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Jenell Chavis and Charles McKnight get to hear from Devin Coleman. Devin is the Pastoral Intern at Columbia Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC.

In this episode, Devin talks about growing up in the small town of Pageland, SC, life as a preachers kid, how his family felt about him leaving his home church, and more!

Referenced in the episode:

HBCU Link at Cola Pres: https://colapres.com/hbcu-link-2022

Campus Outreach at Benedict IG: @co.benedictcollege 

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Jenell Chavis and Kellie Brown chat with Ashley Williams. Ashley is the Ministry Coordinator at Grace Mosaic PCA in Washington, D.C. 

In this episode, Ashley talks about growing up in an all-white church in the south, her decision to pursue ministry, what ministry has been like for her in a multiethnic church in D.C., music, and more! 

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Kellie Brown and Charles McKnight sit down with Denine Blevins. Denine and her husband live in Huntsville, Alabama. Denine is the Executive Director of Parakaleo, an organization that trains, supports, and values women in church planting. 

In this episode, Denine talks about growing up in New York, her passion for cross-cultural ministry, how she found her way into the PCA, why she believes the Lord is calling her to stay in the denomination, and more! 

To learn more about Parakaleo visit, https://parakaleo.us/

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Charles McKnight and Jenell Chavis chop it up with Anthony English. Anthony and his wife and children live in Sacramento, CA. Anthony is the Assistant Director of the West Coast Hub of Mission to the World (MTW).

In this episode, Anthony talks about growing up in California, his road to ministry, his bouts with racism in the PCA, why he chooses to stay in the PCA, and more!

Referenced in episode:

• Netflix’s Black AF: Season 1, Episode 5
• Follow Anthony on:
  • Instagram: @antenglish89
  • Twitter: @lamontEnglish89
  • Facebook: Anthony English
• Mission To The World (MTW): https://mtw.org/about/hubs/mtw-west-coast

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Kellie Brown and Jenell Chavis chat with Candace Robins! Candace is a Partner Services Coordinator at Jackson Leadership Foundation and is also the Assistant Music Director at Redeemer Church in Jackson, MS.

In this episode, Candace talks about her church background, country living, selecting and leading music in a multicultural and multigenerational church, and more!   

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Jenell Chavis and Charles McKnight get to know Alicia Akins! Alicia is a published author, she works for the Fulbright program, and she is a student at Reformed Theological Seminary in D.C.

In this episode, Alicia talks about living in Asia, the persecuted church, what she, as a black woman, has learned from Asian Christians, her new book, and more!

Follow Alicia on Twitter: @FeetCryMercy
Blog: feetcrymercy.com
Invitations to Abundance is available wherever books are sold!

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Charles McKnight and Jenell Chavis sit down with Jerome Douglas. Jerome is a student at Reformed Theological Seminary Orlando, works full-time in brand marketing, and is a pastoral intern at Christ Community PCA in Hartford, Connecticut. Jerome shares how he came to faith, his road to seminary, planting black churches, and more!

Follow Jerome: @rev.rome and jerome_douglasjr

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Jenell Chavis and Kellie Brown get to know Shanez Padgett. Shanez is the Director of Worship and Media Arts at Christ Community Church in Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina. Shanez shares the sequence of events that led him to this position and the challenges and triumphs he faces as a black man leading worship in an all-white church. 

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If you’ve been listening to BTP for any length of time then you know that we haven’t been shy to voice the difficulties and challenges we have as black people in the PCA. There just isn't a lot of Black folk in the PCA and, with that, comes inevitable hardships, BUT we are choosing to stay in these spaces. After we aired our last bonus episode, “Do Black People Have a Place in the PCA” we started getting a new round of questions about why we stay in the PCA. So we wanted to hop back on the mic and explore that question a little more and hear from each other about why we stay.


Links mentioned in episode:

• History of African American Presbyterianism Timeline: aampca.org 
• Pretty Brown Skin (feat. Eugene Kiing & Mav City Gospel Choir: https://youtu.be/xGaXgM8TgQQ

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In this special bonus episode, Jenell, Kellie, Charles, and a special guest (gotta listen to find out who!) talk about how welcomed we are as black people in white PCA churches, the cross-cultural PCA church, the struggles for black church planters, the importance of all black PCA churches, how we can see black growth in the PCA and more! We’re speaking plainly and laying it all out y’all so check out this special bonus episode! Stay with us until the end to hear about LDR 2022! 

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