Jackson to Honor Civil Rights Leader Dr. John M. Perkins as He Lies in State at City Hall

Jackson to honor civil rights leader Dr. John M. Perkins as he lies in state at city hall

Mayor John Horhn announces public viewing and homegoing events recognizing decades of ministry, justice work and global impact

Civil rights veteran John Perkins, who preached racial reconciliation, dead at 95

Pioneering pastor and civil rights leader John Perkins left the world Friday, but his family and friends say his light will long remain.

John M. Perkins Dies at 95; Evangelical Minister Espoused Social Justice

The Rev. John M. Perkins, a Black evangelical leader who created an influential network of community-development ministries fostering social justice and racial reconciliation, and who wrote powerfully of forgiving the white officers who had once brutalized him, died Friday at…

Civil Rights Icon and Pastor John Perkins Dies at 95

John M. Perkins, the pastor and civil rights leader whose work shaped generations of Christians, died Friday, March 13, at 95. Perkins became one of the most influential Christian voices on racial reconciliation in modern church life. For decades, he challenged believers, especially white Christians, to stop treating racism, poverty and injustice like distractions from “real” faith. He argued instead that they were central to the Gospel itself. …

John M. Perkins, advocate for racial reconciliation, dies

WORLD is a news organization producing Biblically sound, daily coverage of global, national, and cultural current events.