MTW S1 E6 Lisa Sharon Harper 1

America at 250: Cece and Malika Sit Down with Lisa Sharon Harper for the Reckoning We Need on Race in America, Evangelicalism, and Decide What World Do We Want to Live In.  Hosts Cece Jones-Davis and Malika McKinley Cox welcome Lisa Sharon Harper, author of The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right. Lisa is an activist and the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, and she leads training sessions that help clergy and community leaders organize people of faith toward a just world. In this episode, Lisa takes us deep into the history of evangelicalism in Europe and across America. She traces its roots, its capture by the political right, and its true history in the movements for abolition and civil rights. She also speaks to the growing "exvangelical" movement and what it means to truly be a person of Spirit and Truth.  What You Will Learn  Segment 1: The forgotten history of evangelicals in abolition and civil rights, and how this legacy was stolen by the political right. Segment 2: Lisa's family story, featured in her book Fortune, reveals how race broke families and nations and how we can trace our own families histories. Segment 3: Why truth-telling is essential as the first step toward repair, both in the church and in politics. Segment 3: What it looks like to hold onto faith while letting go labels that have distorted it. Lisa's book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World—And How to Repair It All, is available now wherever books are sold. Connect with us by subscribing to the podcast and following us on social media. Like, share, and send us a message with your thoughts or questions. We want to hear from you and keep this conversation going together. To Connect with Lisa Sharon Harper    / lisasharper    https://x.com/lisasharper  [email protected].   /     Follow Mend the World Podcast on the following handles, and subscribe. To support MTW Podcast and join our online community, go to our Patreon at:   / mendtheworldpodcast    Facebook |   /   / themendtheworldpodcast Instagram |   /   / mendtheworldpodcast TikTok |   /   / mend.the.world X | https://x.com/MendingTheWorld /CeceJonesDavis https://cecejonesdavis.com/ Instagram |   /   / cecejonesdavis /Malika McKinley Cox https://www.malikamckinleycox.com/ Substack https://substack.com/@malikamckinleycox Instagram |   /   / malikacox