Episode 7 | A Den of Thieves: Church as Business Institution with Brandon Lokey

The one time in scripture we see Jesus get violently angry, it’s in a church- a church selling goods for profit and treating it like a business. This story is so well known, it got a moment in Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Jesus Christ Superstar. And yet, we still see news story after news story, documentary after documentary, about churches abusing their power and putting profit before people.

In this episode, I’m talking with my dear friend, Brandon Lokey, who spent decades committed to the Southern Baptist Convention. Together, we have an informative conversation about his experience with church as institution, what brought him to the choice to leave, and how he sees his faith and church now.

Resources

• Read a Book that Impacted Brandon on His Journey: Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans

• Read a Book About Women and Church: The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison Barr

• Read a Book About Homosexuality In (or not in) Scripture: God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships by Matthew Vines

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