Rev. Mindi Welton-Mitchel, a Seattle pastor, joins Christian Citizen Editor Curtis Ramsey Lucas for a conversation on doing ministry in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak. Then, Rev. Bryan Jackson, who wrote about the first fatality from COVID-19 in the United States occurring in his neighborhood of Kirkland, Washington, for the Christian Citizen, updates us on ministry in his context during the pandemic.
Show Notes
Both interviews took place on Friday, March 13th. As we’re all now aware, news around the coronavirus changes fast. These interviews, while still very recent, already have some dated pieces of information and we encourage you to continue following the advice of your local leaders, health care professionals and the CDC. On our website, the Christian Citizen has put together a list of resources from the CDC, the American Baptist Home Mission Societies and a link to a ministry group on the ministrElife platform as a way to keep informed and engaged. Those resources can be found at
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The Christian Citizen is edited by Curtis Ramsey-Lucas and is a publication of the American Baptist Home Mission Societies. The show, website and newsletter are produced by Joshua Kagi. Stories are copy edited by Hannah Estifanos. Our Art Director is Danny Ellison.
The Christian Citizen editorial board is: Dr. Jeffrey Haggray, Laura Alden, Susan Gottshall, Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, the Rev. Sarah Strosahl-Kagi, the Rev. Salvador Orellana, the Rev. Dr. Marilyn Turner-Triplett and Rev. Cassandra Carkuff Williams, and our advisors are Cherilyn Crowe, the Rev. Kimberlee Payton Jones, the Rev. Steven D. Martin, the Rev. Marvin A. McMickle and the Rev. Harold Dean.
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