![]() Additionally, we denounce the actions of the President, his administration and the divisive and destructive policies that have continued to fracture the core foundations of this nation. May it therefore be known that we the undersigned denounce the actions of the Pastors who sat at the President’s Table for they do not represent us nor the members of our congregations. ’35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.” – Matthew 25 :35, 36 NIV ![]() We stand united as PROPHETS OF GOD who affirm that sitting at the Lord’s Table compels us to join with Jesus the Christ in believing, ![]() ![]() We therefore stand united as PROPHETS OF GOD who invite everyone, independent of age, race, creed, gender, class and/or any other divisive designation, to sit at the Lord’s Table that we may feast together. These actions, as well as others, have divided, dismissed, diminished and discarded the value of several groups of humans in this country whom God loves. Sabraw, “It appears that only 12 or 13 of close to 500 parents have been located ” and the silence and inaction regarding the murders of unarmed Black men at the hands of law enforcement officers. Rather, they are PROPHETS OF PROFIT who praised the President for being ” … the most pro-active administration regarding urban America and the faith-based community in my lifetime” ” … the most pro-Black president I’ve seen in my lifetime” and ” … have given this country expectations, given us a new hope … ” while neglecting all of the unjust executive orders and policies of this President and his administration, such as the travel ban on Muslims to this country the intentional separation of children from their parents at the southern border and according to U.S. We conclude that they are not PROPHETS OF THE LORD. We question, “Who are welcomed at the President’s Table?” “Who are not welcomed at the President’s Table?” “What is served at the President’s Table?” “What is accomplished at the President’s Table?” The voices, concerns and needs of those who are not welcomed at the President’s Table were not represented by the Pastors who sat at the President’s Table, for whereas they had their own private supper with the President, many in our community remain hungry and humiliated. We who are called by God to sit at and administer the elements of the Lord’s Table were offended and appalled by those who were called to sit at and acquiesce to Donald Trump at the President’s Table. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk 22 Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter! – I Corinthians 11: 17 NN Whereas, there are no divisions in Jesus the Christ who unites us in one Lord, one faith and one baptism with the pastors who sat at the President’s Table, the differences that we will illuminate in this letter will reveal those who possess God’s approval.Ģ0 So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat, 21 for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. 19 No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval. On Wednesday, August 1, 2018, several Black pastors were invited to the White House by President Trump to sit at his table for the President’s “Meeting with Inner City Pastors.” In concert with the Apostle Paul’s rebuke in I Corinthians 11: 17, we have no praise for the Black pastors who attended this meeting, and believe that their meeting did more harm than good.ġ8 In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. – 1 Corinthians 11: 17 NN President Trump hosted a meeting with inner city pastors on August 1, 2018. 17 In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. ![]()
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