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This is Pass the Mic.

Greetings and God Bless.

Welcome to another episode of Pass the Mic, Dynamic Voices for a

diverse church powered by the Witness a Black Christian collective. I'm your

host Tyler Burns. You can follow me on Twitter at Burns 23 follow at your

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And I am so excited about today's episode because guys, we are approaching the first anniversary of our first annual national conference,

the Joy and Justice Conference, which took place last year in Chicago, Illinois at the historic Ebenes or Missionary Baptist Church.

And I was reflecting on that beautiful time, especially in light of COVID, in light of everything that we've been facing.

And so we wanted to throw it back.

For those of you who attended, you know that it was a special time, not just because of the fellowship and the people who were there, but also because we received some world-class instruction and preaching in both the keynotes and also the plenary breakouts as well.

And so today I wanted to throw something back here.

I wanted to throw it back to one of those sermons

that we heard from none other than the Reverend Dr.

Nicole Massey Martin.

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