervan, 1993, pb, 143 pages.
Perkins, John, (community development executive, former IVCF Board of Trustees member) A Quiet Revolution, Word, 1976,
.......... With Justice for All, Regal Press, 1982, pb.
Pippert, Wesley G., (journalist, educator, IVCF alumnus) Land of Promise, Land of Strife: Israel at Forty, Word, 1988, hb, 273 pages.
.......... Missions and Reconciliation, United Methodist Church Board of Missions, undated – early 970s, pb, 91 pages.
Posterski, Donald C., (international development executive, former IVCF-Canada staff) True To You: Living our Faith in a Multi-minded World, Woodlake Press-Canada, 1995, pb, 223 pages.
Ramachandra, Vinoth, (IFES Regional Secretary SE Asia) Faiths In Conflict: Christian Integrity in a Multi-cultural World, IVP, 1999, pb, 192 pages.
Rhodes, Stephen A., (pastor) Where the Nations Meet: The Church in a Multi-cultural World, IVP, 1998, pb, 240 pages.
Sanders, Cheryl J., (professor, pastor) Ministry At The Margins, IVP, 1997, pb, 144 pages.
Sharp, Douglas, (professor) No Partiality, IVP, 2002, pb, 320 pages.
Stafford, Tim, (writer, journalist) The Friendship Gap; Reaching Out Across Cultures, IVP, 1984, pb, 144 pages.
Stott, John, (editor, pastor, evangelist, IFES president) Making Christ Known: Historic Mission Documents from the Lausanne Movement, 1974-1989, Em. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1996, pb, 264 pages. (See especially the section on the "1977 Pasadena Statement on the Homogeneous Principle," pages 57-72.)
Tokunaga, Paul, (editor, senior IVCF campus staff, Asian-American national staff coordinator) Faith On The Edge: Daring to Follow Jesus, IVP, 1999, pb, 204.
Twenty-one Hundred Productions, InterVarsity Media department. Face To Face: Seeking Racial Reconciliation, video, InterVarsity, 1990.
.......... God Is Building A City, InterVarsity video developed for San Francisco ‘83 national student convention on "Career, City and Church", 1989.
Twiss, Richard, (Urbana speaker) One Church Many Tribes, Regel, 2000,
Wakatama, Pius, (professor) Independence For The Third World Church: An African’s Perspective On Missionary Work, IVP, 1976, pb, 120 pages.
White, Randy, (InterVarsity senior staff, Urban Projects national director) Journey To The Center of The City, IVP, 1996, pb, 143 pages.
Woodley, Randy, Living in Color, Chosen Books, 2001 (will be published by IVP fall of 2004
Yancey, George, One Body, One Spirit: Principles of Successful Multi-Cultural Churches, IVP, 2003, pb, 189 pages.
Latino or Hispanic-American
Atiencia, Jorge, (IFES student worker and staff trainer) Arando Surcos: Implements to aid with loving, obeying and communicating God’s Word, IFES-Latin America, 1999, pb., 28 pages.
Canales, Isaac, (pastor, professor, educator, Urbana ‘90 Bible expositor, former IVCF Board of Trustees member) Multi-Ethnicity, IVP, 1990, pb, 48 pages, as a Bible study guide for Urbana ‘90.
Crespo, Orlando (IVCF LeFe national director) Being Latino in Christ, IVP, 2002, pb, 167 pages.
Ortiz, Manuel, (professor, community developer, former IVCF Board of Trustees member) The Hispanic Challenge: Opportunities Confronting the Church, IVP, 1993, pb, 194 pages.
.......... One New People: Models for Developing a Multiethnic Church, IVP, 1996, pb, 158 pages.
May this progressively rich flow of resources continue and translate into generations of collegians with conviction and commitment to serve all of God’s people in word and deed!?
1 For more on this journey, see Keith and Gladys Hunt’s For Christ and the University: The Story of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship of the U.S.A./1940-1990, InterVarsity Press 1991. The subject index on page 45 lists several sections that explicitly discuss racial issues.
2 See entry under Salley, Columbus and Ron Behm, in the African-American section
3. IFES is a network of evangelical student ministries in over 140 nations. InterVarsity/USA is one member of this family.
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