United? We Pray
Taking racial struggles to the throne of grace, United? We Pray is a ministry devoted to praying about racial strife—especially between Christians.
United? We Pray (UWP) is a ministry to help Christians pray and think about racial strife. We want to encourage Christians amid the strife to rely upon God in prayer. So our prayers can be informed, we strive to learn and write about race, racism and its effects, and theology. We aim to be biblical, beneficial, and clear in all our efforts. While we’re burdened for all racial strife, we focus on racial strife between Christians because of the unique privilege and stewardship God has given his people: to bear witness to Him and to love all people, especially one another (Gal. 6:10).
Episodes
217 episodes
Life in a Hispanic Church with Ivan Gonzalez
Ivan Gonzalez serves at Christos Para Las Naciones Church in Penson, Alabama, which is a Hispanic Church primarily serving immigrant families. Ivan joined Austin to talk about what life is like for Christians in Hispanic churches in 2025. We re...
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Episode 214
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Rethinking the Police with Dan Reinhardt
Dr. Daniel Rienhardt is a 24 year veteran of the police force. He is the author of Rethinking the Police: An Officer's Confession and the Pathway to Reform (IVP, 2023). This book is a refreshing change from most conversations about pol...
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Episode 213
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Gritty and Graceful with Caryn Rivadeneira
Caryn Rivadeneira is the author of several books for both children and adults. Her latest book, Gritty and Graceful (Beaming Books) is one we would recommend to all of our listeners. Caryn managed to give a Biblical survey of the work ...
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Episode 212
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Cloud of Witnesses with Gavin King
Gavin King is a partner at Beasley Allen law firm in Montgomery, Alabama. He has been a friend of this ministry for a long time, and in this episode, he talks with Isaac about growing up in the black church and highlights some of his personal h...
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Episode 211
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Swing Low: A History of Black Christianity with Walter Strickland II
Walter Strickland is Assistant Professor of Systematic and Contextual Theology at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also the author of Swing Low: A History of Black Christianity in the United States (Intervarsity Pre...
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Episode 210
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Thank you, Jeri!
On January 31, United? We Pray's longest-serving staff member resigned to spend more time with her family. Jeri Choi has been a blessing to this ministry for many years, and all of our listeners have benefitted from her hard work. Please join u...
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The Work of Black History with Walter Strickland II
Walter Strickland is Assistant Professor of Systematic and Contextual Theology at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also the author of Swing Low: A History of Black Christianity in the United States (Intervarsity Pre...
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Episode 209
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United? We Pray in 2025
Grace and peace! It's 2025 and United? We Pray is in an exciting place as a ministry. Last year, we recorded more content than any year prior. In today's episode, Isaac and Austin sit down to talk about where we are as a ministry and what you c...
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Episode 208
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All Peoples, Tribes, and Languages: Sermon from Revelation 22
UWP Founder Isaac Adams recently preached from Revelation 22 to Iron City Church in Birmingham, AL. We're grateful to be able to share this with you, because the ministries of Iron City Church and United? We Pray are intertwined and mutually re...
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Episode 207
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Friendship with God: Sermon Audio
Dustin Ratcliff is a pastor at Iron City Church in Birmingham, Alabama. In this sermon, he preaches from Exodus 33 on what it means to be in a relationship, even friendship, with God. Understanding these truths from Scripture has a profound imp...
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Episode 206
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Perseverance and the Black Church
As many of you know, Isaac Adams, who founded our ministry is pastor of Iron City Church in Birmingham, Alabama. This week's episode is an excerpt of a sermon he recently preached on the perseverance of the black church. We hope this testimony ...
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Episode 205
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Liberty of Conscience with Ryan King
Author and Pastor Ryan King joins Austin to talk about his new book, Every Man's Conscience, which explores the contributions of 17th Century Baptists to political theology. That might sound academic, but we have a lot to learn about h...
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Episode 204
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History of Political Idolatry with Timothy Paul Jones
Dr. Timothy Paul Jones is a professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He joins the show today to lend his historical expertise to our conversation about political idolatry. This is the final installment of the series, so if you ha...
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Episode 203
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Prayers for the Nation
A little different this week. We're just praying for the nation. Please join us in doing so.LINKS & SHOW NOTES:This UWP Podcast Episode was...
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Episode 202
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Your Joy Isn't Tied to the Election
Election week is finally here. By the time the next episode airs, votes will be cast. Whether or not we know who won by this time next week. pastor Jared Torrence joins Austin this week to talk about what we need to remember to make sure our jo...
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Episode 201
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The Legacy of 16th St. Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Arthur Price, Jr. graciously hosted us at his home church: 16th St Baptist, which was home to a terrible bombing in 1963, which claimed the lives of four little girls. Though 16th St Baptist is a national historic landmark, Dr. Price i...
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Episode 200
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Raising Mixed Kids
Jared Torrence is back with us to discuss the dynamics of raising mixed kids in multiracial families. As always on these family episodes, we are grateful for Jared sharing his experience, which is instructive for us whether we share his same fa...
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Episode 199
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Does Just Preaching the Gospel Kill Racism
Pastor Jared Torrence of Covenant Fellowship Church in Glenn Mills, PA joins Austin to talk about the relationship between fighting racism and preaching the gospel. Pastor Jared reminds Christians of the power of God for both salvation and sanc...
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Episode 198
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Apologetics with Preston Perry
Author, evangelist, and apologist Preston Perry joins the show today to discuss his new book, How to Tell The Truth: The Story of how God Saved me to Win Hearts, Not Just Arguments (Tyndale, 2024). Preston has much wisdom to share abou...
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Episode 197
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The Sufficiency of Scripture with Dr. Nate Brooks
Dr. Nate Brooks, professor at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary joins Austin today to talk about a few important doctrines of the Christian faith. The first is the sufficiency of Scripture and the second is God's common grace. How a...
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Episode 196
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Biblical Theology: Wisdom Literature
Adrianna Anderson is back once again as we wrap up our study through the Old Testament. Today we're looking at the Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament. There is so much in here about how to live a righteous life, how to seek and acquire wisd...
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Episode 195
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Political Myth: Christian Nationalism
Dr. Paul D. Miller is a professor at Georgetown University's school of foreign service. He is a veteran, patriot, and author of The Religion of American Greatness: What's Wrong with Christian Nationalism (IVP: 2022). Dr. Miller joins A...
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Episode 194
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Political Myth: The Lost Cause
Austin is joined today by Dr. Robert Elder, Associate Professor of American History at Baylor University. We're talking about the Lost Cause - the myth that the Confederacy was a noble institution and those who fought for it are worthy of our v...
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Episode 193
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Political Virtues: Love
In the final episode in this series on virtue, Kaitlyn Schiess joins us to think about the virtue of love, and how we as Christians can exercise this virtue in service of our neighbors. How can we love our neighbors with our politics? How can w...
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Episode 192
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Political Virtues: Hope
Continuing our series on political virtues, Joshua Chatman joins Austin to talk about the Christian virtue of hope and the difference hope makes for our political engagement. Josh introduces several categories of hope which he and Austin then a...
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Episode 191
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