Leave LOUD: Ally Henny's Story Part 2

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Christianity, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 109 minutes

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The stories continue…After Jemar Tisby and Tyler Burns shared powerful episodes of their #LeaveLOUD experiences, it’s time to hear from our very own Ally Henny. How is the Black Christian experience different in rural settings? Are multiethnic churches truly safe spaces for Black women? What happens when Black women #LeaveLoud? Ally had to courageously confront these questions during her time in white evangelicalism. What changed? What did she learn? This is her journey as only she can tell it. This is Ally Henny’s #LeaveLOUD story. ********* In 2018, the New York Times published an article tiled: A Quiet Exodus: Why Black Worshipers Are Leaving White Evangelical Churches that chronicled the plight of Black Christians who quietly exited their churches after their pastors and fellow believers failed to denounce state-sanctioned violence against Black people, white Christian Nationalism, systemic racism, and everyday bigotry. Since that time, things have gotten worse, not better. In recent months, we’ve seen a surge of Black leaders and congregants in predominantly white or multiethnic churches and Christian spaces decide that it’s time for them to go. We bear witness to the hurt, harm, and frustration that our siblings have experienced. Enough is enough. It’s time to #LeaveLOUD To #LeaveLOUD is to tell our stories, to name things for what they are, to take back the dignity we’ve lost while being in institutions that don’t value the fullness of the image of God within us, and to go where we are celebrated and not just tolerated. For the next several weeks, we will be sharing stories of Black Christians who have made the decision to #LeaveLOUD. We will also be providing thoughtful analysis, words of wisdom, and resources for those who have already left or who are discerning whether they should #LeaveLOUD. We invite you to share your stories using the hashtag #LeaveLOUD. The Witness BCC exists to empower Black Christians to live into the fullness of who God created us to be. You are not alone. Visit thewitnessbcc.com for more of our stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You came on the radar for a lot of people with the leave-out story you wrote long before
0:19.2	this initiative and can you talk about your experience at Fuller?
0:24.9	Yeah, yeah, so I'll talk about that real quick.
0:27.9	So I started going to Fuller in fall of 2017 and whenever I was there, so this has come
0:37.5	like on the heels of like of, you know, he who should not be named becoming president
0:42.1	and all this other type of stuff.
0:44.7	And there have been some racial incidents and stuff on Fuller's campus in Pasadena.
0:49.9	Now I was an online student and so I did not have like some of those experiences, but
0:56.6	I had gotten in with some of the some of the black students there and there have been
1:00.2	some meetings that black students were having with the administration there.
1:05.4	So I started out just going just to metal like because this is like something that's affecting
1:09.8	black students and so you know, we were all invited to these meetings and so I was like,
1:14.2	I'm just gonna go here to metal.
1:15.2	Like let me see what they're talking about.
1:17.0	So as I'm listening, I'm like, oh my gosh, like some of these people, some of these students
1:22.3	and faculty are like really acting up, right?
1:26.2	So, you know, I'm sitting and I'm like, and like we're talking about the curriculum,
1:30.6	like, yeah, yeah, some stuff in our curriculum, that's a thing.
1:33.8	And so long story short, we had met with the administration a whole bunch.
1:38.6	I ended up kind of becoming part of the group and we a part of like kind of some of the
1:43.3	core that was that was doing some of this stuff, some as activism and stuff on campus.
1:47.5	And so, you know, we had talked with the universe, we had talked with with Fuller,
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