Youth Culture Matters - A CPYU Podcast

Episode 13: "Race, Youth Ministry and The Church" with Dr. Virginia Ward

Episode Summary

Dr. Virginia Ward joins the podcast to to have a conversation with Walt and Jason about systemic racism, not only in the culture at large, but in The Church as well.

Episode Notes

Walt and Jason speak with Dr. Virginia Ward, Director of Leadership and Mentored Ministry Initiatives, Youth and Family and Ministry Leadership Studies, for Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary - Boston, also called the Center for Urban Ministerial Education (CUME). Dr. Ward discusses what it was like growing up as an African American female, what systemic racism looks like, what we can do in the world of youth ministry and The Church to build relationships between urban and suburban communities, the Black Lives Matter movement, the O.J. Simpson documentary and much more.