COVID-IV: Rev. Christian Briones

from Connectional · host Katy Lee

You’ve never heard a trio of millennial pastors in conversation quite like this before! Therefore you get a little extra for this quarantine conversation. (You’re welcome)  This episode has everything: dating as pastors, claiming and naming religious trauma, PlayStation 4, Pokemon, PETA, and a few little things like warlocks, witches and unpacking white supremacy during COVID-19. About Christian: Rev. Christian Briones is a first-generation U.S. citizen and a native of Garland, TX. His mother came to this country from El Salvador and his father from Mexico. During high school, he felt the call to ministry and moved to Abilene to pursue a degree in Biblical Studies from Hardin Simmons University. In an effort to build a fresh expression of Christian community, he spent a semester in London with Awaken Church. His Master of Divinity degree with a concentration in Sexual and Gender Justice is from Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth. He has been Associate Minister at Mayflower UCC Church in Minneapolis, MN for almost one year now.

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You’ve never heard a trio of millennial pastors in conversation quite like this before! Therefore you get a little extra for this quarantine conversation. (You’re welcome) This episode has everything: dating as pastors, claiming and naming religious trauma, PlayStation 4, Pokemon, PETA, and a few little things like warlocks, witches and unpacking white supremacy during COVID-19. About Christian: Rev. Christian Briones is a first-generation U.S. citizen and a native of Garland, TX. His mother came to this country from El Salvador and his father from Mexico. During high school, he felt the call to ministry and moved to Abilene to pursue a degree in Biblical Studies from Hardin Simmons University. In an effort to build a fresh expression of Christian community, he spent a semester in London with Awaken Church. His Master of Divinity degree with a concentration in Sexual and Gender Justice is from Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth. He has been Associate Minister at Mayflower UCC Church in Minneapolis, MN for almost one year now.

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