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Friday, June 20, 2008

When public people make personal decisions

Leith Anderson is the pastor of a large Baptist church in Eden Prairie, Wooddale Church. As such he can be considered the pastor of one of Minnesota’s most prominent politicians, Governor Pawlenty. He is also President of the National Association of Evangelicals.

Commenting on the Obama family’s recent decision to leave Trinity UCC, he has observed,

How does [Barack Obama] find a new church home for himself and his family? Few other Americans have to search out and select a home Church with 300 million fellow citizens looking over their shoulders.

Even if we don't overlook his past church relationship let's at least call for some privacy in choosing the next Obama congregation.

I am sure that I will be interested in what the Senator and his family choose to do. I cannot imagine that it will happen before November 4th, but I do think that Dr. Anderson’s plea is certainly in order.

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Anonymous said...

From what I can tell, most politicians don’t seem to get the messages they hear in church anyway, so maybe President Obama would be just as well off not going to church or do as Nixon did and have clergy visit the White House, so that at least other parishioners can attend in peace.

June 25, 2008 at 3:46 PM

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