# The Backstory S01E04 Metropolitan AME

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Podcast: [The Backstory Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backstory-podcast-7733603)
Published: 2026-04-27T13:39:15+00:00
Episode link: https://thebackstory.podbean.com/e/come-to-the-table-metropolitan-ame-s-storytelling-revolution/
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Duration seconds: 3837

## Resource

Welcome to The Backstory episode featuring Metropolitan AME Church’s storytelling project. The team describes their “Come to the Table” approach built around three tables—Welcome (hospitality and church in the wild), Imagination (artists and creative expression), and Creation (climate justice). They emphasize research-driven, ethical, non-extractive storytelling aimed at engaging Black Gen Z “dones” through listening, focus groups, and collaborative production. The conversation covers early planning, challenges with distribution and impact measurement, questions of compensation and ownership, and the hope that these experiments—supported by a grant—will amplify marginalized voices, strengthen community ties, and model new ways for faith communities to welcome and connect.

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