Jacob leaves the family home. Openly gay Choir Director, Carlton, is fired due to odium among the deacons for this and having his partner in tow. Grace dines with a reporter. Charity thaws and Kevin sleeps the night in with his family.
Despite pushback from Grace and Charity, Lady Mae sets out to fire Carlton, the church's openly gay choir director, after half of the Deacon Board withholds their tithes in protest to his sexuality. Grace finds herself romantically pursued by Darius Nash, a journalist who's been covering the Greenleaf family in the papers. Charity is confronted by Kevin, who feels excluded from his son's life.