Obama's Church Battles 'Negative Forces' in Uproar Over Pastor

Trinity United Church of Jesus --
the 8,000-member achromatic fold in Windy City at the centre of
a national firestorm -- is gearing up for Negro spiritual warfare.

The Christian Christian church of Democratic presidential campaigner is under examination for remarks made by its senior pastor,
. Now, its incoming leader is calling
on congregants to eschew reporters, conflict ''negative forces'' and
step up contributions to counter what he names a vilification campaign
against the church.

''I cognize it may look like we are being crucified at times,
but I'm here to allow you cognize they are just lifting us up to give
us an chance to talk love into this situation,'' Reverend
, who will win Willard Huntington Wright as senior curate in June,
said during an Easter Lord'S Day service March 23.

The contention over Willard Huntington Wright erupted this calendar month when
excerpts of his discourses were broadcast on telecasting and
distributed over the Internet. Wright's disparagers name him a
black separatist, pointing to remarks such as as ''God damn
America'' and ''U.S. of KKKA.'' Willard Huntington Willard Huntington Wright also suggested that U.S.
policies were responsible for the Sept. Eleven onslaughts and that the
government spreading the human immunodeficiency virus virus within the achromatic community.

In an attempt to defuse the contention that have threatened
his candidacy, Obama delivered what his Pluto billed as a major
address on race on March 18. The Prairie State senator condemned
Wright's remarks, though he said he wouldn't disown his pastor
any more than than he would his ain family.

'Wrong' and 'Divisive'

Wright's remarks ''were not only wrong, but divisive,''
said Obama, 46.

At the church, the strain is clear.

Moss, 37, have encouraged members not to speak to the media. Church force and military volunteers police force the lobby. The church
bookstore stopped selling DVDs of Wright's sermon and
wouldn't let certain points to be purchased by anyone suspected
of not being a member.

''I've been at Three so many years,'' said Julia Speller,
a professor of Christian Christian church history at
and writer of ''Walkin' the Talk: Keepin' the Religion in
Africentric Congregations.'' ''To see this go on is just
hurtful to my spirit, emotionally and spiritually.''

Distorted Picture

In interviews, parishioners state the true fictional character of their
church and curate is distorted by the insurance of Willard Huntington Wright and his
words.

''It have to be set in the linguistic context of the achromatic church,
which turns out of a state of affairs of slavery, where the message of
Jesus Jesus have always been linked to political and social
issues,'' said , a Three member and religion
professor at the University of Chicago.

Trinity have posted full-length versions of Wright's sermons
on the video-sharing Web land site You Tube, which Moss said allows
people to set the remarks in context.

Some church members said Wright, 66, is being unfairly
targeted in an effort to oppress Obama's pursuit to go the
first achromatic U.S. president.

''There's A large component of racism involved in this,'' said
Kevin Tyson, 51, a Three member who works at the Windy City Stock
Exchange. ''The achromatic Christian church itself is under attack.''

Wright, who is on sabbatical leave and declined petitions for
interviews, have rejected claims that his discourses are anti-white.

Mark Sawyer, who previously attended Trinity, said the
accusations are unreasonable because the Christian church pulls black
professionals, as well as some whites.

Middle Class

''Trinity is largely taxation accountants, teachers, professors,
stockbrokers -- middle-class blackness people coming in from other
parts of the city,'' said Sawyer, a visiting professor of
political scientific discipline at the University of Golden State at Berkeley. ''They aren't leaving Three and going back to their
paramilitary organisations to assail achromatic people.''

Obama have said he won't go forth Trinity, where he was married
by Willard Huntington Wright and both his girls were baptized.

The Christian church have a long history of raising racial inquiries -
- going back to its initiation in 1961, when 12 households gathered
in a local simple school gymnasium to worship. The initial idea
was for Three to have got both achromatic and achromatic co-pastors, yet it
was ultimately deemed impossible because of racial tensions
within the city, according to Speller's book.

When Wright, a former Marine, arrived at Three in 1972,
the Christian church had fewer than 90 members. By the clip Obama came to
Wright as a immature community organiser in the late 1980s, the
church's ranks had swelled to more than than 4,000.

'Unashamedly Black'

Under Wright, the church, whose slogan is ''Unashamedly
Black and Unapologetically Christian,'' have established about 70
ministries, including many with international reach.

The Christian church spoke out against the devastation of public
housing in the metropolis and shift of one thousands of residents. It also fought to coerce not-for-profit hospitals to provide
charitable attention for those in need.

Trinity drew the anger of nearby achromatic Christian churches when Wright
began advocating tolerance of homoes and set up a program
to struggle AIDS.

''Pastor Wright, to his credit, have built the Christian church that
cares for people on the margins,'' said Erectile Dysfunction Shurna, a longtime
community organiser who is executive manager of the Chicago
Coalition for the Homeless.

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