A Time for Burning is a 1966 American documentary film that explores the attempts of the minister of Augustana Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska, to persuade his all-white congregation to reach out to "Negro" Lutherans in the city's north side.

The film was directed by San Francisco filmmaker William C. Jersey and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature in the 1967 Academy Awards.

It chronicles the relationship between the minister, L. William Youngdahl (1927-2012), and his white and black Lutheran parishioners.

Rowoldt and other ministers also discuss the concern that blacks moving into white neighborhoods will decrease property values.

In 2005, A Time for Burning was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".