Our sister in Christ and frequent Pass the Mic guest, Michelle Higgins, spoke in front of 16,000 students at Urbana 2015. The Urbana conference has been going on for over two decades and is dedicated to mobilizing young people for missions. Hosted by Intervarsity, the event brings together thousands of students from all different Christian […]
Fact-Checking Before Lamenting We don’t really know all the facts. Those are the words we utter before the cultural fact-finding mission begins. Google serves as our personal private investigator. We make sure our imaginary jurors’ badges are snug against our bodies. Our eyes dart back and forth across the screen reading articles, looking to explain violence against black bodies. […]
Some of the mainline evangelical conferences are dominated with white leadership and speakers with very little or zero black and brown representation. Evangelical leaders who claim to care deeply about reconciliation and representation fail to show this when they create their conferences’ speakers list. Some evangelical conferences have either all or predominately white speakers and […]
Karen Ellis shares her thoughts on who the Church ultimately serves.
Tyler is joined by Bobby Griffith to discuss faith and race throughout the history of the church. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe – iTunes – RSS Social – @_PassTheMic – Facebook
Michelle Higgins, Director of Worship and Outreach at South City Church, has been actively involved in racial and criminal justice efforts in St. Louis ever since officer Darren Wilson killed unarmed, African American teenager, Mike Brown, in Ferguson on August 9, 2014. She has been a constant source of wisdom, experience, and insight for RAAN […]
Jeremy Williams explains that Jesus had compassion on the harassed, helpless, and those abandoned by their leaders, and why true followers of Jesus need to follow his example.
Carl Ellis tackles Reformed Hip-Hop, and explains why we do not need anyone’s permission to teach or ‘do theology’ from our unique cultural position.
Considering Jesus’ words in Matt. 7:1-6, some may say Christians hypocritically judge when they condemn certain forms of behavior. But Jesus’ remarks actually condemn hypocritical judgment, not all forms of judgment. He does not condemn the act of making accurate and righteous judgments against those who disobey his gospel. In fact, in Matthew’s gospel, Jesus […]
My generation of Christians are a unique breed. With the influence of pastors like Piper, Driscoll, and Grudem, we have taken two seemingly contradictory theological camps and mashed them together to make a new one. In the book A Call To Resurgence, Mark Driscoll calls this camp the New Reformed. In essence, this crowd holds […]
In this article, Kristie Anyabwile reminds us of forgiveness, comfort, and love to encourage women who have had abortions, and are constantly reminded of it.
Jarvis Williams expounds on Ephesians 1, and highlights why election, salvation, and predestination is all for the praise of God’s glorious grace.
Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear—but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious (1 Peter 3:3-4). Here Peter is […]
Pascale Lourdes Anty details what God taught her about the condition of her heart and the lessons she learned through a broken engagement.
In this article, Ekemini Uwan soundly explains what Jesus’ return has to do with the Black Lives Matter movement, and includes how believers can practically engage the movement.
In this article, Mark Singleton gives us an account of living in urban areas, and explains why many Christians should move and do the same.
In this article, RAAN contributor Leslie Upton tells us how God used the Legacy Conference to change her view of singleness, and reveal how it could bring glory to him.
In this article, RAAN contributor Keith Echols Jr. asks key questions about responses to racial issues, and if these responses alienate other believers.
Jemar is joined by Jarvis Williams and Phillip Holmes, fresh off the heels of this year’s Legacy Conference 2015, to discuss their sessions on contextualizing the Doctrines of Grace for an urban (and youthful) context. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe – iTunes – RSS Social – @_PassTheMic – Facebook
Wanting to be part of a national movement of discipleship making and church planting in the urban context, Brian Dye began a multi-ethnic, largely minority led, conference called the Legacy Conference. Dye serves as the director of the Legacy Conference. He also serves as an elder of Legacy Christian Fellowship, a church planting movement seeking […]
