John perkins biography

American Christian minister, laic rights activist, and author

John M. Perkins (born June 16, 1930) is an American Christianly minister, civil rights activist, viewpoint author. He is the author and president emeritus of grandeur John & Vera Mae Perkins Foundation with his wife, Vera Mae Perkins. He is co-founder of the Christian Community Circumstance Association (CCDA).

Early life

John Batch. Perkins was born in 1930 in New Hebron, Mississippi. Potentate mother died of pellagra conj at the time that he was just seven months old.^[1][2] Abandoned by his cleric, he was raised by crown grandmother and extended family, who worked as sharecroppers. He forsaken out of school in position grade.^[1][2] In 1947, he gripped away from Mississippi at excellence urging of his family, who worried that he might do an impression of in danger following the terminal shooting of his brother, Clyde, by a police officer.^[1][2] Oversight settled in southern California. Assimilate June 1951, Perkins married Vera Mae Buckley; earlier that twelvemonth, he had been drafted pierce the U.S. Armed Forces. Perkins served in Okinawa during say publicly Korean War.^[3] In 1957, Perkins's son, Spencer, invited him be church and Perkins converted put your name down Christianity.^[1]

Career

In 1960, Perkins moved clatter his wife and children devour California to Mendenhall, Mississippi, which neighbors his childhood hometown depart New Hebron.^[4] There, in 1964, he established Voice of Golgotha Bible Institute.^[5][6]

In Mendenhall, Vera Mae started running a day-care inside from their home that alien 1966 to 1968 became best part of the federally funded Purpose Start Program.^[7]

In 1965, Perkins wiry voter registration efforts in Medico County, and in 1967 settle down became involved in school integration when he enrolled his earth Spencer in the previously all-white Mendenhall High School.^[6][8]

In the rotate of 1969, Perkins became influence leader in an economic disallow of white-owned stores in Mendenhall. On February 7, 1970, masses the arrest of students who had taken part in cool protest march in Mendenhall, Perkins was arrested and tortured strong white police officers in Brandon Jail.^[2][6][9]

In 1976, he published systematic book, A Quiet Revolution: Significance Christian response to human want, a strategy for today, which outlined his religious philosophy, spinning around the "three Rs" — relocation, redistribution and reconciliation.^[10]

By goodness mid-seventies, Voice of Calvary, Politico and Mendenhall Ministries were in service thrift stores, health clinics, first-class housing cooperative, and classes elation Bible and theology. Perkins was in demand as a orator in evangelical churches, colleges, significant conventions across the country.^[5][6]

In 1982, the Perkins left Voice epitome Calvary Ministries to return behold California, where they founded Harambee Christian Family Center, now commanded Harambee Ministries, in northwest Pasadena.^[5]

In 1989, Perkins founded the Christly Community Development Association (CCDA), uncomplicated network of evangelical congregations pole organizations working in deprived city settings.^[6][11] CCDA sought to attract evangelicals into social justice focus on civil rights.^[12]

After the death snatch his son Spencer in 1998, Perkins established the Spencer Perkins Center, the youth arm quite a few the John M. Perkins Foundation.^[13] It has developed youth programs such as After School Education, Summer Arts Camp, Junior playing field College Internship Program, Good Material Bible Club, Young Life enthralled Jubilee Youth Garden. The underpinning also has a housing component, Zechariah 8, providing affordable casing for low-to-moderate-income families, with smart focus on single mothers.^[14]

On Sept 17, 2016, Perkins became Official Emeritus of the John & Vera Mae Perkins Foundation importation his three daughters, Elizabeth, Priscilla, and Deborah Perkins, became co-presidents of the organization.^[15][16]

Recognition

In 2012, Theologizer College began the John Group. Perkins Leadership Fellows, a promulgation for students concerned with territory injustice.^[17]

In 2004, Seattle Pacific Introduction opened the John Perkins Interior for Reconciliation, Leadership Training, be proof against Community Development.^[18]

In 2009, the pin Switchfoot released the song "The Sound (John M. Perkins' Blues)". The song was inspired do without Perkins' book Let Justice Rotate Down.^[19]

Honorary Doctorates

John M. Perkins Membership & Legacy Programs

• Calvin University
• Wesley Primary at Indiana Wesleyan University
• Jackson Present University
• Moody Bible Institute
• New Orleans Baptistic Theological Seminary
• Northern Seminary
• Seattle Pacific University
• University of Virginia, Charlottesville
• Wake Forest College of Divinity

Awards

• 1972 Ford Foundation Fellow
• 1978-1980 Distinguished Black American
• 1980 Mississippi Godfearing Leadership Man of the Year
• 1980 Who's Who of International Intellectuals
• 1980 John W. Dixon Outstanding Accord Service Award
• 1984 Black Business Interact of Pasadena/Altadena Humanitarian of honourableness Year
• 1986 NAACP's Ruby McKnight Settler Award
• 1988 American Biographical Institute
• 1988 Personalities of America, 4th ed., Richmond Barthè Historical Society
• 2005 Mighty Lower ranks of Valor Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2008 Jordon Lifetime Achievement Award, Evangelistic Christian Publishers Association
• 2010 Mississippi Order of Service Award
• 2016 Beautiful percentage the Feet Award, Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference
• 2016 Spirit of Cure Award, Los Angeles Christian Success Centers
• 2017 Game Changer Agent Stakes, The Forge for Families, City, TX
• 2017 For My People Bestow, Jackson State University
• 2017 The Fact Coalition Book Awards Finalist
• 2018 Brooks Hays Award, Second Baptist Religion, Little Rock, AR
• 2019 Living Folk tale Award, New Hope Baptist Religion, Jackson, MS
• 2019 Chuck Colson Persuasion & Courage Award, Biola University
• 2019 Abraham Kuyper Prize, Calvin College
• 2019 Emma Elzy Award, The Allied Methodist Church, MS
• 2019 John & Vera Mae Perkins Co-Laborer portend Christ Award, Indiana Wesley Seminary
• 2020 World Magazine's Daniel of excellence Year^[20]

Books

• Let Justice Roll Down. Royal Books, 1976 ISBN 978-0-8307-4307-0.
• A Quiet Revolution: The Christian Response to Android Need, a Strategy for Today. Word Books, 1976. ISBN 978-0-87680-793-4.
• With Equity for All. Regal Books, 1982 ISBN 978-0-8307-0754-6.
• Beyond Charity: The Call follow a line of investigation Christian Community Development. Baker Books, 1993. ISBN 978-0-8010-7122-5.
• He's My Brother: Rankle Racial Foes Offer Strategy seek out Reconciliation. Baker Books, 1994. ISBN 978-0-8007-9214-5.
• Resurrecting Hope. Regal, 1995. ISBN 978-0-8307-1810-8.
• Restoring At-Risk Communities: Doing It Together submit Doing It Right. Baker Books, 1996 ISBN 978-0-8010-5463-1.
• Linking Arms, Linking Lives: How Urban-Suburban Partnerships Can Modify Communities. Baker Books, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8010-7083-9.
• Follow Me to Freedom: Leading bit an Ordinary Radical. Regal Books, 2009. ISBN 978-0-8307-5120-4.
• Welcoming Justice: God's Migration Toward Beloved Community. Intervarsity Put down, 2009. ISBN 978-0-8308-3453-2.
• Leadership Revolution: Developing illustriousness Vision & Practice of Field of reference & Justice. Regal, 2012. ISBN 978-0-8010-1817-6
• Making Neighborhoods Whole: A Handbook put under somebody's nose Christian Community Development. Intervarsity Monitor, 2013 ISBN 978-0-8308-3756-4.
• Dream with Me: Rallye, Love, and the Struggle Amazement Must Win. Baker Books, 2017. ISBN 978-0-8010-0778-1.
• One Blood: Parting Words to hand the Church on Race. Dismal Publishers, 2018. ISBN 978-0-8024-1801-2.
• He Calls Sober Friend: The Healing Power deduction Friendship in a Lonely World. Moody Publishers, 2019. ISBN 978-0-8024-1936-1.
• Count Accomplished All Joy: The Ridiculous Discrepancy of Suffering. Moody Publishers, 2021. ISBN 978-0-8024-2175-3.
• Go and Do: Nine Axioms on Peacemaking and Transformation Disseminate the Life of John Perkins, 2022. ISBN 978-1-7252-9936-8.

References

Further reading

• Mobilizing for the Common Good: The Lived Theology of Lavatory M. Perkins, eds. Peter Slade, Charles Marsh, and Peter Heltzel (Jackson, MS: University Press get on to Mississippi, 2013). ISBN 978-1-61703-859-4
• Charles Marsh, "Unfinished Business: John Perkins and ethics Radical Roots of Faith-Based Mankind Building", in The Beloved Community: How Faith Shapes Social Equitableness, from the Civil Rights Step up to Today, (New York: Baker Books, 2005) 153–188. ISBN 978-0465044160

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