Undivided was a program launched at a mega church in Cincinnati, OH to fight bias and promote racial justice. It follows several participants through their personal lives, during the program, and after to see how the information affected them. The congregation was primarily white, but gathered a diverse group of attendees to provide a deeper context into race in America.

One participant grew up with a white supremacist father. A Black woman denied her Black identity to fit in with her primary white community. One man was raised with an adopted Black brother and thought that meant he was run expert on race. A Black man rises to pastoral leadership in the church and feels pressure and criticism from all sides when he speaks up or expresses anger.

Each account is vulnerable and relatable. Each of them wrestles with how best to advocate, knowing what they know.

The author is a secular political scientist, adding another layer to the complex mix of this work.

As a former Evangelical I have experienced many of the tensions described; the personal reckoning with being white, my bias, the role of the church in social advocacy, the separation of church and state, the racist history of America and the church, passionate monologues that cause tension in relationships, the discomfort with veering from the status quo, the floundering and not knowing how best to act on new information.

This book should be read by anyone within the Evangelical church!!! It should be ready by white people from any stage of racial reckoning. These questions need to be pondered and asked, especially at this time in history. Five stars!