Go Tell It In The Jungle: Part 2

In this episode, Em and Matt (aka thesnarkygent) discuss the rest of the story of Jim Elliot and his fellow missionaries who were famously killed in Amazonian Ecuador in 1956. Over the years the facts were blurred or obscured by evangelical leaders so as not to tarnish the “good work” of foreign missionaries, and few have dared to set the record straight. This is the second episode in a 2 part series covering the events leading up to their death, the incident itself and what happened afterward–with analysis on its impact on evangelical culture and doctrine, white Christian Nationalism and beyond. If you just stumbled upon this podcast for the very first time today, it's highly recommended that you go back and listen to Part 1 first, or this episode will be very confusing.  Work Cited  Long, Kathryn T. (2019) God in the Rainforest: A tale of martyrdom and redemption in Amazonian Ecuador, Oxford University Press, New York, NY.  https://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/exhibits/Ecuador1956/02.1%20Elliot%20.htm https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1901-2000/jim-elliot-no-fool-11634862.html https://www.imb.org/2019/04/22/after-jim-elliot-good-bad-ugly/ Guest Info Matt aka TheSnarkyGent https://twitter.com/thesnarkygent The Life She Wrote https://linktr.ee/thelifeshewrote   Credits: Original music by R. Scott Okamoto rscottokamoto.com

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Purpose. Hope. Justice. For all those harmed in white evangelical spaces. Emily is a blogger who has been writing about faith deconstruction and religious trauma related topics for 3 years. As someone who grew up inside white evangelicalism (of the charismatic Pentecostal variety) and didn't leave until she was 35 years old, she's done everything from children's ministry, to church administrative work, to leading small groups and ministries, to church finance, to writing small group curriculum. Now she advocates for those who've been abused by those same church systems and doctrine.