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Race, Sex and Religion in the Case of Bishop Eddie Long
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyWhat is the black church? For many, it's a straight line from masses of slaves singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and praying for deliverance in the next world to modern-day masses of worshipers providing ministers with expensive gifts and undying loyalty. But just as that early American narrative leaves out the Africans who retained their Muslim and other beliefs, the attempt to make Bishop Eddie Long's story the troubled symbol of black religious thought oversimplifies -- and does an injustice to -- the varied traditions of African-American churchgoers as well as the inner conflicts of ...
Rick Warren's Recession -- and the Saddleback Stimulus
By David Gibson - Politics DailyRick Warren has a hard-earned reputation as a hugely successful megachurch pastor who specializes in mentoring other pastors in the United States and around the globe -- when he's not pitching his bestselling books or counseling presidents and world leaders, or jetting off to Davos for high-level talks. But even Warren's gifts weren't enough to protect his wealthy Southern California congregation, the Saddleback Church, from the pounding that the recession has delivered to many houses of worship. ...
Pastor Gets $2.4 Million After Plea for Donations
By not in system - AOL NewsLAKE FOREST, Calif. (Jan. 3) - Evangelical pastor Rick Warren's plea for donations to fill a $900,000 deficit at his Southern California megachurch brought in $2.4 million, Warren announced to cheers during a sermon at the church on Saturday. Warren said the amount raised after the appeal was posted online Wednesday included only money parishioners brought in person to Saddleback Church by New Year's Eve. More was arriving by hand and by mail, he said. "This is pretty amazing," said Warren, who made the announcement by bringing out 24 volunteers each holding a sign for $100,000. "I don't ...
Megachurch Pastor Appeals for Nearly $1M in Donations
By not in system - AOL NewsLAKE FOREST, Calif. (Dec. 31) -- Evangelical pastor Rick Warren appealed to parishioners at his Orange County megachurch Wednesday to help fill a $900,000 deficit by the first of the year. Warren made the appeal in a letter posted on the Saddleback Church Web site. It begins "Dear Saddleback Family, THIS IS AN URGENT LETTER." "With 10 percent of our church family out of work due to the recession, our expenses in caring for our community in 2009 rose dramatically while our income stagnated," the letter reads. Still, Warren said the church managed to stay within its budget, but "the bottom ...
Under Pressure, Rick Warren Condemns Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill
By David Gibson - Politics DailyAfter weeks of growing pressure to speak out against a draconian bill against homosexuals in Uganda that is backed by many of his Christian allies in the U.S. and the East African nation, Pastor Rick Warren on Thursday released a video and statement defending his earlier silence but also vigorously condemning the bill. Warren is a megachurch pastor in Southern California whose bestselling books and close ties to politicians and world leaders has made him the most prominent American preacher since Billy Graham. He began his video statement by explaining that the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 ...
The Not-So-Simple Life of Pastor Rick Warren
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyListening to Rick Warren is always a struggle for me. It's not because of his religion or political views, neither of which I share. It's because of the tension between his persona and his good works.The globe-trotting Saddleback Church pastor, whose "Purpose-Driven Life" is the best-selling hardcover in the English language, met with Washington writers at a lunch hosted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. He sandwiched the Friday appearance between a taping of NBC's "Meet The Press" ("I told the great David Gregory....") and trips to Paris, Vienna (he's speaking at a dinner honoring ...
Rick Warren Explains His 'This Week' No-Show: Who Knew it Was Easter?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyYesterday, Tommy Christopher detailed Rick Warren's last-minute cancellation from ABC's "This Week", where the pastor was no doubt going to be asked about being caught in a lie about whether or not he had actively campaigned on behalf of California's Proposition 8. Well, today, Politico has a story up with Warren's attempt at an explanation. Unfortunately for the mega-pastor, the explanation is likely to keep this controversy alive. First off, Warren's people want us to believe that he didn't realize what day it was that he'd agreed to appear on George Stephanopoulos's program. Via an e-mail ...
Rick Warren, Caught in a Lie, Skips This Week
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyPastor Rick Warren, controversial inaugural invoker, was set to appear this morning on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." According to Politico, he bailed at the last second:Pastor Rick Warren, after making apparently contradictory statements about his stance on a gay-marriage measure, canceled an Easter Sunday appearance on ABC's "This Week" just "moments before the scheduled interview," host George Stephanopoulos told viewers. Stephanopoulos said Warren's representatives said the best-selling evangelical author was "sick with exhaustion." The host told viewers that he wished the ...
Rick Warren Abandons Fight Against Gay Marriage?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyA growing sense of inevitability is rising across America. In the past week alone, an Iowa supreme court decision, a resounding veto-override in the Vermont legislature, and a Washington DC city council measure to recognize gay marriages performed in states that permit the practice, have all essentially reached the same conclusion: Gays and lesbians should be allowed to get married. While this social issue still has the power to divide people across the country, it seems clear that a paradigmatic shift is underway, and that before long gays will be afforded full marriage rights, and we will ...
Ponzi Schemer Allen Stanford Blah Blah - Make Fun of Christians!
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe Daily Beast's Max Blumenthal has the story of how Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford ("The Ponz" to his friends) is deeply connected to the flaming idiot Christians over at GodTube. Or something like that:Godtube spokesperson Holly Taylor claimed to me her company's involvement with Stanford has made "zero business and financial impact" on the website's parent companies, Tangle.com and Big Jump Media, and insisted that one of Godtube's funders, VCE Capital Partners, purchased only "a nominal amount of shares" with Stanford amounting to 0.5 percent of the company's total shares.Let me clarify ...
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