John M. Perkins

Can joy come from suffering? We think of suffering as the worst of all evils. Our culture tells us to avoid it at all costs. But can suffering produce growth in us when we learn to endure it...then value it...then allow God to redeem it? John Perkins’ response to suffering at the hands of a...

"Justice is something every generation has to strive for." A trailblazer in the civil rights movement, John M. Perkins led voter registration efforts in 1964, worked for school desegregation in 1967, and was jailed and tortured in 1970. He is no less zealous today as he sees a new generation of...

Dr. Perkins’ final manifesto on race, faith, and reconciliation. We are living in historic times. Not since the civil rights movement of the 60's has our country been as vigorously engaged in the reconciliation conversation. There is a great opportunity right now for culture to change, to be a...

How do you change the world? Dr. John M. Perkins says the answer is friendship. Find out why in He Calls Me Friend...

“Only the power of Christ’s crucifixion on the cross and the glory of His resurrection can heal the deep racial wounds in both black and white people in America.” Here is a real-life story of the transforming power of Jesus Christ and one man’s response to Jesus’s call to love others...