Black Pastors for Biblical Values vs Obama and his values

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New Jersey pastor saddened by Jakes praising of Obama- "Dallas megachurch pastor Jakes says he "watched with visible goose bumps"....Fellow black pastor Clenard Childress says Jakes, the man Time Magazine and CNN once referred to as "America's Best Preacher," is showing that biblical moral values are not his top priority...New Jersey pastor Childress, the president of L.E.A.R.N. Northeast, says he is saddened that Jakes and others in the black community have "lost sight of the values that made this nation great and made African-Americans a resilient people."...Childress believes many black Americans who support Obama are putting their emotions ahead of their value system and says he was disturbed by Jakes' "touchy-feely" response to Obama's victory. "Undoubtedly, his position on the issues that are dear to the church and that make up the foundational basis of our preaching, Barack Obama is opposed to. And we are going to have to really do some soul searching that we've aligned ourselves and we are pledging allegiance to a person who is contrary to the scripture and the word which we carry each day, which we preach each day, which we teach each day," Childress contends. Childress says it will be difficult for Jakes to preach biblical moral values to his church members now that he has aligned himself with a politician who has no problem with abortion and homosexuality."

Jakes continues to draw fire for Obama remarks-"Another African-American pastor is reacting to Bishop T.D. Jakes' high praise for the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nomination of Barack Obama....Pastor Ken Hutcherson of the Antioch Bible Church in suburban Seattle took issue with Jakes' apparent inference that, if Obama had not received the nomination, it would have been an indication of continuing racism in America. "Absolutely. I think we all have to agree that if he [Obama] didn't get it, American, evidently hasn't even come very far since slavery," Hutcherson said sarcastically. "And, since Hillary [Clinton] didn't get it, woman's suffrage is still going on." "We have to back down and say, 'Okay, praise God that there has been a whole new day,'" Hutcherson continued. "But then, we have to quit our emotions and open up our minds and look at: What are the qualifications for this man to be president of the United States?" Hutcherson believes too much emphasis has been placed on Obama's race, to the exclusion of questions about the Illinois senator's record, beliefs, and plans. "You can get excited about the first black man that's going to be the nominee for the Democrats for president. I mean, that's a first. You can get all excited about firsts. But, then, you've got to come back down to reality," Hutcherson continued. "You would always think that the first should be someone that everyone is going to believe is capable of doing a great job. You don't want the first anybody or anything to end up being a bad choice and a bad influence and bad for America." Hutcherson says he remembers watching the firsts achieved by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and former University of California Regent Ward Connerly. "When I look at what the first for the Democrats, [the] African-American that they have chosen, I'm excited about the first," Hutcherson concluded. "But I have no excitement about believing that that choice is going to be best for America."

Black 'conservatives' blasted for pro-Obama remarks-"Two black conservatives -- one a pastor, the other a leader of an urban ministry -- say they can't understand why a number of black Republicans have publicly said they are considering voting for Barack Obama this election. It should be about character, they say, not skin color...Hutcherson says he understands being proud of a black man, but he notes that for years black conservative leaders have screamed that it is not about color -- it is about the content and character of one's heart. "... [A]nd some of these same guys seem to be forgetting that that's what we're supposed to be doing now," says Hutcherson."

Click on Obama and Africa to see a contrast in values between the two that may be applicable here in America. Also, see "Bush of Africa" and Bush's "PEPFAR" for contrast: Darfur, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia and Namibia: Americas' Approval Ratings Soaring in Africa and see the contrast of values between Democrats and Republicans when approving the renewal of this bill in 2008 now that democrats are in majority: Breaking Good News from Jena, Louisiana.

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In first three articles above Pastor Ken Hutcherson (first black Dallas Cowboy linebacker, see below under Racism) makes pro-values comments. Check out how public school teachers treated him during an invited speech at their own school on Dr Martin Luther King Day. Bearing in mind that his daughter attends this school and introduced her father at the assembly that this occurred at.

For more on this story: Awesome 2 minute online videos worth sharing/And an Ex Muslim testimony of Christ/The Hutcherson story.

Racism

Jew nor Greek: Church Bridges Race Divide-"Ken Hutcherson pastors Antioch Bible Church, a thriving, multi-cultural congregation in Seattle, Wash. Here blacks and whites worship the same God in the same place." For more on Racism: Black History Month, Racism: Is there an answer?, Breaking Good News from Jena, Louisiana., Good News: Update on Jena Revival/Racial Reconciliation and PBS William Wilberforce Documentary to air within a week.