The Reverend Wright Controversy Draws Attention to the United Church of Christ

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Being a member of a UCC church means that I am allowed to question, to think, to search for answers. Unlike more traditional mainline churches, it is a safe place to admit what I am uncertain of, to explore deeper that which I feel more confident about, and where I and my family can profess our faith and not feel as if we must consider ourselves to be somehow better than all others simply because of our beliefs. I don't consider myself to be liberal or conservative when it comes to my theology...I am simply trying to discern God's will for my life. Somehow I don't recall ever seeing anywhere in the Bible that labeling myself "Liberal" or "Conservative" would somehow allow me to be ranked higher than others in God's hierarchy. Those labels and their inherent meanings are applied by mankind and depending upon one's personal perspective it causes one to be placed higher or lower on some sort of arbitrary Christian litmus test.

Thankfully, UCC has no litmus test...ALL truly are welcome and ALL truly can ask "What does all of this mean for me?" without being shown the door because one doesn't appear to be "Christian enough" to satisfy others.

The Jeremiah Wright controversy has everything and nothing to do with UCC. It has everything to do with being UCC because he, like all of us, has a right to question and explore his faith, to lead others to do the same. It has nothing to do with UCC because it speaks to one church within the denomination, and while we all have a common denominator in our desire to truly live Christ-like lives, each individual UCC church has the freedom to express that in it's own unique and wonderful way. We are united in our diversity, and while I would not necessarily agree with many of Reverend Wright's statements, taking one look at how God has blessed his ministry over the years and used him in a profound way to help others speaks volumes about who Jeremiah Wright, the man and minister, really is. I don't have to agree with him, but I will stand beside him and support his right to have an opinion that may not be popular.

And that is what UCC is really all about.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright's "God Damn America" Speech

It seems to me that Rev. Wright's theology has long ago changed from Christianity

to an antiwhite ' religion' as espoused in this 'sermon.' In his words here, he mentions how governments fail and he mentions the USA and several more countries, mostly whitecountries, whose governments have failed him. But he conveniently ignores the African governments who are systematically eliminating their enemies through ethnic cleansing.

There is only one word for this: racism. Even though most people in the USA have been trained to believe that 'racist' only applies to white people, all races have their own racists, and the Rev. Wright is certainly one of the African-Americans.'

The UCC will have to come up with some magic to convince us Rev. Wright is

not a black racist. Whether his beliefs have rubbed off on Sen. Barack Obama

remains to be seen.

I am praying for both of them.

ainsworthucc_earlyedition@yahoogroups.com

An article in US News and World Report about the UCC.

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The very freedom that many people welcome and embrace in their daily lives is the same freedom that they appear to denounce if it happens within the walls of the church.

In politics, many people realize the diversity of opinions within each of the major parties. Unlike other denominations where the hierarchy mandates certain positions, the United Church of Christ warmly welcomes a wide variety of views.

Each person joins a faith community for their own individual reasons. Not everyone agreed with Jeremiah Wright’s views when he was pastor at Trinity any more than every Republican agrees 100% with George Bush or every Democrat agreed 100% with Bill Clinton.

The regrettable part of the Jeremiah Wright controversy is that it apparently hasn’t led to the realization by society that there are much more hurtful statements made in faith communities throughout the country each week. We need to continue the difficult conversations that will bring true progress to the many issues facing our society.