Are Black, Hispanic, and other people of color being traumatized in predominantly white evangelical churches?

And if they are, what's driving it?

Racism, fear, ignorance, or something else?

Welcome to The Roy's Report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church. I'm Julie

Roy's. And joining me on this episode is Kyle Howard. Today, Kyle is a racial trauma and spiritual

trauma counselor, and he's become somewhat of a lightning rod for calling out what he sees as white

supremacy in the church. But eight years ago, Kyle was a student at the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville,

Kentucky, and training for the pastorate. He also was a lay leader at a prominent and largely

white evangelical church. But that all began to change in 2014 when Kyle started speaking out

about racial issues following the death of Eric Garner. Suddenly, Kyle says he got notes from fellow seminarians

saying, I thought you were one of us. Why are you talking about this? Kyle also says he was accused

of the sin of pride, and the church gave him an ultimatum. Stop talking about racial justice and criticizing

Donald Trump or you'll lose ministry and pastoral opportunities.

The years-long ordeal took a huge emotional toll on Kyle and left him with post-traumatic stress

he says he's still dealing with. But what's a solution? And how can the church better love

and care for people of all ethnic and racial backgrounds? I'll dive into that with Kyle in just a moment, but first,

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