1. If you haven’t heard about this story, what race do you think Beatty is? Poll below:
2. Poll: Based on the NBC New York tweet above, I think Bevelyn Beatty is:
(If you already know, please don't vote.)
(If you already know, please don't vote.)
3. Okay, now go read the article. Has your guess about her race changed?
4. Here's an archived stream from her YouTube channel. What I want to know is if she believes in Black Jesus or White Jesus or #AllJesusesMatter? #JesusMatters
5. She's been arrested a lot lately. A couple of weeks ago she and her colleagues from At The Well Ministries were arrested in Cape Coral, Florida "after they caused a disturbance and attempted to enter City Hall via a restricted stairway."
news-press.com/story/news/202…
news-press.com/story/news/202…
6. I forgot to keep retweeting this so not too many people responded.
Total votes: 103.
Interesting that 25% thought she was white, 18% black, 5% NBPOC (the rest wanted to see results).
Total votes: 103.
Interesting that 25% thought she was white, 18% black, 5% NBPOC (the rest wanted to see results).
7. If I hadn’t known who she was I probably would have seen the tweet and assumed she was white. Really important to look past tweets and headlines for the full story. News stories are not always what they seem.
8. Someone sent me this lengthy timeline of some strange happenings in Chicago related to two fundamentalist Christian-owned businesses and controversial statements made by the family members who own them.
medium.com/@crangel7/on-n…
medium.com/@crangel7/on-n…
9. Beatty is identified as a member of the controversial church, Metro Praise International, that the owners of Nini’s Deli and Chicago Native also attend, although the News-Press article above identifies her as a resident of New Jersey.
10. Heavy.com linked Beatty to MPI. Beatty’s non-profit, At The Well Ministries is partnering with them for a Jesus Matters event in Chicago next month. They have another Jesus Matters event scheduled for October in New York.
heavy.com/news/2020/07/b…
heavy.com/news/2020/07/b…
11. Beatty held a #JESUSMATTERS meet & greet in Cape Coral, Florida where they discussed "engaging the culture and taking the nations for Christ."
eventbrite.com/e/jesusmatters…
archive.vn/HpfBU
eventbrite.com/e/jesusmatters…
archive.vn/HpfBU
12. Unclear if she was working with members of any church for the Black Lives Matter mural vandalism.
13. Looking at photos from Metro Praise International and Fordham Manor Church, the Bronx church she is partnering with for the NY Jesus Matters event, the congregations are racially diverse and include POC.
14. Beatty’s objections to the Black Lives Matter Global Network and the movement are rooted in a hodge podge of reasons that “they don’t care about black people”.
“Black lives don’t matter until Jesus matters!"
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“Black lives don’t matter until Jesus matters!"
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15. Her black colleague is led away in cuffs by a black cop while screaming “BLACK LIVES MATTER IS A DEMON! IT’S THE DEVIL! IT’S DESTROYING THIS NATION!"
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