* _Just a Sister Away: A Memoir of Two Lives_ (1993)
* _Battered Love: Facing Marital Violence_ (1995)
* _What Happened to Hope: A Memoir of Survival_ (1997)
* _Sojourners: Portraits of African-American Women in Ministry_ (2000)
* _Listen to Your Life: Trusting Your Inner Voice_ (2002)
* _African American Pentecostalism: Black Holiness-Pentecostalism in the United States_ (2004)
* _I Asked for Intimacy: Stories of Faith and Longing_ (2006)
* _Listening for God: A Minister's Journey Through Silence and Doubt_ (2011)
* _From Every Stage: Global Voices on World Christianity_ (2013, co-edited with Kate Ward and Gina Kaye)
* _Unveiled: How Western Media Stereotypes About Muslim Women Are Changing Our World_ (2016, co-edited with Kathryn Getek Soltis)
Articles and Essays
* "Black Women and Spirituality: A Theological Reflection" (_Journal of Religious Thought_, 1992, vol. 49, no. 1)
* "Battered Women: What the Scriptures Say" (_Theology Today_, 1993, vol. 50, no. 2)
* "The Spirituality of Black Women: A Resource for Renewal in the Black Church" (_Black Theology_, 1995, vol. 4, no. 1)
* "African-American Women and Ministry: From the Pulpit to the Pew" (_Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center_, 1997, vol. 24, no. 1)
* "What Hope Means to Black Women" (_Sojourners_, 1997, vol. 28, no. 3)
* "The Importance of Being a Nobody" (_Christian Century_, 1998, vol. 115, no. 2)
* "The Church and Domestic Violence: A Call to Action" (_Christian Century_, 1999, vol. 116, no. 2)
* "African-American Pentecostalism: A Historical Overview" (_Journal of Pentecostal Theology_, 2000, vol. 11, no. 1)
* "Listen to Your Life: Finding Your Way Through the Noise" (_Christian Century_, 2002, vol. 119, no. 2)
* "The Voice of the People: African-American Women's Perspectives on Faith, Hope, and Social Change" (_Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion_, 2004, vol. 20, no. 1)
* "Intimacy: A Theological Reflection" (_Journal of Religious Thought_, 2006, vol. 63, no. 2)
* "Listening for God: A Minister's Journey Through Silence and Doubt" (_Christian Century_, 2011, vol. 128, no. 1)
* "From Every Stage: Global Perspectives on World Christianity" (_Journal of Ecumenical Studies_, 2013, vol. 50, no. 1)
* "Unveiled: How Western Media Stereotypes About Muslim Women Are Changing Our World" (_Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion_, 2016, vol. 32, no. 2)
Other Writings
* Foreword to _The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism, and White Privilege_ by Michele E. Moody-Adams (2008)
* Foreword to _When the Spirit Speaks: Voices of Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Women_ edited by Gina Kaye and Kate Ward (2009)
* Foreword to _Deeper Than the Skin: Women and Race in America_ by Linda Villarosa (2010)
* Foreword to _The Power of the Holy Spirit in World Christianity: Perspectives on Global Pentecostalism_ edited by Amos Yong (2011)
* Foreword to _African Women, Religion, and Health: Essays in Honor of Mercy Amba Oduyoye_ edited by Musa Dube (2012)
* Foreword to _Christian Unity in a Divided World: An Agenda for Ecumenical Theology_ by Miroslav Volf (2013)