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Episode: Trying to Save a Sinking Ship: Race, Power, and White American Christianity
Description: Brad speaks with Kyle J. Howard, a theologian and counselor trained at a Southern Baptist Seminary. He discusses his conversion at 18 at a Black Church in Georgia, his journey to ministry as a counselor of racial and spiritual trauma, and his insider perspective of the calculation made by leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention.It goes like this:
Demonize Critical Race Theory in order to divert attention from the sexual abuse scandal.
Anticipate losing a number of Black pastors and churches, along with other POC.
Retain political influence and the majority of White pastors and churches.
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