Significant assumptions underlie attempts at reconciliation in the Christian world today. Ultimately these assumptions hinder rather than help reconciliation efforts, and unless we reshape the way we think and act, we will not take significant steps forward in a globalized world.

Written for those who are trying to lead their ministry with reconciliation in mind, Reconciliation 101 offers practical principles to handle real-life problems. In this handbook, Alvin Sanders outlines an original model for managing the dynamics of difference within your Christian organization.

About the Author
Following years of urban ministry in Chicago and Cincinnati, Alvin and his wife Caroline founded River of Life Church in downtown Cincinnati in the midst of civil unrest over the shooting death of an African-American teenager by a white police officer. River of Life is a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, economically diverse church with a heart for reconciliation.

Alvin served 7 years as founding pastor of River of Life. Concurrently he served three years as Director of Ethnic Ministries for Cincinnati Christian University. Alvin has been named an adjunct professor at institutions such as Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. He serves on the Urban Scholars advisory board of Cincinnati Christian University.

A graduate of Cincinnati Christian University in Cincinnati, Ohio (B.S., Biblical Studies) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois (M.A., Religion/Urban Ministry), Alvin received his Ph.D. in educational leadership from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. A portion of his dissertation was published in The Language of Diversity: Restoration Toward Peace and Unity (Cambridge Scholars Publishing). Married since 1994, Alvin and Caroline live in Cincinnati with their two children, Hannah and Gabrielle.