Viral Sermon Blaming Black Parents for Police Killings Sparks Mother’s Day Protest

While many Atlanta families were getting ready for church or preparing Mother’s Day brunch on Sunday, Jimmy Hill stood alone in protest outside one of Atlanta’s fastest-growing houses of worship, 2819 Church.

Located in southwest Atlanta — and boasting 800,000 followers on YouTube and nearly half a million on Instagram — the church went viral last month when founder and lead pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell gave a sermon telling Black parents to stop blaming white cops for killing Black kids.

“Instead, teach your Black children to be obedient towards authority” Mitchell proclaimed…

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