Leave LOUD: Jemar Tisby’s Story

Pass The Mic

The Witness

Christianity, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2021

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Whew! Listen, family...this is the one. 10 years ago, Jemar Tisby founded this organization with the hope of achieving racial reconciliation in white evangelical spaces. Eventually, after a barrage of attacks, smears, and racial trauma, the organization changed its name, and Jemar left the place that he thought was his home. What happened? What changed? What did he learn? This is the story like you’ve never heard it before. This is Jemar Tisby’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	I'm your host Tyler Burns, you can follow me on Twitter and Instagram at BurnsClanFollow
0:25.1	at your own risk. And joining me as always, well, you know, I can't always say as always because
0:31.8	his brother is taking the world by storm. He's the CEO of the witnessing the man, the myth, the
0:37.1	legend, the two-time bestselling author, Mr. Blue Check verified himself. Y'all know who it is.
0:42.9	Jamar Tisby was going on, brother. Hey, listen, I know it's a lot of dynamic voices out there, right?
0:48.1	And we're trying to bring dynamic voices for a diverse church. But you can't get rid of me.
0:53.5	You can't get rid of me. I keep coming back like a bad boy. Yeah, yeah. I'm here. You're going to work.
1:01.1	Nobody's trying to get rid of you brother. Listen, we just happy when you grace us with your heart.
1:06.7	There you go. There you go. Now, but we're proud of you, man. We're happy to see the book taking off
1:12.5	and you're speaking everything, man. We you show up everywhere, man. Sam's Club, you in Target,
1:18.3	you in Walmart, I didn't see how to fight race. You know, this is a funny story.
1:24.2	Somebody reached out to me and we're like, yo, have you read this book and sent me a picture of
1:29.4	your book? And so I said, LOL. Yeah, it's good. Thinking that it was a joke. And they were like,
1:36.9	oh, okay, bad. Thanks. And I was like, oh, they were bad. Serious. Yeah, they had no idea that
1:44.3	we host the podcast. I was going to say I'm telling them to subscribe to the podcast. Yeah,
1:48.6	subscribe, great reviews. Of course, of course, listen, they had no clue whatsoever. This
1:54.2	somebody I've known for a while, too. So I'm telling you, brother, you taking off, man. I don't even,
1:59.3	you know, I'm trying to grab the coat. I learned a lot from this podcast. I learned a lot
2:05.1	from our listeners. Y'all give me wings to fly. And if one of us rises, we all rise. So that's
2:11.2	what we're trying to do. That's what we believe. Yes, yes, that's what we believe. We're happy to
2:16.0	have you back today, man. This is a personal episode for us, something that is very important.
2:21.3	And Jamar is actually going to get very personal today. And as we talk through this episode,
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