Why can't people just get over talking about race?

Ever heard that line?

Or how about we live in a post-racial world?

We even had a black president.

Of course, if racism doesn't exist, then we don't have to deal with it.

But as you're about to hear, racism, sadly, is alive and well, not just in our culture, but within the church.

Welcome to The Roy's Report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church.

I'm Julie Roy's. And on this podcast, you're about to hear a powerful talk from our restore conference by Dr. Lena Kalentine.

Lena is a pediatrician and an educator and a

former faith leader in the Evangelical Church, but she's also a friend of mine who's walked

an incredibly difficult and painful journey as a black woman in the white evangelical church.

This is a journey that white evangelicals often don't acknowledge, and as you'll hear,

it's an experience I once didn't believe or affirm. But just like I've had my eyes open to

abuse and corruption in the church, the past few years have opened my eyes to racism in the church

as well. And coming to terms with this reality has been hard, because I've had to deal with

my own ignorance and indifference,

and I've had to acknowledge my complicity with a sinful system that treats persons of color

as less than full bears of the image of God. But what Lena did, coming into a predominantly

white space and delivering this message was even harder. And I think that's something I haven't

realized until recently

as well. So many of our Black, Hispanic, Asian, and indigenous brothers and sisters

have been profoundly wounded and traumatized by white Christians. And they have every reason to expect

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