Reclaiming Christianity from MAGA: Pastor LaTrina Slater on Trump's Jesus Image, Affirming Faith, and the Christian Left

About this episode

Pastor LaTrina Slater discusses the intersection of Christianity and LGBTQ identity amidst the rise of MAGA Christianity.

Host Radell Lewis sits down with Pastor LaTrina Slater, a mental health professional with over twenty years in the field and author of a new book chronicling her journey reconciling Christianity with her identity as a gay woman. LaTrina serves as pastor of an affirming church and founded Grace Revolution, a ministry focused on youth, adults, and families in marginalized communities. This conversation lands in the middle of a national reckoning over Christian nationalism, after President Trump posted (and deleted) an AI generated image depicting himself in the likeness of Jesus Christ, sparking backlash from evangelicals, Catholics, and Pope Leo XIV. LaTrina and Radell unpack how MAGA Christianity has hijacked the faith, why so many Christians have been duped into tolerating anti Christian behavior in the name of two wedge issues (abortion and gay marriage), and what genuine Biblical values actually demand of believers. Topics covered include: affirming theology and LGBTQ Christianity, the weaponization of scripture against the queer community, why choice and free will are one hundred percent Biblical, how Christian values (generosity, charity, healing, feeding the hungry…

People in this episode

Host: Radell Lewis

Guest: Pastor LaTrina Slater

Topics covered

• Christian nationalism
• LGBTQ Christianity
• affirming theology
• political power and religion
• Biblical values
• MAGA Christianity

Keywords

• Christian nationalism
• LGBTQ
• affirming church
• Biblical values
• MAGA
• religion and politics
• mental health
• Christian left

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