Word: pastoring
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Burns Strider, founding partner of the Eleison Group and former religious outreach director for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, says this church in Tenleytown might appeal to you. "Although it's an old church in northwest D.C., the pastor - Rev. Charlie Parker - was once a community organizer. He brings years of not just talking about his faith from a pulpit but also doing it," says Strider. The worship style and theology of Methodists isn't terribly different from what you're used to in the UCC denomination. And, Strider notes, there are a lot of children's programs at Metropolitan...
...guessing you'll want to find a congregation that has at least some racial diversity. That will be difficult if you want to find another UCC church, which is, as you know, a predominantly white denomination. And let's be honest: a top concern will be finding a pastor who is, shall we say, not Jeremiah Wright. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
...mixed-race, less-affluent neighborhood in northwest D.C. - and Stief says it's very oriented to social justice: "They have a lot of international missions, sending members to Africa to do HIV work, for instance." Though there is another black UCC church in town, Stief warns that its pastor might be too "far left" for the First Family - "I'm not sure Obama would go to that church after the experience with Jeremiah Wright." The only downside to People's: the well-respected senior minister is there on an interim basis, and there's no way of knowing who will...
...intended to be as intimate as it ended up. Obama, says Hunter, "just wanted to pray with some folks," and his religious liaison arranged a conference call with Hunter, Dallas Pentecostal megapastor T.D. Jakes, Houston Methodist minister (and George Bush favorite) Kirbyjon Caldwell and Otis Moss II, the retired pastor of Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland. But Obama was delayed, Jakes had to appear on live TV, and Caldwell had to board a plane, explains Hunter; so the candidate ended up praying with just Moss and Hunter. (See pictures of Barack Obama's campaign behind the scenes...
...original version of this article incorrectly identified Otis Moss II as Otis Moss III, and stated that he succeeded Jeremiah Wright at Obama's old church in Chicago. Otis Moss II is a retired pastor of Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland...