Should I Leave My White Church?
Episode description
Overview:
Would you consider your church a "white church" or just a "church"? Isaac and Austin discuss the dynamics around a minority member of a church leaving their predominately white church. We discuss:
Why is it important to recognize the ethnic makeup of your church?
What characteristics of your church's culture do you take for granted, but may be seen as starkly different for a person of color?
For the minority member, what should I consider when deciding whether to leave my white church?
How do you stay in a white church and not get angry?
How do you leave a white church?
Should you let your minority friend leave your white church?
Links & Show Notes:
A Quiet Exodus: Why Black Worshipers Are Leaving White Evangelical Churches (New York Times)
Be Patient with Slow Growers, Late Bloomers, and Those Yet Unseeing (United? We Pray)
Am I a Political Pharisee? (United? We Pray)
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