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S2E14 - BONUS Introducing La Ventanita Podcast

What would it look like if a church was planted with the expressed purpose of reaching bi-cultural, 2nd and 3rd generation Latinos? What would some of the initial challenges be? How would a pastoral team tackle them?

On this bonus episode, we introduce you to World Outspoken’s newest podcast, La Ventanita. Pull up a seat with Jeremy Barahona and Joshua Suh to hear about the process of church planting on the south end of West Palm Beach… as it’s happening. La Ventanita Podcast gives you a behind the scenes look as Jeremy and his team launch The Light WPB, a church deeply committed to the neighborhood.

Expect talk about everything from the Bible, hip-hop, and Latinidad. The episode you are about to hear gets into the honest struggle of church plant fundraising. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to La Ventanita on your favorite podcast app. And don’t forget the Mestizo Podcast returns this March 2022 with lo Bueno como siempre.

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Purchase Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity

Don’t forget that as a listener of The Mestizo Podcast, you can get 30% off + free US shipping when you use the promo code: MESTIZO. Don’t wait. Get a great deal on a great book, today.

S2E13 - BONUS Interview w/ Cardec Drums

On this episode, we switch things up, sitting down with 2x Dove Award Winner, Tu Premios Música Urbana winner, and co-owner of No Apologies Music, Jacob Cardec, known as Cardec Drums.  We sit down with Cardec to discuss his vision of bridging the English speaking hip hop world con la musica Cristiana Urbana. He shares his earliest experiences with the church, how he manages the tension of being between world, and the future of No Apologies Music.

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Purchase Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity

Don’t forget that as a listener of The Mestizo Podcast, you can get 30% off + free US shipping when you use the promo code: MESTIZO. Don’t wait. Get a great deal on a great book, today.

You can also register here to join Dr. Robert Chao Romero on THURSDAY, FEB 3 (2PM ET / 1 PM CT / 11 AM PT) for a webinar titled Developing Christian Leaders with Seminary Now.

Have a question you want answered on the podcast? Leave us a message at 312-725-2995. Leave us a 30 second voicemail with your name, city, y pregunta and we’ll discuss it on the last episode of the season. You can also submit a question using the form on this page.

S2E12 - BONUS Mixed Take Crossover

Today we introduce you to one of World Outspoken’s other amazing podcasts, Mixed Take. On this podcast Robert Rivera and Donielle Alicea discuss how the mixing of cultures and heritages in the US - influence film, television, and other forms of media and entertainment.

On this episode, Doni and Robert interview actor and singer Jennifer Hudson and director Liesl Tommy on their film RESPECT. Doni and Robert also have interviews with actor, singer, and fellow Boricua, Robin De Jesus, actor Jimmy Gonzalez, and other episodes dealing with the ways the media landscape is changing.

Check out Mixed Take on your favorite podcast app for more episodes like the one you’re about to hear. Oh and…

If you haven’t heard of the book Brown Church, you’ll want to get yourself a copy today. Robert Chao Romero, the son of a Mexican father and a Chinese immigrant mother, explores the history and theology the “Brown Church.”

Romero considers how for five hundred years, Latina/o culture and identity have been shaped by their challenges to religious, socioeconomic, and political status quo, and takes readers through this history of activism and faith in the Latina/o church. Brown Church appeals to the vision for redemption, which includes not only heavenly promises but also the transformation of our lives and the world.

Get your copy today at ivpress.com. And as a listener of The Mestizo Podcast, you can get 30% off + free US shipping when you use the promo code: MESTIZO. Don’t wait. Get a great deal on a great book, today.


Support the Mestizo Podcast by giving today.

Have a question you want answered on the podcast? Leave us a message at 312-725-2995. Leave us a 30 second voicemail with your name, city, y pregunta and we’ll discuss it on the last episode of the season. You can also submit a question using the form on this page.

S2E11 - BONUS Atando Cabos

On this bonus episode, we hear from our sister and madrina, Elizabeth Conde-Frazier about her newest book, Atando Cabos: Latinx Contributions to Theological Education. We discuss the loose ends she explores, the importance of respect, and what we can all learn about how education is changing from the margins.

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Learn more about the The 2021 Justo and Catherine Gonzalez Lecture Series here.

Purchase Atando Cabos en Español here.

Have a question you want answered on the podcast? Leave us a message at 312-725-2995. Leave us a 30 second voicemail with your name, city, y pregunta and we’ll discuss it on the last episode of the season. You can also submit a question using the form on this page.

S1E6 - Celebrating The Brown Church

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On this episode, we sit down with Dr. Robert Chao Romero to discuss his upcoming book Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity. We explore the cultural and theological riches of the Brown Church, discuss heroes of the Latina/o community, and the future the Brown Church envisions. Join us as we listen to Dr. Chao Romero.

Have a question you want answered on the podcast? Leave us a message at 312-725-2995. Leave us a 30 second voicemail with your name, city, y pregunta and we’ll discuss it on the last episode of the season. You can also submit a question using the form on this page.

Interested in purchasing Brown Church? Visit https://www.ivpress.com/brown-church and use promo code “MESTIZO” for 30% off and free shipping. This expires 6/30/20.

Thank you to InterVarsity Press for sponsoring this episode!

InterVarsity Press serves those in the university, the church, and the world by publishing resources that equip and encourage people to follow Jesus as Savior and Lord in all of Life. IVP books educate, refresh, and empower those who are seeking reconciliation and justice in our communities and around the world. Since they began publishing books in 1947, IVP has been committed to elevating the voices of women and authors of color. For more information, visit www.ivpress.com/readwomen and www.ivpress.com/diversitymatters

 
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About Dr. Robert Chao Romero

Rev. Dr. Robert Chao Romero is "Asian-Latino," and has been a professor of Chicana/o Studies and Asian American Studies at UCLA since 2005.  He received his Ph.D. from UCLA in Latin American History and his Juris Doctor from U.C. Berkeley.  Romero is award winning writer, publishing 15 academic books and articles on issues of race, immigration, history, education, and religion.  

In addition to being an attorney and professor, Robert is an ordained pastor.  Together with his wife Erica, he is the co-founder of Jesus 4 Revolutionaries, a Christian ministry to activists, as well as board member of the Matthew 25 Movement in Southern California.