This conversation has created unity among those who have grieved together, but it has also exposed division between those who have not. We were integrated as a family, but instead of being equals in the family, we came in as cattle, were released, separated and then integrated back in the 1960’s - but not integrated equitably as family.”Ī nationwide conversation about racial inequality reignited in July when police killed black males Alton Sterling and Philandro Castile on back-to-back days, and footage of the deaths released online. That’s a race conversation, except we have 400 years of broken relationship. In that counseling session, he recognized a similarity between those frictions. “I noticed that both parties were individually frustrated, and neither had paused enough to understand the barriers between one another,” Thompson said.Īt the time, Thompson had mediated hundreds of relationships, not only for marital conflicts, but also racial ones as well. Two years ago as BJ Thompson counseled a husband and wife about their marriage, he experienced a revelation. At North Texas, he served as a founding member of the global Unashamed Movement.īJ Thompson: RECONCILING HUSBAND AND WIFE, BLACK AND WHITE As a student, he graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and from Union University with a master’s degree in Christian Studies. He had previously held the role of the outreach director for ReachLife Ministries. BJ is also a campus director at Morehouse University in Atlanta for The Navigators, an international Christian outreach ministry. He has been married for 14 years to his wife, Vanja, and they have three children. Follow and on twitter and instagram for all your music and entertainment updates.BJ Thompson is the director of Build a Better Us, a marriage ministry which he co-founded in 2008. Stay tuned to for all your music and entertainment news. There was no separation from The Gospel and those who need The Word the most. But if you resonate more with the current Christian culture, you’ll hopefully find context for those doing life outside the walls who wonder if God truly loves them as they are.” 1 Phewįor Phew and many of his peers, the Church being next door to the Trap House is not unusual. “If you come from the streets, you’ll get it. “ This new music is informational for the church, but healing for the streets,” he explains. He is focused on a greater purpose which includes creating music that the holy and the hood can feel and relate to. I don’t think it’s being talked about in Christian music, so I feel it’s necessary to bring it up.”ġK Phew’s smooth delivery, swag, and evocative vocals have an infectious quality that is streetwise yet commercially viable. I’m not saying it’s good or bad, but it’s my experience and a lot of others’ as well. Because of that environment, I was exposed to a lot of “sin” in or around the church. ![]() Sometimes these things would be happening at the same time service was going on. ![]() In the Church House Trap House music video directed by Caleb Seales and Jerrell Lamar, 1K visually takes you to the church which was right next to the trap house. “ For me growing up, going to church meant seeing drug deals and shoot outs on the way. Ahead of his upcoming album, As I Am, 1K Phew is releasing a series of singles including, “ Church House Trap House” ft 1K Pson and “ The Offering.” On “ Church House Trap House,” he rhymes, “I used to wonder why my uncle was in that kitchen where all them pots are/I used to wonder why my Pastor was in that room where all them glocks are!”
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