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Billie Watts and Kerry Kirtley

This interview is with Billie Watts and Kerry Kirtley, co-pastors of the Touchstone Community Church. Billie and Kirtley share their passion for creating an inclusive, justice-seeking community outside of their previous ties to certain denomination’s…

Tags: Belonging, COVID-19, Family dynamics, Justice, LGBTQ+, Methodist Church, Ministers, PFLAG, Progressives, Religious leadership, Seminaries, Touchstone Community Church, Travis Park, TX - Boerne, United Church of Christ, Youth Ministry

Daryl Horton

This interview is with Daryl Horton, a minister at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Daryl discusses helping students sustain their faith and community through the pandemic and transitioning his congregation to church in this time. He talks about his…

Tags: Anti-racism, Black Americans, Christians, Community, COVID-19, Faith, Interfaith, Marginalized communities, Religious leadership, TX - Austin, Youth Ministry

Jake Maxwell

This interview is with Jake Maxwell, Pastor of Second Baptist Church in Lubbock, Texas. Jake is interested in contemplative or meditative practice within organized religion and uses that knowledge to run a progressive Baptist church. Jake also speaks…

Tags: Baptists, Catholicism, Catholics, Christianity, Christians, Mental health, Pandemic, Religious leadership, Second Baptist Church, Social distancing, Texas Tech, Theology, TX - Lubbock, White privilege, Youth Ministry

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Billie Watts and Kerry Kirtley

Daryl Horton

Jake Maxwell