"The disconnect came when I went to church and I saw people as I got to know them better that did not seem to have the same character as my dad, that is to say, they did not seem to be people that were hard-working, genuine, authentic, transparent kinds of people, and yet they were the people that sort of moralistically condemned people like my dad, people that smoked cigarettes, that didn't go to church and that occasionally drank a can of beer."
-Gordon Venturella

Everybody has a story, a story that makes us who we are today. This is the story of Gordon Venturella. When our paths crossed eight years ago, he was a pastor at a church in LA County and at the time, I would never have imagined that we would someday become good friends. Of all the pastors I have ever met, he had a message that I was completely unfamiliar with. One that challenged the institution of the American Christian Church and you are about to find out why.


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