Gospel Hope in Conversations About Race
Expert voices. Difficult questions. The heart of Jesus.
This series of ADNE online seminars is designed to lean into the hardest parts of our modern reality, bringing the healing lens of the Gospel to the most complex and sensitive issues of our time.
We launch this series with a deep look at how the Gospel of grace speaks into our exhaustion and our silence.
Gospel Hope in Conversations About Race
Join us as the Rev. Isaac Adams, Lead Pastor of Iron City Church and author of Talking About Race: Gospel Hope for Hard Conversations (2022), leads this online seminar.
We invite your questions:
Email Rev. Canon Micah Thomposon micah.thompson@adne.org or Rev. Canon Kate Norris kate@dandelionministries.org with questions for the Gospel Hope in Conversations About Race by Monday, January 15, 2027.
Isaac Adams
Isaac was born and raised in Washington, D.C. He studied journalism and religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received his Master of Divinity from Southern Seminary. Isaac served briefly overseas with the International Mission Board before serving on staff with organizations like Together for the Gospel, CROSS Conference, and The Front Porch.
In 2017, he founded United We Pray, which has become an annual prayer gathering that brings Christians of all colors from Birmingham together. Prior to coming to Birmingham, Isaac served as a staff pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.
He is married to Megan, and they have four children.
In his spare time, he enjoys reading, writing, hanging out with Megan, and watching UNC be superior to Dook in all things.
Books Isaac Has Written:
Talking About Race: Gospel Hope for Hard Conversations (2022)

