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Rev. Evan Garner of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Fayetteville explores what it means to belong before you believe, reckon with a history of enslavement, and build a parish where wholeness means all of the people. Not most. All.
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Father Jason Tyler traces 180 years of Catholic life in NW Arkansas from 1847 baptisms of enslaved people to a multilingual congregation of 2,100+ families. A conversation about solidarity, immigration, and belonging at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fayetteville.
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Historian Rachel Whitaker reveals the KKK's deep integration with 1920s Northwest Arkansas church culture, traces the line from frontier social enforcement to organized violence, and lifts up stories of congregations that chose welcome over exclusion, including one tied to the Little Rock Nine.
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