The Racialist Lens Disrupts True Christian Unity: A Response to Thabiti Anyabwile Thabiti Anyabwile is a council member of The Gospel Coalition (TGC) and the pastor of Anacostia River Church in Washington, D.C. ..... But then he added this short paragraph, which garnered a great deal of attention: "My white neighbors and Christian brethren can start by at least saying their parents and grandparents and this country are complicit in murdering a man who only preached love and justice."