(RNS) — Cameron Strang, the founder and CEO of Relevant Media Group, found himself under attack from a host of former employees this week who accused him of behavior they said was racially insensitive and changed depending on his mood.
Relevant Media publishes a Christian bimonthly geared toward young evangelicals, as well as a website and a network of podcasts.
It was the allegation of racial insensitivity that came in a Twitter barrage on Wednesday (Sept. 18) after Relevant recommended a podcast episode about race and the church on the social media platform.
In reply, Andre Henry, an African American writer who served as Relevant’s managing editor from October 2017 through July 2018, shot back: “Several experiences & stories from my time at @RELEVANT … convince me the org is not committed at all to creating an antiracist culture internally to produce a race podcast with integrity.
“Nor do they honor Black people,” he added.
Henry followed his tweet with a blog post on Medium, titled “Black Christians Deserve Better Than Companies (And Churches) Like Relevant Media Group.”
“The company is in need of the very information they wish to publish for others,” Henry wrote.
Henry’s retorts spurred a stream of online testimonies from people who used to work for Strang, both African American and white, men and women, who…
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