Pastor Donell Colbert of The Chapel at Antioch (Instagram: @Chapelantioch) stopped by this week for Episode 50 of the ChoppedByT Podcast. Pastor D told T and Scoe about the experience of growing up in Chicago in the 1980s when crack hit the black community. He also opened up about becoming a gang member as a teenager, becoming a pastor at 21, and how to frame your expectations of church people and your environment.
Timestamps:
2:19 – A feeling a youth seeing young people with vision
3:09 – “Sheltering” your friends' feelings
5:24 – I saw my first murder at 10 years old
10:54 – Gangs were created to protect neighborhoods in Chicago
16:45 – How to fix violence in Chicago is simple
19:50 – Gang Law and Literature in today’s society
21:24 – I became a pastor at 21 years old
27:14 – How to identify the voice of God
32:17 – Church people can be the worst people in the world
41:14 – Religion versus spirituality
42:04 – Gangbanging your religion to other people
44:05 – Religious people can’t have open conversations out of fear of exposure
50:54 – The environment doesn’t highlight religious people willing to speak up
53:24 – Advice for the older generation not willing to have an open conversation
56:44 – People fall in love with your testimony over your background
1:01:54 – Unhealthy expectations from the culture and people around you
1:07:54 – You look stupid when you speak on things you haven’t read or lived
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