Dr. Alexander Jun is Professor of Higher Education at Azusa Pacific University in Southern California. He is the author of multiple books and won 1st place at the 2020 ROAR Story Slam in Los Angeles (you should really take 5 minutes to watch his performance!). He is also a ruling elder at New Life Presbyterian Church in Fullerton, CA and in 2017 was elected as Moderator of the 45th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. 

James Roberson is the Lead Pastor of The Bridge Church in Brooklyn, NY. During our conversation, we talk about his conversion experience, what it took to convince his wife to plant a church in Brooklyn and what it was like to live in his neighborhood as the pandemic began and after the announcement that Joe Biden had been elected as President. Also, make sure to check out Pray March Act, an organization James helped start to help the Church speak out against injustice.

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Cam Triggs is Lead Pastor of Grace Alive in Orlando, FL, and the Director of Urban Apologetics for the Jude 3 Project. During our conversation, we talk about growing up in Jacksonville, FL, playing guitar, the theological mash-up of being exposed to Reformed theology while part of a Black Baptist church and the joys and challenges of planting a multi-ethnic church. After you listen to our conversation, check out Cam's latest article over at the Jude 3 Project. 

On this episode, Matt answers a question about diversity in the church, the limitations of white evangelicals' approach to confronting racism and shares a framework for leading a church in the work of racial justice.

On this episode, Matt answers questions about why the church is so divided along the lines of race and politics, as well as the tools needed to repair what racism has broken and what it takes to build a better future together.

Derrick Puckett is Pastor of Renewal Church of Chicago and President of The Chicago Partnership. During our conversation, we talk about growing up in Gary, IN, how his wife was instrumental in his decision to become an apprentice of Jesus, and how God has used his entrepreneurial tendencies to start multiple organizations that bless college campuses, cities and the world. 

Lamont English is the Assistant Director for MTW West Coast while also serving as an intern at Soaring Oaks Presbyterian Church in Sacramento, CA. During our conversation, we talked about growing up in San Diego, Lamont's journey from the Black church into the PCA, and the challenges that come from being "Presbyterian while Black".

Jerome Gay is the founding and teaching pastor of Vision Church in Raleigh, NC. During our conversation, we talk about growing up in Washington, D.C., pastoring in an urban context and a more nuanced way to understand and talk about racism. Jerome's brand new book, The Whitewashing of Christianity: A Hidden Past, A Hurtful Present and A Hopeful Future, is available now.

Paul Little is the Pastor-Teacher of Bibb Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Macon. GA. Our conversation covers what it's like to pastor in your hometown, the role of technology in ministry and the legacy and ongoing reality of systemic racism today.