The Fellowship Hall

Christopher West

The Fellowship Hall is a podcast about racial justice, radical friendship, and the Christian community. This podcast showcases voices from across the Christian world who are engaged in the work of racial justice, equity, and bridge-building. Just like a church fellowship hall, we are joining hands in prayer, sitting around the table to break bread, and talking about the church. This is where friendships are built and where everyone has a seat at the table. Join us for some delicious conversation!

Episodes

  1. Rev Brittany Graves (ABHMS)- Advocacy and Collective Action

    11/13/2021

    Rev Brittany Graves (ABHMS)- Advocacy and Collective Action

    Rev Brittany Graves is the Associate Coordinator of Public Witness & Advocacy with the American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS). As a graduate of Truett Seminary, Brittany has experienced and worked alongside many flavors of baptist life. Today, she helps “faith leaders, clergy, creatives, and nonprofits to speak up on pressing issues of injustice, providing inclusive language and creative storytelling to bring allies and supporters along in fulfilling the work of justice and advocacy.” In this episode, Brittany invites us to think creatively about advocacy and shares some wisdom about the importance of listening in living out the gospel. Check out her Advocates Prayer writing here: “Let Anti-racism be a cornerstone to the way you live”.  Brittany's Nuance Tea podcast is on anchor at https://anchor.fm/nuanceteapodcast. Also, all are welcome to join their social media community on Facebook and Instagram @nuanceteapodcast. Some resources mentioned in this episode: The National Council of Churches Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC)  American Baptist Mission Society “The Advocates Prayer” which you can find here. Luke Bretherton “Christ and the Common Life” and his podcast “Listen, Organize, Act” Aaron Griffiths, “God’s Law and Order: The Politics of Punishment in Evangelical America” (Harvard, 2020) Keep an eye out for Nancy Ammerman’s new book “Studying Lived Religion”

    39 min
  2. Michelle Osborne and Jarred White (RAFI)- Anti-Racism and Growing Just Food Systems

    08/13/2021

    Michelle Osborne and Jarred White (RAFI)- Anti-Racism and Growing Just Food Systems

    On this episode of The Fellowship Hall, we hear from Jarred White and Michelle Osborne from the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI). Michelle and Jarred work at Come To The Table, a program that works with faith communities to cultivate relationships and build the power of local growers in hopes of building better, more sustainable food systems. Michelle is a senior program manager at RAFI who holds master's degrees from Duke Divinity and from the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work. Jarred is the Farm and Faith program manager at Come to The Table. After graduating from Duke Divinity, Jarred worked as a staff pastor at a church in Raleigh where he helped lead several racial justice-based initiatives and programs. He is also a World Vision Fellow, through which he helped direct attention to issues that affect migrant farmworkers. Through their stories and work, they share with us how race has played a part in widening agricultural disparity and some of the reasons why only 4 percent of US farm owners are people of color. We hear from Jarred and Michelle about the Farmers of Color Network and Challenging Corporate Power program, as well as other ways to get involved with RAFI’s work. If you have any specific questions or want to learn more about helping launch a local CSA to support your local farmers, you can contact them at michelle@rafiusa.org and jarred@rafiusa.org. You can also sign up for RAFI’s email list to stay informed by CLICKING THIS LINK.

    31 min

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The Fellowship Hall is a podcast about racial justice, radical friendship, and the Christian community. This podcast showcases voices from across the Christian world who are engaged in the work of racial justice, equity, and bridge-building. Just like a church fellowship hall, we are joining hands in prayer, sitting around the table to break bread, and talking about the church. This is where friendships are built and where everyone has a seat at the table. Join us for some delicious conversation!