Thread by @WokePreacherTV

Tyler Burns, the new president of The Witness BCC, says his Christian school gave him "no answers" on these topics (at least in his first year):

-black people
-how to treat the poor
-criminal justice
-the Obamas
-the least of these

"Why doesn't the church center black voices? Can the church talk about black issues without centering voices, and I'm not just talking about on a stage. What about our theology? What about our leadership? What about our ecclesiology?"

Source. Some commentary incoming on this one...

The issue with most false teaching and liberal theology is when people don't use a consistent definition on a common term, or introducing novel or obscure terms without defining them. I watched a guy recently who did explain "centering" clearly:

https://twitter.com/WokePreacherTV/status/1385593976376414209

So, there's the possibility that Tyler isn't using "centering" the same way as Dennis. He could just be saying "I'm on the stage right now, but you need me and people like me on more stages more often." But let's draw out what it means with the more expansive definition.

If "centering whiteness" means catering your message to a white target audience, we're talking about proselytization in this context. The talk started out by declaring yte Xtians don't even understand Matthew 25, much less live it out. They are outside the kingdom!

Now, if you are trying to convert yte Xtians (the same way yte Xtians are trying to convert Mormons or Roman Catholics), would it not make sense to speak in an idiom they understand, if you truly desire to win them to the Lord? (1 Cor 9:20-22)

If you are trying to win someone over to your position but simultaneously insist that your idiom must not change for the sake of their persuasion, there's a word for that:

Colonialism.

To tie it to the new term...

Christianity: "I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some."

"We have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things."

Christienmity: Center my voice, or else!