--- title: Recommended reading by One People Commission date: 2021-04-14T15:36:00+01:00 author: Lyla Hadlow canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/networks/one-people-commission/recommended-reading-by-one-people-comission" section: Pages --- #### Intercultural churches - Anthony Reddie, Seidel Abel-Boarneges, Pam Searle, *Intercultural Preaching*, Oxford, Regents Park College Oxford, 2021 - Harvey Kwiyani, *Multicultural Kingdom: Ethnic Diversity, Mission and the Church*, London, SCM Press, 2020 - Malcolm Patten, *Leading a Multicultural Church*, London, SPCK, 2016 - Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, *But where are you really from? On Identity, Humanhood and Hope*, London, SPCK, 2020 - Rev Israel Olofinjana, *Turning the Tables on Mission: Stories of Christians from the Global South in the UK*, Watford, Instant Apostle, 2013 - Rev Israel Olofinjana, *Partnership in Mission: A Black Majority Perspective on Mission and Church Unity*, Watford, Instant Apostle, 2015 - Hirpo Kumbi, *The Culturally Intelligent Leader*, Watford, Instant Apostle, 2017. - Osoba Otagie, *Building Cultural Intelligence Church an Ministry*, Milton Keynes, Author House, 2016 - Rev Dr Andrew R Hardy, Rev Dan Yarnell, *Forming Multicultural Partnerships: Church Planting in a Divided Society*, Watford, Instant Apostle, 2015 - Sharon Prentis, *Every Tribe: Stories of Diverse Saints serving a Diverse World*, London, SPCK, 2019 - Ben Aldous, Idina Dunmore and Mohan Seevaratnam, *Intercultural Church: Shared Learning from New Communities*, Oxford, Grove Books, 2020 - Martyn Snow, *An Intercultural Church for a Multicultural World: Reflections on Gift Exchange*, London, Church Publishing House, 2024 - [*Intercultural Church and City Transformation Report*](https://gathermovement.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Intercultural-Report.pdf) produced by the Gather Movement and City Transformation, 2024 - Tony Thompson, *Building Multicultural Churches: Valuing Ethnic Diversity,* London, Malcom Down Publishing, 2025 - Ian Collinge, *Intercultural Worship Handbook: Routes, Tools and Guideposts for the Journey,* Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2025 - Israel Oluwole Olofinjana, David Wise, Usha Reifsnider, *[Polyphonic God: Exploring Intercultural Theology, Churches and Justice](https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334066583/polyphonic-god),* SCM Press, 2025 - [Oxford Journal of Intercultural Mission ](https://www.oxford.anglican.org/ojim-issue-one-spring-2023.php) #### Church unity - Steve Clifford, *One: Unity in Diversity*, Oxford, Monarch Books, 2017 - Joel Edwards, *Lord Make us One — but not the Same*! London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1999 - Joe Aldred, Respect: *Understanding Caribbean British Christianity*, Peterborough, Epworth, 2005 - Rev Israel Olofinjana, *Partnership in Mission: A Black Majority Church Perspective on Mission and Church Unity*, Watford, Instant Apostle, 2015 #### Mission - Nico A Botha and Eugene Baron, *Majority World Perspective on Christian Mission*, South Africa Kreativ, 2020 - Frances S. Adeney, *Women in Christian Mission: Ways of Knowing and Doing Theology*. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2015 - Samuel Cueva, *Mission Partnership in Creative Tension*, Carlisle, Cumbria, Langham Monographs, 2015 - Rose Dowsett, (ed.), *Global Mission: Reflections and Case Studies in Local Theology for the Whole Church (Globalization of Mission).* Pasadena: William Carey Library, 2011 - Hirpo Kumbi, *Mission and Movement: A Study of Ethiopian and Eritrean Evangelical Churches in the UK*, Watford, Instant Apostle, 2018 - Harvey Kwiyani, *Sent Forth: African Missionary Work in the West*, Maryknoll, NY, 2014 - Harvey Kwiyani, *[Decolonizing Mission](https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334063193/decolonizing-mission)*, SCM Press, 2025 - Arif Mohammed, Ram Gidoomal, Robin Thompson and Raju Abraham, *Diaspora Mission: The Story of South Asian Concern, London, South Asian Concern*, 2014 - Rev Israel Olofinjana, *World Christianity in Western Europe: Diasporic Identities, Narratives and Missiology*, Oxford, Regnum Publishing, 2020 - Rev Israel Olofinjana*, Reverse in Ministry and Mission: Africans in the Dark Continent of Europe,* Milton Keynes, Author House, 2010 - Usha Reifsnider, [Cross-cultural Mission in Relation to Migrants](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmVBq3tEMe4), a video from Spring Harvest, 2020 - *Dana L. Robert, *Gospel Bearers, Gender Barriers: Missionary Women in the Twentieth Century*.* Maryknoll, Ny: Orbis Books, 2002 - Cathy Ross and Stephen Bevans, (eds.), *Mission on the Road to Emmaus: Constants, Context, and Prophetic Dialogue*. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2015 - Andrew Walls, *The Missionary Movement in Christian History: Studies in the Transmission of Faith*, Edinbrugh, T&T Clark, 1996 - Andrew Walls, *The Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History*, Edinbrugh, T&T Clark, 2002 - Andrew Walls, *Crossing Cultural Frontiers: Studies in the History of World Christianity*, Maryknoll, NY, 2017 - Alexander Chow, *[Chinese Heritage in British Christianity: More than Foreigners](https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334066170/chinese-heritage-in-british-christianity),* SCM Press, 2025 - Baptists Together, *[Moving Stories: The Bible and Migration](https://www.baptist.org.uk/Articles/494127/Moving_Stories.aspx),* 2017 #### Racial justice - Jason Roach and Jessamin Birdsall, *[Healing the Divide: How every Christian can advance God’s vision for racial unity and justice](https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/healing-the-divides)* (Epsom: The Good Book Company, 2022) - Richard Reddie, *[Race for Justice: The Struggle for Equality and Inclusion in Britain and Ireland](https://www.lionhudson.com/product/race-for-justice)* (Oxford: Lion Hudson, 2022) - [Racial Justice Sunday Resource](https://ctbi.org.uk/racial-justice-sunday-13-february-2022/), Church Together in Britain and Ireland, 2021 - Israel Olofinjana, *[Discipleship, Suffering and Racial Justice: Mission in a Pandemic World](https://www.regnumbooks.net/products/discipleship-suffering-and-racial-justice),* (Oxford: Regnum Studies, 2021) - Kate Coleman, [Accepting Ethnic Diversity and Difference](https://missionexus.org/accepting-ethnic-diversity-and-difference/), a video from Missio Nexus, 2020 - Anthony Reddie, *Is God Colour-Blind? Insights from Black Theology for Christian Faith and Ministry*. New Edition with an afterword on why Black Lives Matter, London, SPCK, 2020 - Anthony Reddie, *Theologising Brexit A Liberationist and Postcolonial Critique*, Routledge, 2019 - Clive Myrie, [*Is the Church Racist?*](https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000vc34/panorama-is-the-church-racist) BBC Panorama Documentary, 2021 - Chine McDonald, *God is not a White Man and other Revelations*, London Hodder and Stoughton, 2021 - Reni Eddo-Lodge, *Why I am no Longer Talking to White People about Race, London, Bloomsbury Publishing*, 2018 - Ben Lindsay, *We need to Talk About Race: Understanding the Black Experience in White Majority Churches*, London, SPCK, 2019 ([Accompanying home group resources can be found here](https://homegroups.org.uk/series/we-need-to-talk-about-race/)) - Esau Macaulley, *Reading while Black, African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope*, IVP Academic, 2020 - Bhikhu Parekh, *The Future of Multi-ethnic Britain*, Commissioned by the Runnymede Trust, Profile Books, 2000 - Dr Delroy Hall, *[A Redemption Song: Illuminations on Black British Pastoral Theology and Culture](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Redemption-Song-Illuminations-Pastoral-Theology/dp/0334060729/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=340EBPTDS35BZ&keywords=a+redemption+song+delroy+hall&qid=1644583785&sprefix=a+rede,aps,169&sr=8-1)*, SMC Press, 2021 - Usha Reifsnider, *Unmuted: Speaking to be Heard,* Apollos, 2024 #### Black-majority churches - Babatunde Adedibu, *Coat of Many Colours: The Origin, Growth, Distinctiveness and Contributions of Black Majority Churches to British Christianity*, London, Wisdom Summit, 2012 - Joe Aldred and Keno Ogbo (eds), *The Black Church in the 21st Century*, London, Darton, Longman and Todd, 2010 - Robert Beckford, *Jesus is Dread: Black Theology and Black Culture in Britain,* London, Darton, Longman and Todd, 1998 - Robert Beckford, *Dread and Pentecostalism: A Political Theology for the Black Church in Britain,* London, SPCK, 2000 - Chigor Chike, *African Christianity in Britain: Diaspora, Doctrines and Dialogue*, Milton Keynes, Author House, 2007 - Roy Francis, *Windrush and the Black Pentecostal Church in Britain*, Surrey, Filament Publishing, 2020 - Roswith Gerloff, *A Plea for Black British Theologies*, Frankfurt, Peter Lang, 1992 - Rev Israel Olofinjana (ed), *African Voices: Towards African British Theologies*, Cumbria, Langham Global Library, 2017 - I.O. Smith with Wendy Green, *Ebony Cross: Being a Black Christian in Britain Today*, London Harper Collins Publishers, 1989 - Mark Sturge, *Look What the Lord has Done: An Exploration of Black Christian Faith in Britain,* Bletchley, Scripture Union, 2005 - Selina Stone, *Tarry Awhile: Wisdom from Black Spirituality for People of Faith*, SPCK Publishing, 2023 - Joe Aldred, *Flourishing in Babylon: Black British Agency and Self-Determination,* SCM Press, 2024 #### Leadership - Kate Coleman, *[Leadership in a Racialised World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjhj1iiR-TI),* a video from New Wine, 2021 - Kate Coleman, *7 Deadly Sins of Women in Leadership: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behaviours in Work and Ministry*, Birmingham, Next Leadership, 2010 - Phyllis Thompson (ed), *Challenges of Black Pentecostal Leadership in the 21st Century*, London, SPCK, 2013 #### Climate justice - *[Black Lives Matter Everywhere: A Study of Public Attitudes towards Race and Climate Change](https://www.christianaid.org.uk/resources/our-work/black-lives-matter-everywhere-report)*, Christian Aid Survey Poll, 2020 - [Our Prophetic Journey towards Climate Justice](https://www.christianaid.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/our-prophetic-journey-towards-climate-justice): Christian Aid resources on Climate issues, 2021 - [Employment and Entrepreneurship PowerPoint PDF](https://www.eauk.org/assets/files/downloads/Employment-and-Entrepreneurial-Powerpoint-PDF-2.pdf)