“I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole life, "Why is my own church, my own community, rejecting me because of my sexuality?".” WholeCommunityChurchMy OwnStyleGrewBandGrew UpAskingSexualityWhole LifeSouthernBaptistsChoirRejectingSouthern Baptist Author:Roger Ross Williams
“Coming from the South and growing up in L.A. where it was so segregated - worse than the South in many ways - all the people in my neighborhood were from the South. So you had that Southern cultured environment. The church was very important. And there were these folk ways that were there. I was always fascinated by these Southern stories, people would share these mystified experiences of the South. I wanted to talk about folklore.” PeopleWayImportantStoriesWantedChurchGrowing UpEnvironmentGrowingShareSouthFolksNeighborhoodSouthernFascinatedFolkloreStory People Author:Charles Burnett
“My priorities are leaning more towards family, and I credit my southern upbringing to that. I was raised in the church as well, and God plays a big role in my upbringing and my life.” WellsPlayBigsChurchRolesRaisedCreditPrioritiesSouthernUpbringing Author:Omari Hardwick