United? We Pray

Overview: 

Omar Johnson is a pastor in Maryland, just outside of DC. He shares about his ministry in a difficult context, and how other churches are cooperating to help.

Links & Show Notes:

Here is the sermon on Psalm 131 that Omar preached at Iron City Church. This is the book Omar mentioned about the history of prosperity gospel preaching in some black communities.  

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Episode Overview: 

Alicia Akins is author of the forthcoming book, The Gift of the Outsider. She joins Austin to talk about how reading books by authors of diverse backgrounds leads to greater understanding.

Links & Show Notes:

Alicia’s new book will be available for pre-order soon. Her last book, which is excellent, is available here. 

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Episode Overview: 

Ryan King is a pastor in London, who also spends time in Ukraine. He shares what ethnic prejudice looks like in Europe and how that is similar and different than in the US.

Links & Show Notes:

Ryan’s article for us on the time he blogged about the lost cause and his dad confronting him over it. 

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Episode Overview: 

Dan Darling is director of the Land Center at Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary. He stopped by to talk about discernment, truth, and Christian virtue.

Links & Show Notes:

Here is more information on the Land Center at SWBTS. The article Dan mentioned on negative epistemology. Austin’s article on learning from those outside your own tribe. 

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Overview: 

Dr. Mark Johnson is a professor at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He joins Austin and Isaac to talk about life as a black seminarian and professor.

Links & Show Notes:

For more about Dr. Jonson, see his bio here. 

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Episode Overview: 

Austin and Isaac discuss the good desire to hire people from diverse backgrounds and the challenges that can present.

Links & Show Notes:

Parts one and two of our conversation with friends about being the lone black pastor at a majority-white church. 

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Overview: 

Austin and Isaac kick off season ten by answering a question we get often: “How big a deal is the race conversation?” We answer that by looking to Scripture, and by examining the relationships and contexts in which the question is asked. 

Links & Show Notes:

Isaac’s article about historical asymmetry. Austin’s article about the different ways different people engage racism.  

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Overview: 

We’re back! 10 Seasons running and we are grateful to God for what He is doing through this ministry. Austin and Isaac give some good news about the ministry, and give some tastes of what this season’s podcast will be like.

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Episode Overview: 

This is a talk given by Isaac at a local church in Alabama explaining why it is so hard for us, even as Christians, to talk about race. We pray you are encouraged by it. 

Links & Show Notes:

• Isaac’s article explaining why he started this ministry. 
• And here’s the link to our donation page for anyone wanting to partner in our year-end match. 

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Episode Overview: 

This is the last new episode we plan to release this year. Isaac and Austin remember how United? We Pray started, the motivations behind it, where we are, and where we hope to go. We will be posting some classic episodes over the holidays, so stay tuned for that. 

Links & Show Notes:

• Isaac’s article explaining why he started this ministry. 
• And here’s the link to our donation page for anyone wanting to partner in our year-end match. 

Support the show

To learn more about United? We Pray, follow us on Instagram and keep exploring our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more!