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"Dear Church," Book Tour: Houston

  • Kindred 2515 Waugh Drive Houston, TX 77006 United States of America (map)

Lenny is coming to Houston to do a free reading of #DearChurch and Q and A with some music and adult beverages. Hosted by Kindred Montrose and the good folks at Gulf Coast Synod. Tickets are free and available here -
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dear-church-houston-tickets-60425472214

Lenny Duncan is the unlikeliest of pastors. Formerly incarcerated, he is now a black preacher in the whitest denomination in the United States: the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Shifting demographics and shrinking congregations make all the headlines, but Duncan sees something else at work--drawing a direct line between the church's lack of diversity and the church's lack of vitality. The problems the ELCA faces are theological, not sociological. But so are the answers.
Part manifesto, part confession, and all love letter, Dear Church offers a bold new vision for the future of Duncan's denomination and the broader mainline Christian community of faith. Dear Church rejects the narrative of church decline and calls everyone--leaders and laity alike--to the front lines of the church's renewal through racial equality and justice.

It is time for the church to rise up, dust itself off, and take on forces of this world that act against God: whiteness, misogyny, nationalism, homophobia, and economic injustice. Duncan gives a blueprint for the way forward and urges us to follow in the revolutionary path of Jesus.

This event is free and open to all.

RSVP to this event and invite your friends on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/810756642650655/

Presented by +KINDRED, the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod, Christ the King Lutheran Church, Salem Lutheran Church, Faith Lutheran Church, and Living Word Lutheran Church

Earlier Event: May 11
Blessing of the Bicycles
Later Event: September 15
Community Meeting

2515 Waugh Dr.     Houston, TX     77006     713.528.3269