04/02/2026
Efrem Smith reflects on the life and work of the late John Perkins in his new article, John Perkins: The Justice and Reconciliation Prophet.
“Recently, the world lost a great evangelist, a catalyst for Christian Community Development, and a theologian who articulated a deep biblical understanding of the gospel for a racially divided nation. I first heard Dr. John Perkins preach as a teenager at the Soul Liberation Festival, an outdoor revival of sorts put on by Park Avenue United Methodist Church of Minneapolis in the late 1980s. I was in awe of this small but powerful Black preacher, hunched over with his eyes closed, presenting reconciliation as the central idea of the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
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