Fair Trade Episodes

Community of Christ elder Suzanne Scribner shares her story of conversion from the LDS church. Suzanne's belief in the Worth of All Persons and her roots in the Restoration helped make Community of Christ a place where she co...

Mags Edvalson, a convert to Community of Christ, struggled to find her place in the LDS church as an asexual young adult. In addition to brushing up against strict gender roles and expectations, Mags found issues with other c...

We're back with another episode in our Fair Trade series. Today Spencer Greenhalgh talks about his faith transition into Communtiy of Christ. Here he was able to find a community that would not pressure him into any particular belief, and supported the ministry of women and inclusion of the LGBTQIA…

Faith transitions almost never happen overnight. Today, Heather Holland shares about her experiences in Mormonism that eventually led her to leave, and how she has been able to find a home in Community of Christ. Host: Britta...

Faith transitions are often complex and touch every aspect of a person's life. Today on Fair Trade, new member Michelle Wilde shares her story of growing up LDS, serving a mission in Independence, Missouri, and eventually joining Community of Christ. Host: Brittany Mangelson Guest: Michelle Wilde T…

Gina Colvin is back with an update on her faith transition into Community of Christ. You can listen to her first interview here: http://www.projectzionpodcast.org/episode-187-gina-colvins-walk-with-god-and-community/ Today sh...

Leslie Dalton shares her story of faith transition into Community of Christ. She started out in a fundamentalist Christian sect, converted to the LDS, and finally found her way to this denomination where she lives out her dis...

Chapter Two of joining Community of Christ and leaving the faith of your childhood. Brittany takes us through the many layers of transitioning into new theology and culture with the recognition that every seeker represents a ...

Evan Sharley joined Community of Christ without ever meeting anyone in the church face to face. After years of deconstructing and reconstructing his faith, he was reintroduced to the church through online forums. While connec...

New Community of Christ member Elle Mills-Warner shares her story of faith transition that includes visiting a new church every week for an entire year. Having grown up in the LDS church, Elle shares that Community of Christ ...

Erin Hook has spent decades looking for a spiritual home. Intrigued by the idea of being Jesus' hands and feet in the world today, she could never find a good fit until she found Community of Christ. Today, Erin shares a little about that journey in this addition to our Fair Trade Series. Host: Bri…

Meredith Carr shares her story of finding a spiritual hope in Community of Christ after a life of running from religion. With a complicated history of going to an all girl's Catholic school and not feeling included, she was a...

Diana Wake, soon to be mother of three, found Community of Christ after taking a step away from the LDS church. Today she shares her story of faith deconstruction and reconstruction and how she was able to find sanctuary in a...

Kelly Padilla converted to Community of Christ in 2016 from the LDS church. As part of our Fair Trade series, Kelly shares about being born into the Southern Baptist church, converting to Mormonism, and eventually finding Com...

In today's episode Chantal Müller-Mukamurera shares her story of life and faith as part of our Fair Trade series. Chantal was born in Rwanda and became a refugee in Germany. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, served a full time mission, was married in the temple and had a f…

Project Zion host Brittany Mangelson has shared her faith transition story before, but today she shares a bit more of it with a perspective that time has given her. Brittany walks listeners to what brought her to Community of...

Our Fair Trade series is all about faith transitions and today we're bringing you one with Laura Pennock. Laura shares about growing up LDS in a small Colorado town, having a complicated relationship with church, and how she eventually came to find Community of Christ. Laura will be ordained a prie…

Newly ordained priest, Maggie Fout, shares her faith journey that ultimately led her to Community of Christ. Maggie grew up as a non denominational Christian, converted to paganism, and recently found Community of Christ thro...

In Part 2 of our Fair Trade episode with Brian Whitney, Brian takes us through his growing interest in Community of Christ over the last few years. Brian shares why he chose to be confirmed a member of Community of Christ and...

In part 1 of our Fair Trade episode with Brian Whitney, he shares his background with faith, religion, and what led him to Community of Christ. Brian was a convert to the LDS church as a child and joined Community of Christ i...

Our Fair Trade series is all about faith transitions and today we are featuring Kris Black! Join us as we talk with Kris about her journey with religion, God, and her ultimate decision to join Community of Christ. Growing up ...

Continuing our Fair Trade series, where we discuss faith transitions, Robin sits down with Andy Fernuik a convert to Community of Christ. Andy shares about growing up in the LDS church, fully accepting himself as gay man, and...

Michael Wright grew up LDS and currently lives in Rome, Italy. In this episode of Project Zion’s Fair Trade , Michael shares how he found Community of Christ while doing an unrelated internet search. Michael was eventually ba...

In today's episode, Brittany interviews Tyler Marz about his journey with faith and religion. Tyler grew up in the ELCA, converted to the LDS church in college and eventually found Community of Christ. He shares how his concept of God, grace and his own self worth evolved over time. Tyler was also …