Faithfully Podcast

Chetachi Ecton is a single mom and domestic abuse survivor who founded the When In Need (WIN) Foundation, a New York/Philadelphia-based nonprofit “aimed at improving the lives of children and adults in our global community.” She tells us how she emigrated from Nigeria to the United States when she was a teenager, eventually had to flee an abusive marriage, and climbed out of poverty to create a better life for herself and her three children.

Kristi Watts, former "The 700 Club" co-host, talks with Faithfully Podcast host Nicola A. Menzie about her new projects, politics, racism, and what it was like being the first black woman working alongside Pat Robertson as co-host for 14 years. Recorded Oct. 4, 2016. More: faithfullymagazine.com [music: bensound.com]

The issue of Islamophobia came up in this episode of Faithfully Podcast because of a recent panel discussion about ‘Muslims and the Media’ at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., that host Nicola Menzie attended. One of the panelists, Dalia Mogahed of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, explained that Islamophobia hurts all Americans.

The Rev. Kip Banks discusses how his church is affected by the Black Lives Matter movement, and why he believes the prosperity gospel has distracted some Black churches from their role in prophecy and protest. Banks is also former general secretary of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, the church convention of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

In this episode of Faithfully Podcast, Rapzilla’s Chad Horton and music writer Justin Sarachik join hosts Nicola Menzie, Keisha Boston and Vincent Funaro in a conversation about race, Christianity and hip-hop.

(Originally published June 17, 2016) The Rev. Waltrina Middleton, founder of Cleveland Action, speaks with Faithfully Podcast about how forced narratives of forgiveness dominated media coverage of a racist gunman’s murder of 9 Christians during a Bible study at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 17, 2015.

The Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow joined the Faithfully Podcast crew recently to share his thoughts and observations on some issues Asian Americans face when it comes to experiences relating to race and culture.

Leroy Barber discusses taking the helm of HopeMob and how plans to use the revamped nonprofit to serve communities of color.

(Originally published April 30, 2016) Why do some White Christians from the South feel so strongly about the Confederate flag? Was the Civil War really about states’ rights or was the conflict ultimately about slavery? — These are just some of the questions we discuss with Mississippi history professor Dr. Otis W. Pickett. Pickett is also co-founder of the Prison to College Pipeline Program. Learn more at https://faithfullymagazine.com/faithfully-podcast-5-christians-confederate-flag-civil-war/.