Something powerful happens when the gospel speaks directly into your cultural and personal context. In this profound conversation, Kellie Brown unpacks her vision for Kinship—a ministry contextualizing gospel renewal specifically for African-American communities through Serge's renewal team. She reveals how her own experience with Sonship transformed her understanding of grace, shifting it from just another theological concept to the central foundation of Christian life. Join us in exploring how Kinship addresses unique aspects of the African-American faith experience—particularly the profound role of lament, joy, and justice.

In this episode, they discuss…

• Kinship Ministry (04:21)
• Church Planting in Atlanta (09:06)
• Contextualizing Sonship for African-Americans (18:41)
• Lament in African-American Faith (31:08)
• Joy and Justice in Community (38:45)
• Missions and Cultural Transformation (48:11)

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Referenced in this episode:

• Revisit Ministry Burnout and Gospel Renewal with Howard & Kellie Brown and Finding Joy When Life is Hard with Josiah Bancroft
• Dive into Serge’s blog with Real Rest: Being Yoked to Christ; One Pastor’s Journey to Joy and Freedom Through Understanding True Fatherhood and Sonship; and I Wrote a Book About Joy Then Life God Hard
• Read 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘯: 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵
• Bible references: Luke 22:42, James 4:1-12

Credits:

Our guest for this episode was Kellie Brown, Program Leader for Kinship Initiatives on the Serge Renewal team. For over 25 years, Kellie has served in church ministry: as a Church Planter, Worship & Arts Director, Women’s Shepherd, Church Planting Assessor, and Operations Director. This episode was hosted by Jim Lovelady. Production by Evan Mader, Anna Madsen, and Grace Chang. Music by Tommy L.

𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝑷𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 is produced by SERGE, an international missions agency that sends and cares for missionaries and develops gospel-centered programs and resources for ongoing spiritual renewal. Learn more and get involved at serge.org.

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