num_pages: 193
description: Dolphus Weary knows from personal experience just how harmful racial division can be. Growing up in rural Mississippi he leared that if poverty hunger and disease didnt kill him racism bigotry or the Klan just might. So when a college basketball scholarship gave him the opportunity to get away from the broken racially divided city of Mendenhall he jumped at the chance. But he couldnt outrun racism. Eventually God called him back to his hometown--to the city where the railroad tracks not only separate economic classes but also represent a divide in the church. Believing that prejudice is ultimately a spiritual issue Weary went back to Mississippi and worked to break down racial divides and promote productive dialogue greater understanding and ultimately racial reconciliation. The founder and part-time president of R.E.A.L. (Rural Education and Leadership) Christian Foundation Weary helps ministries and communities realize that a kingdom mentality is possible only when we stop limiting Gods work to a denomination or racial group.
language: English
title: Crossing the Tracks: Hope for the Hopeless and Help for the Poor in Rural Mississippi and Your Community
publisher: Kregel Publications