Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 1:01am
Black pastor slams Wright's message
Black minister and Harvard Law School graduate Bishop E.W. Jackson Sr., began a campaign to make clear that Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's controversial pastor, does not represent black preachers or what is being taught in black churches across America. "This kind of virulent Anti-American bigotry is anathema to the black church experience where we focus on love, forgiveness, personal responsibility and a healthy dose of patriotism and prayer for our country," Jackson said.
He also objects to the Anti-Israel bias which Jeremiah Wright expresses. "We include prayer and support for the nation of Israel in our mission statement," says Bishop Jackson. "It is a Biblical mandate for any Bible believing Christian," Christian Newswire reported Thursday.
According to Jackson, a pastor and spiritual leader of several congregations for the last 25 years who also studied at Harvard Divinity School, Rev. Wright represents a radical liberation theology that is in many ways heretical. "That is not classic, Biblical Christianity. It is quite something else, and easier to understand when seen as an aberration from Christian teaching. I am speaking everywhere I can to get that message out," he said.
Jackson was formerly a high level official in the Christian Coalition and was instrumental in raising funds for churches victimized by arson in the late 1990s. He left the Coalition to start a church in Chesapeake, Va.
He also objects to the Anti-Israel bias which Jeremiah Wright expresses. "We include prayer and support for the nation of Israel in our mission statement," says Bishop Jackson. "It is a Biblical mandate for any Bible believing Christian," Christian Newswire reported Thursday.
According to Jackson, a pastor and spiritual leader of several congregations for the last 25 years who also studied at Harvard Divinity School, Rev. Wright represents a radical liberation theology that is in many ways heretical. "That is not classic, Biblical Christianity. It is quite something else, and easier to understand when seen as an aberration from Christian teaching. I am speaking everywhere I can to get that message out," he said.
Jackson was formerly a high level official in the Christian Coalition and was instrumental in raising funds for churches victimized by arson in the late 1990s. He left the Coalition to start a church in Chesapeake, Va.