Is the UK Church racist? Chine McDonald, Gavin Calver and Joe Aldred

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🗓️ 21 August 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

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In the second of two shows dealing with racism and the church, Justin Brierley hosts a discussion on the UK Church between Chine McDonald of Christian Aid, Gavin Calver of The Evangelical Alliance and Bishop Dr Joe Aldred of Churches Together in England. For Chine McDonald https://twitter.com/ChineMcDonald For Gavin Calver: https://www.eauk.org/ For Bishop Joe Aldred: https://drjoealdred.info/ Subscribe to our newsletter and receive the free Unbelievable? e-book ‘In Conversation With…’ https://www.premier.org.uk/Unbelievablenewsletter Support the show and receive all the videos sessions from Unbelievable? USA 2019 https://resources.premier.org.uk/supportunbelievable/ For more faith debates and extra resources visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Social media: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

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0:00.0	Well hello and welcome to Unbelievably with me Justin Briley here on Premier Christian
0:04.4	Radio and broadcasting all over the world via our podcast and video channel. For the
0:09.0	second of two shows looking at race and the church, my guess will be Cheney McDonald,
0:14.2	Joe Aldred and Gavin Calver, you can find today's show over on our YouTube channel if you
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0:46.4	that out when we launch this coming week. Right now let's get straight into today's show
0:51.7	and meet our guests.
1:01.7	You're listening to Unbelievably with Justin Briley.
1:11.7	Welcome along to a special show from Unbelievably looking again at racism and the UK
1:16.3	church and asking where do we go from here? Well in 1963 the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King,
1:22.1	Jr. famously said, it is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is 11 o'clock
1:28.7	on Sunday morning and it arguably still holds true in the UK today with many churches and church
1:35.2	networks still spit along black or white lines. But today we're continuing the conversation on race
1:40.8	and the church. This time focusing on the experience of black Christians in the UK and asking whether
1:46.2	racism still persists in the UK church. Cheney McDonald is head of public engagement for Christian aid
1:52.3	and recently wrote the cover feature for premier Christianities July edition on racism and the role
1:58.1	of the church. Gavin Calvert is CEO of the Evangelic Alliance in the UK who recently announced
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