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🗓️ 9 February 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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This special episode of Quick to Listen is brought to you by CT Creative Studio in partnership with PBS. It’s the first Black History Month since racial unrest erupted in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Many Americans are reckoning with systemic racism in politics and culture in ways they haven’t in the past. But, just as it does today, the black church has born witness to justice and righteousness for centuries.On this special bonus episode of Quick to Listen sponsored by PBS, Christianity Today Editor-in-Chief Daniel Harrell facilitates a discussion on the black church as a spiritual, political, social, and cultural movement of the Spirit. He welcomes Dr. Vincent Bacote, Associate Professor of Theology and Director of Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College; Dr. Dennis R. Edwards, pastor, church planter, and Associate Professor of New Testament at North Park University in Chicago; and Dr. Jamal Williams, lead pastor of Sojourn Church Midtown in Louisville, Kentucky.What does it mean to refer to the “black church” when there are many distinctions that separate congregations, ranging from theological nuances to responses to social ills? What are the challenges of shepherding people in addressing racism when those people represent a range of thoughts, experiences, and skin colors?Tune in to hear faithful pastors and scholars answer these questions, share their experiences of the black church, and testify to the glorious hope of the gospel. The Black Church: This Is Our Story; This Is Our Song premieres February 16 and 17 on PBS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to a sponsored episode from CT Creative Studio.
0:27.5	February is Black History Month, the first since racial unrest erupted in the wake of George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis. A relentless pandemic furthers the exposure of racial injustice
0:33.9	in America, a systemic reality with which our politics and society continue to reckon.
0:39.3	Throughout America's too long bedevilment with this sin, the Black Church has bore witness to
0:44.5	righteousness and justice from God and Jesus Christ, but many recognize as a poor man of color
0:51.0	from the ghetto of Nazareth, born into oppression, and killed unjustly by
0:55.2	abusive power. This is a special bonus episode of Quick to Listen, a weekly podcast of Christianity
1:01.7	today, hosted by Morgan Lee and Ted Olson that delves beneath the surface of current events
1:06.9	to see how God is at work and how the church is engaged in issues confronting our world.
1:13.2	This special episode is sponsored by PBS, producers of a two-part series this month,
1:19.5	entitled The Black Church. This is our story. This is our song. It's scheduled to air February 16th
1:26.1	and 17th and reveals the broad history and culture of the Black Church and explores African-American faith communities on the front lines of hope and change.
1:36.6	Today, to discuss their own experience of the Black Church as a spiritual, political, social, and cultural movement of the spirit. We are delighted to welcome Dr. Vincent
1:46.5	Beacote, Professor of Theology, Director of Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College,
1:53.9	Dr. Dennis R. Edwards, pastor, church planter, and now Associate Professor of New Testament
1:59.5	at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago,
2:03.5	and Dr. Jamal Williams, lead pastor of Sojourn Church Midtown in Louisville, Kentucky.
2:09.9	My name is Daniel Harrell. I'm editor-in-chief at Christianity Today, and welcome gentlemen.
2:15.0	So glad to have you here with us. Let's start with an explainer.
2:19.2	How do each of you describe the Black Church, both in your own experience and by virtue of your work and study connected to it?
2:28.5	Dr. Beko, let me start with you.
2:30.3	Sure.
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