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Supporting and Celebrating Pastors of all churches hosted by Presbyterian Pastor Ken Broman-Fulks. We discuss the challenges and joys of serving a local congregation, regardless of denomination or size.
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Stop Hitting the Snooze Button: What White Churches Can Do About Racism
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Ken Broman-Fulks
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Season 1
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Episode 2
An inspiring conversation with the Rev. Randy Harris, pastor of Highland Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem, NC, a predominantly white church that is confronting their own white privilege and working against racism. Randy gives positive, concrete suggestions of ways white congregations can "do the work" we are called to do, which begins by refusing to hit the snooze button and wake up to the reality of white privilege and black oppression.
Some suggested books for church groups to read together:
- Debbie Irving, Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race
- Daniel Hill and Brenda Salter McNeill, White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White
- Eric Mason, John M. Perkins, et. al., Woke Church: An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice
- Latasha Morrison, Jennie Allen, et. al., Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation
- Jemar Tisby, The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church's Complicity in Racism