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The LGBTQ-affirming, openly pro-choice Vice President of Jemar Tisby’s Black Christian Collective Organization has written a new book; I Won’t Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You.

Indeed, she won’t “shut up.” This is the same woman who advised black women not to enter into interracial relationships with white people; then, she said that she’s concerned about the number of black ‘coons’ running for political office because white people are ‘weaponizing’ them. 

She also said that white children are racist after observing THIS normal playground behavior and that white people enjoy the viral ‘It’s Corn!’ video because they’re racist. She recently accused a nine-year-old girl of engaging in problematic behavior” by wearing a “black hairstyle” and therefore being guilty of being white supremacy and “cultural appropriation.” From the Amazon book description:

Being Black in a society developed by white men to benefit white men means constantly pushing back against systems that were not constructed for your flourishing. White privilege. White cultural norms. White beauty standards. White noise. You’re made to feel that your life doesn’t matter, your opinions aren’t valid, and your entire existence is too loud. It can feel like the whole world is telling you to shut up.

To these forces, Ally Henny is here to say, “No. I am a loud Black woman, and I won’t shut up.” Ally knows what it’s like to navigate racism and racialized sexism, having spent most of her life in predominantly white spaces. She’s not taking it anymore, and she’s calling you to join her in resisting racism by speaking the truth–no matter the cost. In this compelling book, Ally tells her own story of finding her voice, pushing back against oppression, and embracing her unique perspective as a loud Black woman. And she invites you to find your voice in a world that tries to silence you.

And a few samples (click to enlarge)

Unsurprising, her book is endorsed by Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes, a radical, a pro-choice, pro-LGBTQ+ feminist who once wrote a devotional asking God to help her hate white people, and her boss Jemar Tisby, who says the book is about ‘amplifying your voice to create a more just and inclusive world.’

Given her constant race-baiting and racial invective, Henny’s voice is the last one that needs amplifying.

The forty-seventh in this year’s series showing our brothers and sisters in Christ gathering for church service as faithful believers.

While going to church does not make one a believer, refusing to faithfully attend a local church should seriously call that faith into question. This is a glimpse of what the global church is up to, and will feature images in chronological order, week to week, of the men and women being obedient to the scriptures. As always, click pictures to enlarge them.

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Shannon Harris, the ex-wife of famed apostate Joshua Harris, has written a memoir about her time as a Christian wife, delving into her deconstruction and how she rescued herself from the cult of evangelicalism.

In 1997, at 21, Joshua Harris published his first book, “I Kissed Dating Goodbye.” The book became a bestseller and resonated with many young Christians who sought guidance in their romantic relationships. Harris advocated for a more intentional and biblical approach to dating, promoting the idea of courtship and abstinence before marriage.

The success of “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” propelled Harris into the national spotlight, and he became a sought-after speaker at conferences and events. He went on to publish several other books, including “Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship” and “Not Even a Hint: Guarding Your Heart Against Lust.” His writings emphasized the importance of sexual purity, emotional purity, and surrendering one’s desires to God’s will.

Harris would eventually take over the pastorate of Covenant Life Church from C.J. Mahaney but step down in 2015 to do a little deconstructing. By 2019 he had renounced his faith, divorced his wife, and became a pro-choice, pro-LGBTQ atheist.

Shannon’s book, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife, is about that journey by his side and her own deconstruction into a pro-choice, pro-LGBTQ atheist. According to her website:

The Woman They Wanted recounts Shannon’s remarkable experience inside Big Church–where she was asked to live within a narrow definition of womanhood for almost two decades–and her subsequent journey out of that world and into a more authentic version of herself.

Entering conservative American Christianity was like being drawn out to sea, she writes, inexorable and all consuming. Slowly, her worldview was narrowed, her motivations questioned, her behavior examined, until she had been whittled down to an idealized version of femininity envisioned as an extension of her husband and the church. This decidedly patriarchal world, perpetuated even by the other women, began to feel like a slow death.

However, when Sovereign Grace Ministries fell apart due to leadership conflicts and Shannon found herself outside church circles for the first time in years, she heard her intuition calling to her again. As she began to shake off the fog of depression and confusion, that voice grew louder. In honoring it, she awakened to the realities in which she had been trapped and found her truest self.

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Openly gay ‘Christian’ artist Semler had her new single ‘Faith’ top the Christian iTunes charts on the last day of Pride month, beating out such mainstays as Chris Tomlin, Brandon Lake, Cece Winans, and Phil Wickham to take the number one spot.

Semler (Grace Baldridge) is a newcomer to the Christian music scene, a ‘married’ non-binary lesbian who has been gaining some publicity after her previous profanity-laced album briefly held the top spot on iTunes Christian and Gospel charts. Last year she toured with Relient K, the queer-affirming former Christian band, gaining prominence and visibility. She also recently wrote the “world’s gayest worship song” after channeling the hurt of someone who “broke my heart for Jesus.”

Ticking off all the boxes you’d expect to see from a woman with her haircut, last year she raged against the ruling to overrule Roe v Wade, tweeting out a link where people could give to nearly 90 pro-choice abortion funds, then pleaded to be considered for “Best New Artist” at the 53rd annual Dove Awards, an event she ultimately attended.

Though she briefly held the number #1 spot, her song has not gained airplay on Christian stations yet, but with the way things are going, it’s just a matter of time.

Elevation Church, the 20-location, 25,000-member multisite church led by Steven Furtick, has withdrawn from the Southern Baptist Convention over the issue of women’s ordination, making it the second most prominent church to part ways with the embattled denomination. 

In a message sent to the Credentials Committee, Elevation Church CFO Chunks Corbett explained that “Elevation Church is withdrawing its affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention effective immediately,” and “our Statement of Beliefs on our website is very much in line with the Baptist Faith and Message – we have no intention of changing those core beliefs.” 

While they did not give an official reason for leaving, noting that “We have no plans to make a public announcement on this decision,” sources have told Protestia that their departure was a direct result of the SBC forcing the issue with Rick Warren and Saddleback. 

And why wouldn’t they? The church is teeming with women ‘pastors’ and should have been expelled a long time ago. The fact that they weren’t is an indictment against the cowardly Credentials Committee who have refused to do their jobs for years.

While Elevation Church keeps staff names hidden from public view, a perusal of LinkedIn and social media finds lady pastors are about as abundant as we thought. To offer a few, apart from Furtick’s well-known pastor wife Holly:

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And lastly Shannon Eichorn, who was ordained in 2022.

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Bonus content.

Steven Furtick is known for having the term “narcegesis” (narcissistic exegesis) named after him based on his inability to exegete scripture in a way that doesn’t make every story revolve around him, as well as his penchant to wear outfits that cost more than most mortgages and buddying up to Trinity-Denier T.D Jakes.

Here are some of his best/ worst hits:

Never Forget: The Steven Furtick Coloring Book+ All the Pages We Have Uncovered
Uncovered! 2013 ‘Boot Camp Book’ from Steven Furtick’s Elevation Church. Feat. ‘THE CODE’
Steven Furtick Engages in Rank Heresy: ‘What God is; You Are’
Would you Pay $2480.30 For Tickets to a Steven Furtick/ Elevation Worship Concert?
Steven Furtick’s Son’s New Rap Song Ft. Guns, Sex and Designer Clothes+ Mother Endorses
Steven Furtick Says God Doesn’t Make You into a New Creation
$1090 Sweater? $1990 Handbag? $2720 Coat? Round-Up of Preachers N Sneakers
Steven Furtick Goes on a Wild, Wild, Willllldd Rant about Betas and Blessings
‘Twerking for the Lord?’ Steven Furtick Laughs as TD Jakes Disgraces his Wife
Steven Furtick Screams ‘I Am God Almighty!’ In Wild Sermon
Steven Furtick Promotes Trinity Denier’s Book + Says His Kids Think his Words are Scripture
TNB drops Millionaire Heretic Kenneth Copeland after 40 years, Picks up Millionaire Heretic Steven Furtick

NAR ‘Apostle’ and heretic extraordinaire Brian Simmons continues saying weird and wonky things, claiming that the Holy Spirit is feminine in a newly unearthed video and lamenting, ‘I don’t know why we don’t talk to Her.’

It’s a strange claim, given that The Passion Translation of the bible refers to the Holy Spirit as a ‘he,’ countering his own claims. (Simmons is the author and creator of TPT. He claims that during a trip to heaven, Jesus appeared to him and gave him “secrets” of the Hebrew language, which is the basis of the book_

In a message preached at a Passion for LA event, put on in conjuction with Bethel’s Schools of Supernatural Ministry, Simmons makes the following claim:

Isaiah 4 verse 3 ‘it’s the spirit of fire that cleanses the daughters of Jerusalem’ which is a picture, the women of Zion is a picture of churches, local churches are feminine. Jesus is not coming back for a husband, and the bride is his (favorite?) We are feminine in his eyes, we are feminine.

By the way, did you know the Holy Spirit in both Greek and Hebrew is always feminine? But nobody would want to talk to Her that way. I don’t know why we don’t talk to Her. I think we got an issue or two but that’s alright.”

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h/t to Revealing Truth for the video and the thumbnail, which I stole from his video.