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Dream with Me: Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win Kindle Edition

by John M. Perkins (Author), Randy Alcorn (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition

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According to recent surveys and studies, race relations in the United States are the worst they've been since the 1990s, and many would argue that life for most minorities has not significantly improved since the civil rights era of the 1960s. For so many, the dream of true equality has dissolved into a reality of prejudice, fear, and violence as a way of life.

John M. Perkins has been there from the beginning. Raised by his sharecropping grandparents, Perkins fled Mississippi in 1947 after his brother was fatally shot by a police officer. He led voter registration efforts in 1964, worked for school desegregation in 1967, and was imprisoned and tortured in 1970. Through it all, he has remained determined to seek justice and reconciliation based in Christ's redemptive work.

"Justice is something that every generation has to strive for," he says. And despite the setbacks of recent years, Perkins finds hope in the young people he has met all across the nation who are hard at work, bringing about reconciliation in God's name and offering acceptance to all. Dream with Me is his look back at a life devoted to seeking justice for all God's people, as well as a look forward to what he sees as a potentially historic breakthrough for people of every race.

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"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 freedom fighters battling the same issues and the same systems he has spent his life working to correct.

Through his raw, personal stories spanning from the civil rights era to today, Perkins shows us that, though the fight is not over, there are many reasons to hope and to carry on the good work he and his contemporaries began more than a generation ago. He calls us to work for justice by living out God's redemptive love in all of our relationships.

"It all comes down to love," he says. "Love will always be our final fight."

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"There aren't many people--other than Jesus and my wife--who I can say changed my life. John Perkins is one of them."--from foreword by Randy Alcorn

"At a time when the racial divide in the United States is widening into a chasm, I cannot think of a more needed message than this book."--Philip Yancey, bestselling Christian author/speaker

"The light from within Dr. John Perkins shines so brightly that you can't help but be impacted."--Judah Smith, lead pastor of The City Church; New York Times bestselling author

"This book reveals a critical narrative that must be engaged."--Soong-Chan Rah, author of The Next Evangelicalism and Return to Justice

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01M16DIN9
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baker Books; Reprint edition (January 31, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 31, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3876 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 225 pages

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John M. Perkins is a sharecropper’s son who grew up in New Hebron, Mississippi amidst dire poverty. Fleeing to California at age 17 after his older brother’s murder at the hands of a town marshal, he vowed never to return. However after converting to Christianity in 1960 he returned to Mendenhall, Mississippi to share the gospel of Christ. While in Mississippi, his outspoken nature and support and leadership in civil rights demonstrations resulted in repeated harassment, beatings and imprisonment. He again was arrested in 2005 year while protesting in Washington D.C. against U. S. Government defunding of programs aiding the poor.

In Mendenhall, Perkins and his wife, Vera Mae, founded Voice of Calvary Ministries. This Christian community development ministry started a church, health center, leadership development program, thrift store, low-income housing development, and training center. From this ministry, other development projects started in the neighboring towns of Canton, New Hebron and Edwards. Philip K. Reed, the previous pastor of Voice of Calvary Fellowship, has assumed the leadership of this dynamic ministry.

In 1982, the Perkins family returned to California and lived in the city of Pasadena where Perkins and his wife founded Harambee Christian Family Center in Northwest Pasadena, a neighborhood that had one of the highest daytime crime rates in California. Harambee is yet standing, running numerous programs including after school tutoring, Good News Bible Clubs, an award-winning technology center, summer day camp, youth internship programs, and a college scholarship program.

In 1983, while yet in California, Perkins and his wife, along with a few friends and other major supporters, established the John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation & Development, Inc for the sole purpose of supporting their mission of advancing the principles of Christian community development and racial reconciliation throughout the world.

His many books include the memiors "Love is the Final Fight", "Follow Me to Freedom," "Welcoming Justice," the autobiography "Let Justice Roll Down", "With Justice for All", "A Quiet Revolution" and "Linking Arms, Linking Lives".

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Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024

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Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2017

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As soon as I heard about this new book by John Perkins, I knew I wanted to read it. I was not disappointed as he shared about his activities through the years and his dreams for the future. As he wrote about reconciliation in the true sense of the word, my heart responded. He stated that reconciliation is not about race but about being fully reconciled to God. As we seek to reconcile with God and allow the Holy Spirit to work in and through us, we are reconciled with His people, the human race. So many who speak of racial reconciliation, justice, equality, and so on are so angry and vehement in their approach that they push others away, just as many who declare that we already have equality, etc. keep enlarging the divide. John Perkins has more reason, humanly speaking, to be angry and vindictive than many in the forefront of the news but he is neither. He is a man who is devoted to living his life for Christ while seeking love and justice for all. Although his perception of events may not be the same as mine or yours and may sound similar to what we hear in the media, the solutions he offers are quite divergent as he seeks to let God direct his ways rather than giving in to anger and hatred. The book is well worth the time to read and digest in order to gain a perspective based on a lifetime of seeing firsthand what many of us have only seen on TV as it was presented by those who are driven by their ratings more than by a desire to spread truth. I encourage you to read the book and allow God to speak to your heart.

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William E. Turner Jr.

Postscript to John Perkins remarkable life

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2018

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Dream with Me reads like a postscript on John Perkins remarkable life. In other ways it’s like a confession of sadness but also a confession of hope. Sadness because things are not the way they are supposed to be. But joyful hope because one day Jesus will make all things right. And it is a call for all of us who live in between the already and the not yet ( Perkins doesn’t use that language).

His focus is primarily on “race relations” and in particular calling the church toward reconciliation and unity. It is a retread of much of what he has previously written but through the lens of one who knows his time on earth is at its end. I think that adds power and strength to the book.

Perkins remains a prophetic voice for the church today and I pray his voice will remain for the church tomorrow.

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Giving_Gal

I never read a book twice until now

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2022

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I first read Dream with Me on the Kindle app. I loved it so much and had so many highlights I bought the paperback version. If we could all live our lives like Mr. Perkins, the world would be a better place.

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E. Tabitha Morales

Honest, Personal, and Biblical

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2018

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Mr. Perkins shares his realities as a young boy in the South, as a young man in California, and currently as a great grandfather in the United States. He doesn't just speak his opinion as fact others should accept, but rather he speaks from experience and biblical truths. If you're a Christian in the U.S. and grappling with the idea of racism and injustice in this country, this is a great book to start with. It is heavily focused on black white relationships as he is black, but he doesn't forget others who've suffered injustice, which I appreciate. For those who are already deep into this conversation, Mr. Perkins also offers great ideas for the individual and the body of Christ to take in helping that dream become a reality.

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2020

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John Perkins has a compelling way of engaging with the reader. Makes me want to drive from Detroit down to Mississippi to hang out with him and learn. He mixed his life stories with practical thoughts on what I could do and do better with my relationship with my black friends. He has helped me to hear how far I have to go, how blind I am about the continuing struggles our black friends still experience.

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Otis

Awesome

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2020

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Another wonderfully written book by Dr Perkins. In this material, Dr Perkins takes you on a journey of how God lead him into his purpose: ministry of biblical reconciliation. My hope is that the people of God would truly repent and seek God’s heart for people. Excellent read.

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Tim Boynton

If we want reconciled relationships, this marks the way

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2021

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Very honest and helpful. Unflinching but not about shaming but about repentance and reconciliation made possible only through Jesus’ love and leadership.

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