Black and White
Disrupting Racism One Friendship at a Time
Published March 2019
Working against racism is part of what it means to call Jesus Lord and Savior.
Working against racism is part of what it means to call Jesus Lord and Savior.
Most of us don’t need to make speeches. We need to make friends. This is the core message of Black and White:
racism can be disrupted by relationships. If you will risk forging
friendships with those who do not look like you, it will change the way
you see the world, and that could change the world.
The authors,
Teesha Hadra, a young black woman, and John Hambrick, a
sixty-year-old white man, bring a confident and redemptive tone to this
hope because that is exactly what they’ve experienced. Black and White
leverages their story, surrounding it with other’s stories, practical
advice, and exploration of the systems of racism to motivate you to
consider your own role in change.
- Learn about the various and often subtle ways racism continues to be a part of American culture.
- Discover how simple (albeit not always easy) it is to get involved in what God is doing to disrupt racism.
- Become equipped to take faithful, practical, next steps in obedience to God’s call to join the movement against racism.
“Awareness creates discontent. A lack of awareness often results in complacency. When it comes to racism there’s no room for complacency. Especially for Christ followers. In Black & White my friends Teesha Hadra and John Hambrick stir our awareness. My hope—their hope—is that having become aware we will become permanently and passionately discontent with racism in all of its insidious forms and expressions.”
—Andy Stanley, pastor and founder of North Point Community Church, author of Irresistible
About the Authors
John Hambrick
John Hambrick currently works at Buckhead Church, the urban campus of North Point Ministries. He is an ordained Presbyterian pastor who earned a B.A. degree from Pepperdine University, an M.Div. degree from Fuller Seminary, and a doctoral degree from Columbia Seminary. He met Teesha Hadra in 2013 when she was on staff at Buckhead Church.
Teesha Hadra
Teesha Hadra, the daughter of Jamaican parents, has a Juris Doctor from the University of Florida. She practiced law for nearly seven years before leaving to begin full time ministry in 2013 at Buckhead Church, an urban campus of North Point Community Church in Atlanta. In 2016, she began working on a M.Div. at Fuller Theological Seminary. She currently serves as the Executive Pastor at Church of the Resurrection, an Anglican Parish in Los Angeles.