Launched in 2016, Unfit Christian™ is a digital faith community dedicated to dismantling the Christian Evangelical legacy of anti-blackness, misogyny, and colonialism within our spiritual practices. Together, we deconstruct religious harm and co-create an experience of faith that empowers us to become whole.
My Book, The Day God Saw Me as Black, is a culmination of a decade of public religious deconstruction/decolonization work and a lifetime of my faith journey. Available October 29, 2024, The Day God Saw Me as Black is an imagining of what could be if we stopped denying ourselves — and each other — full liberation. With foreword by Academy Award Nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
A digital pastor, spiritualist, and public theologian for Black folks who are tired of fear-based faith that punishes us and are ready for an experience of faith that makes us holy AND whole.
I’m here to guide you to liberation. That’s my dream. I want to get people free & doing faith differently.
The best part? We get to co-create this journey together.
In a single word? Unfit Christian is resistance. It is liberation. We are different.
Unfit Christian is for the person who blasts Megan thee Stallion in the parking deck at 5:30 AM to set their day. Because for our kind of people, listening to Megan ride a trap beat is as much a devotional hymn as How Great Thou Art.
For the Unfit Christian, bars like “don’t call me sis cause I’m not your sister” makes us quicken just like “all I have needed, thy hand has provided.”
We love the feeling in our bodies when we hear her rapping. We delight in the raunchiness of her lyrics as a signifier of our deliverance. We’ve got an experience of God beyond the narrative the church gave us that our bodies and their yearnings are sinful.
We love how Megan reminds us that others should not be at the center of our worlds. The words of her lyrical sermons remind us that not only do our needs matter, they come first – a lesson among things taken in the robbery of our autonomy by the Purity Culture and Black church experiences.
Unfit Christian is for those who found freedom in leaving behind all that the Church taught them to know – and all who seek to do the same. Through Unfit Christian, I co-create with people a freedom that allows us to find God in the strangest places & love Her fiercely.
Are you new to decolonizing (deconstructing) your faith and in need of starter resources? It’s not an exhaustive list, but it’ll get you going.
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The foundation of my religious tradition, ethic, and moral life is grounded by one dominant influence: Charismatic/Pentecostal Christianity. I formally identify as Christian+ as an acknowledgment of my integrated faith practices.
My lived experience as a Black woman influences my interpretation of Christian theology and dogma as well as my personal ethics regarding gender, race, sexuality, and hegemony. I am a spirit-guided lay practitioner whose work is influenced by multiple methodologies and peer mentored by respective elders of those systems. These include indigenous African practices, ancestral veneration, conjure, and divination systems.
While I do hold it as sacred, I do not believe the Bible to be inerrant or infallible – nor do I believe it is exhaustive of humanity’s experiences of God. I’m not a biblical literalist and I have a low Christology – meaning that I am more focused with understanding the lessons of Jesus’ humanity than the miracle of his divinity.
Unfit Christian unquestionably affirms the humanity of LGBTQ+ persons as holy, divine, and fully included in the body of Christ. We do not affirm Biblical texts of terror that condemn and harm our #QueerlyBeloved community and instead commit ourselves to re-reading these passages in their proper historical and cultural context.
Absolutely. The Unfit Christian community members represent a number of identities, beliefs, and paths — including atheist and agnostic folks. I believe that my own faith practices are enhanced through cultural exchange. My work is grounded in mutual respect and all who honor that are welcome.
I no longer offer tarot divination as a one-off service. In order to honor my need for mutually beneficial spiritual work, I now offer divination services as a 2-hour mini coaching session. To prevent burn out, I only offer a few spots annually for this service. TAP HERE to learn more.
Thank you for thinking of me! Your best next step will be to submit a podcast guest request through my contact page. TAP HERE to learn more.
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