Faith Unleavened

At a young age, the Black church introduced them to a God of love, empowerment, and joy. But an encounter with White Jesus set them on a path that nearly destroyed their faith altogether. Persistent police brutality against Black people, and the white church's persistent excuses for it, forced Spencer-Helms to carefully identify how the idol of whiteness keeps Christians captive, and how we can burn the idol down. With brilliant prose and gripping storytelling, they take us on the painful but li