In episode 534, co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla begin a new series highlighting the ministries of some of Beeson's African American alumni in conjunction with the school's African American Ministry Emphasis Month. We begin the series with a conversation with the Rev. Dr. Tyshawn Gardner, who is senior pastor of Plum Grove Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, vice president of student affairs at Stillman College, and Beeson adjunct professor.