Ministry Spotlight: The John Perkins Foundation

Today's Ministry Spotlight focused on John Perkins, founder of the John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development.


What's the thing you're most excited about with the John Perkins Foundation?

What's resonating with my soul is this new Christian people that are developing on the scene.

A group of white, black, and others.

There's a new people developing on the scene, and I'm having the privilege of teaching these people.

These are black and white groups from all over the country. We have a bible study right now, and to see these people who are taking the Bible seriously, and are not going back into our racist trap culture.

We all need to be born again and start over. There's a new group of young people who are past that foolishness.

While the others are teaching the children, we're building houses, getting people out of prison.

I want to do the best I can to make the loving justice of God known.

Get away from what someone else said about God, but reading scripture again.

And for teaching, so that the people of God may do good works here on earth.

The people of God...are using most of the biblical resources for themselves.

Working together is what reconciles races. Is that right?

I think it's still important to come together and visit each other.

But I think real reconciliation will come when we get involved outside ourselves.

It's out of that they're going to see our good works and glorify our father in heaven.

You said the younger generation seems to be more open to reconciliation. Why is that?

They're looking quicker at our failures.

Now with the media, it's so quick, and they can also see the world.

They can see the conflict, and they can see the death.

I think it's because we're in an information age that drives that.

Other folks didn't care much about the environment.

We have a responsibility to care for this planet. 

We're at a moment of opportunity right now.