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Going to a white church in a Black body

Jun 14, 2023
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ANECDOTE

Vika's Question

  • Vika Aronson, JC's wife, questioned his adherence to Christianity given its history of oppression.
  • JC explained that the Bible focuses on liberation, and oppressors misuse it by omitting key parts.
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Dante's Similar Path

  • Dante Stewart, like JC, grew up in a Black Pentecostal church and later joined white evangelical spaces.
  • As a child, he even faked speaking in tongues to play drums in church.
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Drawn to Simplicity

  • Dante was drawn to the simplicity and different feel of the white evangelical spaces at Clemson.
  • It offered a contrast to his Pentecostal upbringing where he felt pressured to conform.
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