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2008-05-01 Home Front: Culture Wars

Black ministers against Wright . . . and why you didn't hear much about them

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Posted by Mike 2008-05-01 15:41|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 African Methodist Episcopal Church, WTH?

Posted by Sninert Black9312 2008-05-01 16:15|| 2008-05-01 16:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't ask me SB. All I know is that there was one of them in my home town and the bastards always beat us in the Inter-Church bowling league.

Posted by AlanC 2008-05-01 16:34|| 2008-05-01 16:34|| Front Page Top

#3 To quote from the sometimes factual, often entertaining and occasionally lucid Wikipedia:

The AME church operates under an episcopal form of church government. The denomination leaders are Bishops of the church. Episcopal, in this sense, refers to the form of government under which the church operates.

Posted by SteveS 2008-05-01 16:36|| 2008-05-01 16:36|| Front Page Top

#4 AME Churches have been around a long time. I think almost every town in the South with any significant black population has at least one AME Church. Back in the segregation days they were very important to their communities; in addition to spiritual ministering they also looked after the flock in a number of practical ways.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2008-05-01 21:28|| 2008-05-01 21:28|| Front Page Top

#5 I've met, worked with, and known black church members. They don't seem a whole lot different than any majority-white church members I've known (like....duh...my own family). This is a blanket slam to justify the hateful crap spewed in this particular Chicago church. There may be other black churches that spew the same, but without knowing specifics, I (unlike the black-theocracy-defenders) would refrain to say so.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-05-01 21:57|| 2008-05-01 21:57|| Front Page Top

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