Faith and Race Podcast

Episode 6: What We've Learned

About This Episode Podcast hosts Rev. Sharon Williams, Rev. Russell Ewell and Rev. Fabian Gonzalez discuss some of the things they learned as they interviewed members of

Episode 5: Social Justice and Taking a Stand at St. James UMC

About This Episode Kansas City, Missouri. St. James United Methodist Church launched in 1973 when two small churches combined. Listen in as current pastor Rev. Dr. Emmanu

Episode 4: Engaging the Community for Justice in St. Louis

About This Episode St. Louis, Missouri. Union Memorial was founded in 1846 on three foundations: Love which is a God-given light from heaven, a spark of that immortal fir

Episode 3: Keeping Time in KC's Jazz District

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Kansas City, Missouri. In 1907, Asbury Chapel and Burn Chapel consolidated to form one church: Centennial Methodist Episcopal Church. In this episode,

Episode 2: New Life and Legacy in St. Louis

ABOUT THIS EPISODE St. Louis, Missouri. After the 1917 East St. Louis Race Riots in Illinois, much of East St. Louis's Black population fled the death and destruction and

Episode 1: Faith and Resilience at Pitt's Chapel

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Springfield, Missouri. Pitt's Chapel is a testament to strength in adversity: beginning in times of slavery, through the lynchings of innocent Black

Faith and Race Podcast Season 3 Trailer - "The Saints Before Us"

The Missouri Conference of the United Methodist Church is excited to announce the release date of season three of the Faith and Race Podcast. Beginning on May 5, new epis

BONUS Episode: Racial Autobiographies of Past Faith and Race Podcast Guests

About This Episode In this episode we revisit the racial biographies of our past guests Rev. Winter Hamilton, host Connor Kenaston and Rev. Tina Harris.   In This Episod

Episode 8: Live Panel - Who Lynched Willie Earle with Revs. Will Willimon and Willis Johnson

About This Episode In this episode, we listen to a live panel with Revs. Will Willimon and Willis Johnson. Rev. Will Willimon is the former dean of the chapel at Duke Uni

Episode 7: Women in the Church and the Power of Prayer with Rev. Lia McIntosh

About This Episode In this episode, guest host Nick Rhinehart interviews Rev. Lia McIntosh, the a missional strategist for the Center for Congregational Excellence in the

Episode 6: Racial Equity as it Connects to Faith with Karen Yang

About This Episode Host Kenneth Pruitt interviews Karen Yang. "It wasn't until I moved to St. Louis that I really understood race in terms of oppression. Before that I

Episode 5: Racial Justice in Largely White Contexts with Rev. Winter Hamilton

About This Episode Host Kenneth Pruitt interviews Rev. Winter Hamilton of Manchester United Methodist Church in St. Louis. Hamilton is an Ordained Deacon. Together they t

Episode 4: The Intersection of Faith and Race with Jeff Jaekley and Alie Flores

About This Episode Host Connor Kenaston interviews Rev. Jeff Jaekley who serves as the Native American Representative on the MSJ Team for the Missouri Conference of the U

Episode 3: Two White Guys Talking about Race and the Church with Kenneth Pruitt and Connor Kenaston

About This Episode Host Connor Kenaston chats with Kenneth Pruitt. Pruitt has worked for the Diversity Awareness Partnership and in this podcast is transitioning in as th

Episode 2: Being Honest with Ourselves with Rev. David Gilmore

About This Episode Join host Connor Kenaston as he talks with Rev. David Gilmore, who served for 20 years in the U.S. navy, and later as a pastor in Missouri, before beco

Episode 1: Identity as a Light-Skinned, Black Person with David Hartsfield

About This Episode In this first episode of season 2, host Connor Kenaston talks to David Hartsfield. Hartsfield is a political scientist who has done research work in We

Episode 8: Who Are We and Who Can We Be With Rev. Tina Harris

About This Episode Host Connor Kenaston interviews Rev. Tina Harris who served as a human resource professional, later as an attorney and diversity expert for several law

Episode 7 Bonus Content: Institutional Racism and Justice Movements, Then and Now with Cassandra Gould

Welcome to the Faith and Race Podcast! The Faith and Race Podcast is designed to help churches host constructive dialogue about faith, race and the Church. Every episode

Episode 7: Institutional Racism and Justice Movements, Then and Now with Cassandra Gould

About This Episode Host Connor Kenaston interviews Rev. Dr. Cassandra Gould, who is the pastor of Queen Chapel UME Church in Jefferson City. She is also the Vice Presiden

Episode 6: White Flight and the Story of a Black Female Police Officer with Patricia Flernoy

About This Episode Host Connor Kenaston interviews Patricia Flernoy, who served with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department for 30 years before retiring. "Amongs